NAME: __________________

VCE INDUCTION PACKAGE 2022

UNITS 3 AND 4

GEOGRAPHY
Welcome to Geography Units 3 and 4!
Welcome to VCE Geography Units Three and Four. I hope you
enjoy the year and are prepared to work!!

VCE Units Three and Four Geography focus on two distinct areas.
Unit Three focuses on Land cover and Land Use whereas Unit
Four deals with Global Population. Within each of these two
broad areas, we look at a range of topics.

In Unit Three we focus on what the land is covered by, and the way land is used / has changed over
time. The issues of shrinking ice sheets and glaciers and deforestation will be examined, then how
humans might respond to these challenges. For land use change, this will require you to undertake a
fieldwork study in a region of urban renewal, which will include a fieldwork.

Unit Four commences in the last two weeks of Term 2. We will then complete our second mandated
topic for the year, looking at the global phenomenon of Human Population with case studies including
an ageing and growing society.

We will complete all course work by the end of term 3, with a minimum of two weeks revision, to help
prepare you for the end of year examination. We will revise course content as well as look at the
language of exams, study techniques and practice exam questions.

To get the most out of Geography, you need to do the following over the year to ensure your success:
• Be prepared for class
• Maintain a high level of personal organisation and commitment
• Keep up with the workload including prescribed reading, homework tasks
• Memorise x4 Case Studies off by heart, plus Fieldwork.

As with all Year 12 subjects, Geography is demanding, and you should expect to have regular
homework. Every term you will get a checklist of weekly HW tasks we expect you to do. However, we
acknowledge that it is healthy to balance your life between leisure time (including exercise, sport and
rest) as well as schoolwork. Obviously, weekends give us a break from school, however, you will still
have work to do.

There are also voluntary revision lectures scheduled throughout the year on weekends, run by the
Geography Teachers’ Association of Victoria (GTAV), at Monash or Melbourne University. I cannot
recommend these enough - they are so amazing and give you the best resources!

Please check MS TEAMS regularly for links I will share with you all to assist specifically with SACS.

I look forward to working together next year and wish you all the best of luck! BAL + AJA 
Where and how to find me!
NAME OF TEACHER EMAIL ADDRESS LOCATION
Ms Allison allisonb@vermontsc.vic.edu.au Main staff office
Mr Jay jaya@vermontsc.vic.edu.au Science office

Make sure you constantly see me for feedback and any communication. Contact by TEAMS is encouraged!

The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

(VCAA):
VCAA is the body that is responsible for all VCE studies
They have a wealth of information on their website about ENTER scores,
scaling, exams etc and would be a good place to keep returning to
throughout the year.

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au

The Geography Teachers’ Association of Victoria (GTAV):

A useful site with information for Geography students including revision lecture dates etc.

http://www.gtav.asn.au

MOODLE:
Virtually all the support and links to resources that you are likely to need are on the 12 Geography page on
Moodle. You should visit site regularly to access suggested answers to chapter Questions, review class
PowerPoint presentations and visit suggested interactive websites to view interesting animations.

http://moodle.vermontsc.vic.edu.au/course/view.php?id=77

Microsoft Teams: We will also have a MS Teams set up for each class.

The 10 Key Geographic Concepts... Plus 2 more!

1. Change 7. Sustainability
2. Distribution 8. Process
3. Distance 9. Movement
4. Place 10. Scale
5. Spatial Association 11. Region
(new) 6. *Environment (new) 12. *Interconnection
The Year 12 Geography Course: Each unit deals with specific content and does not
require prior knowledge. It is not necessary for you to complete Units One and Two prior to completing Units Three
and Four. However, by not doing year 11 Geography you have missed out on key skills, such as the 12 Key Geographic
Concepts, which we will revisit now in transition and you will all be tested on week 2 of term 1, 2021. This test will be
for an S, so you must pass it!

