Global Geography 12
Nova Scotia · Grade 12 · Social Studies — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Unit 1: The Global Geographer
The tools and mindset of the geographer: using data and computer-based technology to study geographic issues, the key concepts and methods of the discipline, how the world reached its current state, examining issues from multiple perspectives, and conducting geographic research.
- Using data and technology for geographic issues
- Key concepts and methods of geography
- How the world reached its current state
- Issues from multiple perspectives
- Conducting a geographic research project
- A global issue across disciplines
Unit 2: Unit 2: The Planet Earth
Earth as a system that supports human life: what makes Earth uniquely habitable, the state of the planet's health, the global distribution of ecosystems, and the relationship between natural disasters and humans.
- Earth as a unique planet for human life
- The planetary state of health
- The global distribution of ecosystems
- Natural disasters and humans
Unit 3: Unit 3: Population
The human population of the planet: measuring quality of life, patterns of population distribution and density, interpreting global population using vital statistics, and analyzing the implications of population growth, distribution, and density.
- Understanding quality of life
- Evaluating measures of quality of life
- Population distribution and density
- Interpreting population with vital statistics
- Implications of population change
Unit 4: Unit 4: Resources and Commodities
The resources that sustain human life and economies: factors affecting the global production and distribution of food, the distribution and consumption of water, global patterns of industrialization and resource extraction, and the effects of industrialization on quality of life.
- The global production and distribution of food
- The global distribution and consumption of water
- Patterns of industrialization and resource extraction
- Effects of industrialization on quality of life
- The costs of industrialization
Unit 5: Unit 5: Urbanization
The growth of cities: patterns of urbanization, models of urban structure in developed and developing countries, trends in the growth and decline of cities, and strategies to improve urban environments.
- Patterns of urbanization
- Models of urban structure
- Growth and decline of cities
- Improving urban environments
Unit 6: Unit 6: Culture and Politics
The cultural and political geography of the world: the distribution of cultural groups, how the environment is affected by cultural attitudes and practices, the evolution of the contemporary global political pattern, and the spatial disjunctions between political, cultural, and other patterns.
- The distribution of cultural groups
- Culture and the environment
- The contemporary global political pattern
- Mismatches between political and cultural patterns
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