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Year 9 Geography

Assessment and Rubric

CRITERIA:

Ability to identify, analyse and explain how globalisation connects people within places and between places
Ability to read geographical data presented in maps and diagrams to develop explanations and to draw conclusions from this data
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, justifying answers with evidence

Helpful Links on Various Topics

FASHION

Globalisation Project #5 The Dark Side of Flip Flops

GLOBALISATION AND THE WORKFORCE

Globalisation Project #4 International Competition affects how much you earn

Aussie Made: local; jobs and local industry

Domestic manufacturing

Union Calls for Revival of Australian Manufacturing

How International Competition Affects How Much You Earn

GLOBALISATION AND FAIR TRADE

Globalisation Project #3 Global Tax

China's ban on Australian beef costing hundreds of millions and putting people out of work

Fairtrade and development advocates warn 30 years of progress could be wiped out

An open door: How globalised are the Australian and US economies?

Free trade vs fair trade

Aussies love buying Fairtrade, but does your money really go where it's needed?

Hazelbrook Public School in NSW becomes first in Australia to wear fair trade uniforms

16,000 Fijian sugar farmers impacted by Nestlé's decision to stop buying Fairtrade sugar for UK KitKats

Fairtrade at work: Pacific delegation sees benefits of deal first-hand on a visit to Australia

GLOBALISATION AND IMMIGRATION (MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE)

Globalisation Project #12 Skilled worker visas

Defending and supporting an open global economy

International Migration: The human face of globalisation

Making Multicultural Australia

Economic Consequences of Globalisation: The Australian Framework for Reforms*

An open door: How globalised are the Australian and US economies?

GLOBALISATION AND FOOD SECURITY

Globalisation Project #9 Farm to Plate Supply Chains

Food Security and Global Farming

Food Security and Why it Matters

GLOBALISATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Globalisation Project #2 Climate Change

Globalisation Project #2 The 4 Effects of Globalisation on the Environment

Morrison's foreign policy shift has been remarkable, but as the G7 Summit looms, Australia needs back-up

Are economists globally understating or overstating the cost of climate change?

Where and how will we get the metals to feed our future technology needs?\

VIDEO: Four ways we can tackle climate change

Greta Thunberg responds to IPCC report, saying global warming must be treated as 'crisis'

Micro-forests are growing in Canberra, offering hope to communities facing climate change

Organising Notes

In this project, your research skills will be developed and assessed.

Step 1

  • Read the assigned article and take notes in your OWN words.
  • Add in any evidence: statistics, charts, diagrams or images with an explanation of why it is important.

You could take notes in several ways:

  • As a straight document with clear subheadings (as shown in the table below) OR
  • Use the table format as. below, but you might find it easier to make it a landscape document. 
Organising Notes

Source: (website, article, book)

Issue: (make a statement about what the topic is)

Key Points: (dot point list of the main ideas in the source)

  
Evidence (summarise or copy and paste the evidence directly - these will be your quotes) Analysis (in your own words, explain what the evidence means and how this specific data connects to the issue of globalisation.
   
   
   
   
Conclusion (explain what you have learned about globalisation as a result of the data.  

 

Sustainable Development Goals Addressing Global Challenges.

Foreign Correspondant

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