Unit 3: Changing the land

This unit focuses on two investigations of geographical change:
1. Change to land cover and
2. Change to land use.
From the Study Design: This unit focuses on two investigations of geographical change: change to land cover and
change to land use. Land cover includes biomes such as forest, grassland, tundra, bare lands and wetlands, as well as
land covered by ice and water. Land cover is the natural state of the biophysical environment developed over time as
a result of the interconnection between climate, soils, landforms and flora and fauna and, increasingly,
interconnections with human activity. Natural land cover is altered by many processes such as geomorphological
events, plant succession and climate change.
Students investigate two major processes that are changing land cover in many regions of the world: melting glaciers
and ice sheets, and deforestation. They investigate the distribution and causes of the two processes. They select one
location for each of the processes to develop a greater understanding of the changes to land cover produced by these
processes, the impacts of these changes and responses to these changes at different scales. These will be your 2 case
studies.
People have modified land cover to produce a range of land uses to satisfy needs such as housing, resource provision,
communication, and recreation. Land use change is a characteristic of both urban and rural environments and occurs
at both spatial and temporal scales. At a local scale students investigate land use change using appropriate fieldwork
techniques and secondary sources. They investigate the processes of change, the reasons for change and the impacts
of change. Students undertake fieldwork and produce a fieldwork report using the structure provided
Area of Study 1: Land Cover Change
In this area of study students undertake an overview of global land cover and changes that have occurred over time.
Students investigate two major processes that are changing land cover: melting glaciers and ice sheets, and
deforestation. They analyse these processes, explain their impacts on land cover and discuss responses to these land
cover changes in two different locations in the world – one location for each process. Students evaluate two different
global responses to the impacts of land cover change, one global response for each process.

Outcome 1: On completion of this unit the student should be able to analyse processes that result in changes to land
cover and evaluate the impacts and responses resulting from these changes.

Area of Study 2: Land use change

In this area of study students select a local area and use appropriate
fieldwork techniques and secondary sources to investigate the
nature, processes and impacts of land use change. This change may
have recently occurred, be underway or be planned for the near
future.

Outcome 2: On completion of this unit the student should be able to

analyse land use change and evaluate its impacts. This will involve 7
lessons to complete a Fieldwork Report in class.
Unit 4: Human population – Trends and Issues
In this unit, students investigate the geography of human populations and population dynamics. They
explore the patterns of population change, movement, and distribution, and how governments,
organisations and individuals have responded to those changes in different parts of the world. A study on
refugee movements will also be involved, as we look at the push and pull factors of this.

Students will then undertake an investigation into two significant population trends arising in different
parts of the world. This will be an ageing population vs a growing population. Many factors influence
population change, including the impact of government policies, economic conditions, wars and revolution,
political boundary changes and hazard events.

Area of Study 1: Population dynamics: In this area of study students undertake an overview of world
population distribution and growth before investigating the dynamics of population change over time and
space. Through the study of population dynamics students investigate growth and decline in fertility and
mortality, together with population movements.

Outcome 1: On completion of this unit the student should be able to analyse, describe and explain
population dynamics on a global scale.

Area of Study 2: Population issues and challenges: In this area of study students undertake investigations
into two significant population trends that have developed in different parts of the world: a growing
population of one country and an ageing population.

Outcome 2: On completion of this unit the student should be able to analyse, describe and explain the
nature of significant population issues and challenges in selected locations and evaluate responses.

Geospatial technologies in the new study design:

Geospatial technologies are tools used to acquire, manipulate, manage, represent and analyse data that has
a spatial context. The term refers to tools such as Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing.
Geospatial technologies allow students to:
• acquire and record spatial information
• manipulate and manage spatial information in its various forms
• represent spatial information in a variety of formats such as thematic maps
• analyse spatial information for trends, patterns and relationships.
The uses of geospatial technology tools, including GNSS, GIS and remote sensing, are required skills in each
of the units of study, including fieldwork. Geospatial technologies provide opportunities for students to
utilise various types of technologies to answer geographical questions.
Contribution of Tasks to the final Study Score:
Please note, here is how the Study Score is formed...
Unit Three: School Assessed Coursework: 25% (your fieldwork is half of this)

Unit Four: School Assessed Coursework: 25%

End of year examination: 50%

Successful Completion of the Course:
In order to complete the course, you must satisfy a number of requirements...

• Attendance at a minimum of 90% of classes

• Participation in at least 4 hours of fieldwork
• All set coursework must be completed
• A pass (at least 50%) must be obtained on all School Assessed Coursework (SACs)

If you do not pass a SAC, you will be given the opportunity to re-sit the task to reach a satisfactory
mark, however, you retain the original mark for the purposes of VCAA. This means you can still re-do
the SAC to get an “S”, however, you cannot improve on your original grade
Fieldwork:
Fieldwork is a compulsory part of Unit Three Geography. A minimum of 4 hours must be spent on
fieldwork in Unit Three. This is a VCAA requirement. We will be undertaking a fieldtrip in Term 1 to
complete fieldwork and collect data for our fieldwork SAC.

