Overview

Students focus on the connections people have to trade within Australia including farmers’ markets and interstate businesses. 

During these lessons students will explore the nature and extent of Australian trade through several case studies.  

Learning intentions: 

• to understand the nature of trade in Australia 

• to understand the interconnection of trade at a local level 

• to understand the impact of production and consumption on the environment. 

Success criteria: 

• students can apply examples from Australia to their understanding of the interconnection of trade and the impact production and consumption has on the environment. 

Syllabus content: 

Students: 

• Investigate the ways places and people are interconnected through trade in goods and services across a range of scales, for example: (ACHGK067) 

• Identify trade connections in Australia e.g. local farmers markets, inter-state business 

Outcomes:  

• GE4-2 describes processes and influences that form and transform places and environments  

• GE4-5 discusses management of places and environments for their sustainability  

• GE4-7 acquires and processes geographical information by selecting and using geographical tools for inquiry  

• GE4-8 Communicates geographical information using a variety of strategies  

Students will identify the nature and purpose of Australian farmers’ markets, including the connection of the markets to human wellbeing and sustainability. 

Content: 

• Investigate the ways places and people are interconnected through trade in goods and services across a range of scales, for example: (ACHGK067) 

• Identification of trade connections in Australia e.g. local farmers markets, inter-state business 

Outcomes:  

•  GE4-8 Communicates geographical information using a variety of strategies  

Students will identify the context and location of Nerada Tea an Australian interstate trade connection. 

Content: 

• Investigate the ways places and people are interconnected through trade in goods and services across a range of scales, for example: (ACHGK067) 

• Identification of trade connections in Australia e.g. local farmers markets, inter-state business 

Outcomes:  

•  GE4-7 acquires and processes geographical information by selecting and using geographical tools for inquiry  

Students will identify and assess the interconnection of Nerada tea with people and the environment. 

Content: 

• Investigate the ways places and people are interconnected through trade in goods and services across a range of scales, for example: (ACHGK067) 

• Identification of trade connections in Australia e.g. local farmers markets, inter-state business. 

Outcomes:  

• GE4-2 describes processes and influences that form and transform places and environments  

• GE4-5 discusses management of places and environments for their sustainability  

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