Course Description
Welcome to Module 2!
This module provides a comprehensive knowledge and concept of grade 12 Geography with four chapters. The fifth unit deals with CHALLENGES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT , the sixth unit focuses about SOLUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEMS , the seventh unit discusses about CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GEOGRAPHIC ISSUES AND PUBLIC CONCERNS and the last unit deals with GEOGRAPHICAL ENQUIRY AND MAP MAKING.
As you work through this module, you will be asked to think about the following key questions:
- Do my activities and assessments help learners develop core skills and competencies that align with my course learning outcomes?
- Have I structured my activities and assessments to help to build academic integrity?
- Are my assessments authentic, reflecting discipline-specific, real-world problems and challenges?
- Do my activities and assessments follow the principles of universal design for learning?
- Do my activities and assessments help to foster learner engagement and build community in the course?
MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the module, you will be able to;
- identify the major global economic challenges by assessing global risks and priorities;
- analyze the advantages and limitations of globalization to the developing world;
- explain why and how trade imbalance occurs between developing and developed world;
- describe the impact of corruption on economic development;
- explain the major global health issues and problems;
- recognize the major causes and effects of poverty.
- evaluate environmental and sustainability problems at local, national and global scales; and reflect critically on your roles and responsibilities as environmental actors in an interconnected world;
- analyze the historical background of environmental movements, and suggest models worth emulating to address environmental issues and problems in your locality and country at large;
- discuss indigenous environmental protection knowledge and practices, and assess their strengths and limitations.
- explain why climate change is perceived as a contemporary global issue;
- discuss the causes and possible link between draught, desertification and famine;
- describe the major causes and effects of drought;
- identify the major causes and effects of famine;
- explain the key strategies to address desertification, drought and famine.
- acquire the basics of research knowledge and skills to undertake geographic research;
- select and use different approaches in geographic research; and
- make different types of maps and interpret them.
MODULE CONTENTS
UNIT ONE 5
CHALLENGES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- Lesson 1: Multiple faces of poverty and implication to development
- Lesson 2: The growing imbalance between regions and countries
- Lesson 3: Global health crises
UNIT 6
SOLUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEMS
- Lesson 1 : Environmental Problems
- Lesson 2 : Sustainability Challenge
- Lesson 3 : Environmental movements
UNIT 7
CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL GEOGRAPHIC ISSUES AND CONCERNS
- Lesson 1 ; Climate Change
- Lesson 2 : Drought
- Lesson 3 : Famine
UNIT 8
GEOGRAPHICAL ENQUIRY AND MAP MAKING
- Lesson 1 : Fundamentals of research in Geography
- Lesson 2 : GIS Data and Map Making using GIS
- Lesson 3 : GIS Data Analysis
MODULE ASSESSMENT METHOD
- Quizzes, Tests and assignments
- Mid-term exam
- Final exam
REFERENCES
- Geography Grade 12 Student Text Book Based On New Curriculum
- Top Geography For Grade 11-12
- Royal Geography For Grade 11-12
- Galaxy Geography For Grade 11-12
- Intermediate Geography Grade 11-12
Instructor’s Information
- Name: Solomon Kerie (SKY)
- Email: Solomonkerie2020@gmail.com
- Phone No: +251939029573