Expectations:
Classes:

• You can expect me to be on time to class – I expect you to give me the same courtesy. It’s a short year and
there’s a lot to fit in.
• It is a college requirement that you attend 90% of classes throughout the year. You CAN fail on attendance
alone.
• You are expected to participate fully in class – this includes discussions, completion of work during class etc.
• You must come to each class equipped with pens, pencils including coloured, lined paper, a display book, the
set textbook, and any other relevant notes. If not, do not expect to stay in the room. Refer to the Materials
Requirements’ list.
• If you miss a class, for any reason, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to catch up on any missed
notes/work/homework. This includes absences due to illness, participation in VET classes and any other
official school activities. Extensions will not be given. You will be given a copy of the course outline at the
start of the year which tells you what we are doing every week for the entire year. You will therefore know
exactly what topic you have missed out on so you will know what you need to catch up on.
• If you know you are going to be absent, you need to see me BEFORE the missed class to obtain notes etc.

Homework:

• All homework tasks must be completed on time.

• All SAC work completed must be your own and you must correctly acknowledge any references used. The
penalties for plagiarism in VCE are severe.
• Read and understand the VCE rules and regulations for Vermont Secondary College (attached). Take notice of
the regulations regarding late submission of work and the need for medical certificates. Further information
can be found in the VSC Year 12 Handbook. Revising the content of each class the very same evening is a
powerful way of consolidating your understanding and knowledge
Personal Organisation:
If you are well organised, motivated and have a good work ethic, you will enjoyable and successful year
in Geography.

• Keep all work and assessment tasks in a folder. I recommend you divide your folder into sections (one for
each major topic). You might even like to have 4 separate folders (one for each topic).
• Do not use an exercise book unless you have accompanying display folders for each topic. If you insist on
using an exercise book, you might like a separate book for each topic. It is easier if you stick in all pages in
order, so you have a complete set of notes from which to work when revising for exams and assessment
tasks.
• It is important that you maintain your organisation levels during the year – this is something that you need to
devote time to achieve. If your notes start to get messy and out of order, spend time putting everything back
together so you can find things easily – don’t leave this until exam time at the end of the year!
• Do not throw out any work or assessment tasks until you have received your final results at the end of the
year in case of an audit or assessment query. Some notes will be relevant to subsequent units of work so
keep everything together!

Essential Materials Requirements:

• Textbook: The NEW 2022 GTAV Edition 3 textbooks, Unit 3 & 4
• GTAV VCE Geography Revision (Study Guide). New edition soon
• Heinemann Atlas: 5th edition
• Notebooks/folders
• Pens (including one black fine liner pen – essential for mapping)
• Plastic pockets / Display folders
• Grey lead pencils
• Eraser
• Highlighters
• Coloured pencils – a full set of good quality pencils
• Sharpener / Glue stick
• 30cm ruler
• Scissors
• Clipboard for fieldwork

Summer Holiday Homework:

1. You are to read the first chapter (pages 2-10) of your
NEW 2022 GTAV Textbook “Unit 3: Changing the Lands”.
Answer Qs 1-28.

2. Take notes from the PowerPoint on

Moodle/MSTeams on KGCs. We will re-visit this week 1+2 for the test.

Due: First lesson back 2021.

Ensure all are written on loose-leaf paper to hand in – not your books!
2022 Timeline Year 12 - **Proposed TERM 1... TBA in 2022.

WEEK/ AREA Geographic CONTENT

OF STUDY
Week 1 Skills booklet KGCs - Back to basics – Skills review (Mapping & Data Analysis)
TRANSITION Key Geographical Concepts (Change, Distance, Distribution, Movement, Place, Process, Region, Scale,
Spatial Association and Sustainability, + Environment and Interconnection)
Skills booklet KGCs

