Expectations by strand
- Addto my notes
A. Global Settlement: Patterns and Sustainability
Overall Expectations
By the end of Grade 8, students will:A1. Application: Interrelationships between Settlement and the Environment
analyse some significant interrelationships between Earth’s physical features and processes and human settlement patterns, and some ways in which the physical environment and issues of sustainability may affect settlement in the future (FOCUS ON: Interrelationships)
A2. Inquiry: Human Settlements and Sustainability
use the geographic inquiry process to investigate issues related to the interrelationship between human settlement and sustainability from a geographic perspective (FOCUS ON: Geographic Perspective; Interrelationships)
A3. Understanding Geographic Context: Settlement Patterns and Trends
demonstrate an understanding of significant patterns and trends related to human settlement and of ways in which human settlement affects the environment (FOCUS ON: Patterns and Trends; Spatial Significance)
B. Global Inequalities: Economic Development and Quality of Life
Overall Expectations
By the end of Grade 8, students will:B1. Application: Global Inequalities in Quality of Life
analyse some interrelationships among factors that contribute to global inequalities, with a focus on inequalities in quality of life, and assess various responses to these inequalities (FOCUS ON: Interrelationships)
B2. Inquiry: Development and Quality of Life Issues
use the geographic inquiry process to investigate issues related to global development and quality of life from a geographic perspective (FOCUS ON: Geographic Perspective)
B3. Understanding Geographic Context: Global Economic Development and Quality of Life
demonstrate an understanding of significant patterns in and factors affecting economic development and quality of life in different regions of the world (FOCUS ON: Spatial Significance; Patterns and Trends)