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Grade 12, Workplace Preparation
Overall Expectations and Related Concepts of Geographic Thinking
Big Ideas*
Framing Questions*
B. Species and Spaces
B1. Endangered Species and Spaces: identify species and natural places at risk in different parts of the world, and compare approaches that various countries have taken for their protection (FOCUS ON: Spatial Significance; Interrelationships)
It is important for countries to have strategies to protect endangered species and spaces .
What are some of the ways in which countries work together to protect a species that crosses international borders? What stands in the way
of cooperation on such issues?
What do you think is the most significant impact that humans have had on an ecosystem?
How are the various parts of an ecosystem related to each other? What might happen if one element
is changed or no longer present?
B2. Human Impacts on Ecosystems: explain how human settlement and activities alter ecosystems (FOCUS ON: Patterns and Trends; Geographic Perspective)
Humans have had and continue to have a direct impact on the natural environment .
B3. Ecosystem Characteristics: describe the characteristics of different types of ecosystems, and explain their relationships with natural processes in the Earth system (FOCUS ON: Spatial Significance; Interrelationships)
The earth and its ecosystems are made up of many interacting components .
C. Sustainability of Natural Resources
C1. Strategies and Stewardship Initiatives: assess the contributions of stewardship initiatives by groups and individuals to the sustainable use and management of natural resources, locally, nationally, and globally (FOCUS ON: Interrelationships; Geographic Perspective)
Many individuals, groups, and countries around
the world are practising environmental stewardship .
How do your personal choices and behaviours affect the use of natural resources?
How do competing interests and ideas affect the extraction or harvesting of a natural resource and the way it is used?
How might the loss of a natural resource affect a community?
Why does the process used to extract a natural resource depend on where the resource is located?
C2. Resource Development and Impacts: analyse impacts and issues related to the development and use of natural resources (FOCUS ON: Interrelationships; Geographic Perspective)
The ways in which people extract or harvest natural resources and use them can have social, economic, political, and environmental impacts .
C3. Distribution and Use of Natural Resources: analyse patterns and trends in the availability and use of natural resources (FOCUS ON: Spatial Significance; Patterns and Trends)
The location of a resource can determine how it is extracted or harvested and how it is used .
Overview (continued)
Throughout this course, when planning instruction, teachers should weave the expectations from strand A in with the expectations from strands B–E.
Strands B–E
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* See page 17 for a discussion of the purpose of big ideas and framing questions.
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