Skills booklet KGCs DUE - set Textbook Qs for Holiday HW on Skills, in preparation for TEST week 2,
Term 1, 2022.
Week "1" Skills Revision? (If a class, might be camp ...)
Skills
JAN Camp?!?
Week 2 1. Holiday Homework Due. Should be loose leaf paper, handwritten. 80% of questions need to be
Jan 31 attempted for an S.
2. REVISION for KGC Skills Test (next lesson). Revise the KGC PowerPoint on Key Skills for VCE. Notes
should have been done over the holidays. Refresh 6 grid references for the students.
Key Geographic Concepts TEST on Key Skills and Knowledge.
Need a pass on this task for the S.
- Begin Land Cover - Context and background
Week 3 Land cover - General PP and introduction.
Feb 7
Land cover / HCO / LGM.
- Land Cover definitions / finish PP.
Week 4 DEFORESTATION - Introduction, Impacts and Responses.
Feb 14
BORNEO CASE STUDY
BORNEO CASE STUDY
Week 5 BORNEO CASE STUDY
Feb 21
BORNEO CASE STUDY
BORNEO CASE STUDY
Week 6 BORNEO CASE STUDY
Feb 28
BORNEO CASE STUDY
BORNEO CASE STUDY
Week 7 Complete Case study. In class validation task, analysis of geographic data
March7
MELTING GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS - Introduction, Impacts and Responses.
GREENLAND CASE STUDY
Week 8 GREENLAND CASE STUDY
March 14
GREENLAND CASE STUDY
GREENLAND CASE STUDY
Week 9 GREENLAND CASE STUDY
 March 21 GREENLAND CASE STUDY
GREENLAND CASE STUDY
Week 10 GREENLAND CASE STUDY

March 28- Complete Case Study. In class validation task, analysis of geographic data
April 1
LAST WEEK

2022 Timeline Year 12 - proposed TERM 2

WEEK/ AREA Geographic CONTENT

OF STUDY
Week "1" LAND USE CHANGE Intro - look at textbook / classifications. Start "Land Use Classifications" PowerPoint.
APRIL 19 Take notes. Need to know definitions of each Land use type, an example of this type, and approximate
% this land use type covers in Australia.
Introduce Land Use Change.
Textbook questions to be completed on ‘Land Use Change’ and different land use types. Read textbook
p16 - 18 and do Q2 p18, then page 19 and answer Q1,2, 3. If time also do: Read textbook p. 20-21 and
answer Q4+5 on page 21. HW if not complete.
Today we begin our first case study of land use change where we examine: Urban, Melbourne,
Go over PowerPoint "Land Use change in Melbourne" taking down key data and analyse maps with
PQE. If finish PP notes early, class may start Little Stringybark Creek task.
Week 2 Local Land Use - Rural / Urban Complete “Impact of Urbanisation” in Little Stringybark Creek. Go over
APRIL 26 in class, set report expectations (eg. Cover page). Textbook pages will assist.
Continue Little Stringybark Creek task.?????? Prepare for fieldwork instead?

Rural Environments/ Land Uses.

Week 3 Local Land Use - Urban
May 2
Fieldwork site TBC in January 2022.
- Developing a fieldwork case study:
-Teacher discusses the Fieldwork Report expectations AND the tasks needed to be completed on the
day of our Fieldwork. 6 Groups should be created for the day with 6 areas.
Week 4 Local Land use - Urban, prep for Fieldwork
May 9 Identifying and utilising secondhand data sources.
Designing data collection strategies / forming groups.
Fieldwork?? Pre-Fieldwork Research completed & hypothesis made (Primary Data). Complete Geospatial
Technologies component
Complete Geospatial technologies.
Split students into their 6 groups for next week.
COMPLETE FIELDWORK
Processing data collected during fieldwork under SAC Conditions to complete the Fieldwork Report.
Get the 6 groups to share their data with the rest of the class.
- Finish Melways task and Secondary Data / Pre fieldwork collection.

Week 5 FIELDWORK REPORT BEGIN SAC!!! Work on fieldwork report under SAC Conditions.
May 16 Results and Bib can be done at home.
Intro, methods, analysis, conclusion and evaluation done in next 3 weeks at school.
Work on fieldwork report under SAC Conditions.
- Work on fieldwork report under SAC Conditions.
Week 6 Work on fieldwork report under SAC Conditions.
 May 23 Work on fieldwork report under SAC Conditions.
- Work on fieldwork report under SAC Conditions.
Week 7 Work on fieldwork report under SAC Conditions. - DUE
May 30
Revision?
- SAC on Land Use??
Week 8 SAC?
June 6 - Might be week of GAT / no 12s this week.... FORMAL!!! :)

Week 9 BEGIN POP DYNAMICS

Transition
Unit 4 BEGIN POP DYNAMICS
Pop
Dynamics BEGIN POP DYNAMICS
June 13
Week 10 BEGIN POP DYNAMICS

Unit 4 BEGIN POP DYNAMICS -

June 20
Pop Dynamics - set them up for Holiday HW with chapter 1 of Text Book Unit 4.

