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LESSON PLAN

15.3 Population Distribution (2.6.14)

76 Minutes (Double)

National Professional Standards for Teachers Domain:


Professional Knowledge (Standards 1 & 2)
Professional Practice (Standards 3 & 4)
Professional Engagement (Standard 6)

Stage 5

Year 10

Geography

National Professional Standards for Teachers Standard:


Standard 1: Know students and how they learn.
Standard 2: Know the content and how to teach it.
Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning.
Standard 4: Create and maintain supportive and safe learning
environments.
Standard 6: Engage in professional learning.

Specific teaching target: Focus area/s


1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students
1.3 Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds
2.2 Content selection and organisation
2.3 Curriculum, assessment and reporting.
3.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs.
3.4 Select and use resources
4.1 Support student participation.
6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs.
6.3 Engage with colleagues and improve practice.
Rationale
Prior knowledge
The aim of this lesson is to reinforce the concept of population
From Australia In Its Regional & Global Contexts student have
distribution to students students prior knowledge from Coastal
completing all topics, i.e. Australias regional and global links,
management has given them a solid understanding of the idea that Australias aid links, Australias defence links, Australias trade links
most of Australias population lives along the coastline, this lesson
and have completed Australian demography and Australias aging
with further advance this idea, and develop their conceptual
population from Future challenges for Australia.
understanding of why Australias population is so heavily urbanised.
Syllabus Strand / Sub Strand
Syllabus content description/outcome
Skills in acquiring, processing and communicating geographical
5.1 identifies, gathers and evaluates geographical information
information.
5.2 analyses, organises and synthesizes geographical information
skills in acquiring, processing and communicating geographical
information
5.3 selects and uses appropriate written, oral and graphic forms to
communicate geographical information skills in choosing and
applying appropriate geographical tools
Skills in choosing and applying appropriate geographical tools.
5.4 selects and applies appropriate geographical tools knowledge
and understanding about the characteristics and spatial distribution
of environments
Knowledge and understanding about the characteristics and spatial
5.5 demonstrates a sense of place about Australian environments
distribution of environments.

Knowledge and understanding about how people and communities


modify, and are affected by, the environment.

5.6 explains the geographical processes that form and transform


Australian environments knowledge and understanding about how
people and communities modify, and are affected by, the
Knowledge and understanding about how physical, social, cultural,
environment
economic and political factors shape communities, including the
5.7 analyses the impacts of different perspectives on
global community.
5.8 accounts for differences within and between Australian
communities knowledge and understanding about how physical,
social, cultural, economic and political factors shape communities,
including the global community
5.9 explains Australias links with other countries and its role in the
Knowledge and understanding about civics for informed and active
global community knowledge and understanding about civics for
citizenship.
informed and active citizenship
5.10 applies geographical knowledge, understanding and skills with
knowledge of civics to demonstrate informed and active citizenship
Syllabus
Tim
Content/learning experiences
Teaching
Class
Assessme Resources
elaborations/cont e
strategies organisati
nt
ent
on
technique
s
Introduction
Introduction / Refresh on Population Distribution:
Discussion
Class
Observatio
5.1 identifies,
10
Ask questions like what is population distribution,
sitting at
n
gathers and
mins what is Australias most common population
Questionin
desks for
evaluates
distribution, why are people spread out / not spread
g
entire
Discussion
geographical
out, why do people live where they do, what is
lesson.
information
urbanisation.
Smartboard
5.4 selects and
Body
applies appropriate
World population distribution: Following on from
Observatio
geographical tools
5
Hans
Visual Aid
n
knowledge and
mins http://www.geographypods.com/1-population-growth-understanding
distribution.html
about the
Use website to show students the population
characteristics and
distribution of the world, and that the worlds major
spatial distribution
population is in such a small area, i.e. 51.4% inside
of environments
the circle, leaving just under 50% outside the circle.
10
5.2 analyses,
mins Discuss with students population distribution
Discussion
Discussion
organises and
estimates in Australia, where do they think most of
Small map
synthesizes
Australias population live, why do they live there,
Prompting
Atlas
geographical
what is urbanisation, pros and cons. Etc.
List of top
information skills in 20
20 cities

acquiring,
processing and
communicating
geographical
information

mins

Provide student with a small Australian map, an atlas,


and the list of the top 20 Australian cities, and ask
them to plot them on the map, numbering them 1
20, and glue both pages into their workbooks.

20
mins

Ask students to write one page on trends in


Australias population distribution, including
advantages and disadvantages of such a high
percentage of the population living along the
coastline, as well as why Australia experiences
interstate and rural to urban migration.
(Students may use page 318 and 319 in Geography
Focus 2 for reference)

5.8 accounts for


differences within
and between
Australian
communities
knowledge and
understanding
about how physical,
social, cultural,
economic and
political factors
shape communities,
including the global
community

Observatio
n

Providing
assistance
when
needed

Collect
work
samples

ESL
Large map
on
SmartBoar
d
Coastal
distribution
s list with
images
Simplified
Aus map
Population
Distribution
Worksheet

Is the population evenly or unevenly spread?


Where do most people live?
Where do least people live?
How does the pattern change across the area?
Are there exceptions to the pattern described above?

10
mins

5
mins
5
mins

Modification ESL
Visual prompts during population distribution
discussion use of large map of Australia and
list of reasons for coastal distribution including
images.
Simplified map for use during plotting task.
Structured worksheet provided for writing
task.

Student
computers

Extension Task
Research the population demographics of 5 smaller
and 5 larger coastal areas (e.g. Kiama vs Wollongong)
and find:
Median age
Average household income
Average household size
Students write a paragraph comparing these and
finding challenges for each These could include
aging population in regional coastal areas requiring

Student
workbooks
Writing
utensils

Observatio
n

Discussion

an increase of resources, i.e. health services, to that


area.
Conclusion
Ask students to each provide one challenge or
disadvantage they found of a high percentage of the
population living near the coastline.
8 Aboriginal ways of
learning
Reference:
http://8ways.wikispaces.co
m/

Intellectual Quality
Deep Knowledge
Deep Understanding
Problematic Knowledge
Integration
Higher Order Thinking
Metalanguage
Substantiative Communication

Quality Learning
Environment
Explicit Quality Criteria
Engagement
High Expectations
Social Support
Students Self Regulation
Student Direction

Observatio
n
Discussion

Significance
Background Knowledge
Cultural Knowledge
Knowledge
Inclusivity
Connectedness
Narrative

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