Geo Unit 4 Timeline - Term Three. We will be flexible, but this should be the timeline... approximately...
WEEK/ AREA Geographic CONTENT
OF STUDY
Week 1 Population Dynamics Key statistical indicators (10 KGCs)
July Unit 3, Analysing population data, Textbook, chapter 1
AOS2 You need to investigate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo -
Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four
THEN, we will watch this Gapminder video for an hour:
https://www.gapminder.org/videos/dont-panic-the-facts-about-population/
**Must take notes on key Population Data / Understand Population momentum, etc,
(NOTE - we will do this in class)
You will then be Analysing and creating your own Population Age/Sex Pyramids to show me you
understand the structure of different populations. The data you are given is of Vietnam
Week 2 Continue Demographic Transition Model / Create your own Age/Sex Population Pyramids.
July -Keep going on with the Population Pyramid - I cannot wait to see them! Make sure you also answer
the extended response section (the analysis) after you have created your Population Pyramid of
Unit 4, Vietnam. Please submit this on Google Classroom by next lesson / Monday.
AOS1 . Malthusian Population Theory - Today you will start Malthus! Using the previously downloaded PP
"Population Introduction PowerPoint", you now need to take notes from slides 42-8 (yay, end of pp!!)
- Pages 40-3 are also important to check in your textbook and can help explain his theory more!
- Once we have gone through this as a class, you will need to begin the "Theories of Population" task.
- I understand we are not going to be able to make posters... So, I will let you creatively present them
however you want, as long as they are 750 words minimum and completed this week!
Continue working on the "Theories of Population" task.

Week 4 - "Theories of Population" task DUE! .............. POTENTIAL POP QUIZ HERE ON TEAMS.
Aug
Unit 4, Population movement: Migration to Australia and Global movement of refugees
- - Today you need to go onto Moodle and download (if you have not already) the "Migration
PowerPoint" and take down notes from slides 1-18. Summarise the images / notes / subheadings.
- I will go through this with you as a class over Microsoft Teams, especially key terms and definitions.
 Week 5 - Today you will finish notes on the "Migration PowerPoint" and take notes from slides 19-28.
Aug - Once this is complete, you need to complete the "Population Movement" worksheet, looking at pages
Unit 4, 44-60 of the textbook. You will continue this worksheet for the rest of the week.
AOS1 - Continue "Population Movement" worksheet, looking at pages 44-60 of the textbook. You will continue this
worksheet for the rest of the week. I also suggest another amazing Kurzgesagt "In a Nutshell " video - The
European Refugee Crisis and Syria Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnT-iF0CAZk
BEGIN REVISION - SAC NEXT WEEK
Week 6 Revision? SAC?
Aug
Unit 4, -SAC?!
AOS1 Case studies in population change: Issues & Challenges - Japan PowerPoint.

Ageing populations - Japan PowerPoint.

Week 7 . Ageing populations - Japan PowerPoint.
Aug
AOS1 SAC? Ageing populations - Japan PowerPoint.

Unit 4, Ageing populations - Japan PowerPoint.

AOS1
Week 8 Ageing populations - Research
Aug
Unit 4, Ageing populations - Case study SAC??
AOS2
Growing Populations -

Week 9 Growing Populations -

Sept
Unit 4, Growing Populations -
AOS2
Growing Populations -

Week 10 Growing Populations - Research?

Sept
Unit 4, Growing populations - Case study SAC??
AOS2
Growing populations - Case study SAC??

Term 3 Holidays 1

PLEASE NOTE: There will be a Practice Geography Exam. You will be doing the official 2022 GTAV Exam, 2
hours writing, 15 mins reading.

Term Four
WEEK AREA CONTENT
Commencing
OF
STUDY
Week 1 Unit 4, REVISION!!!
Oct AOS1+2
Week 2 Unit 4, Exam Revision
Oct AOS1+2
Week 3 Unit 3, Exam Revision
AOS1+2

GOOD LUCK IN 2022 WITH GEOGRAPHY!!