Geography Grade-10: Semester 2

Description

Welcome to Module 2!

Dear Learner,

Welcome to Module 2 of your Grade 10 Geography course, where we delve into the intricate interactions between human activities and the natural environment. This module is crafted to enhance your understanding of Africa’s major economic and cultural activities, human-environment interactions, urbanization, migration, and the role of geospatial information. By the end of this module, you will gain insights into how these factors shape the socio-economic and environmental landscapes of Africa and develop essential skills for analyzing and addressing contemporary geographical challenges.

The module comprises four units, each focusing on key aspects of human-environment interactions and data processing. You will begin by exploring Africa’s major economic and cultural activities, then investigate how human activities impact and adapt to the natural environment. The module progresses to analyze urbanization and migration issues, and concludes with an examination of geospatial information and data processing techniques. Each unit combines theoretical knowledge with practical applications to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the subjects covered.

Competency

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• Summarize Employment Structures: Describe the global and African employment structures, identifying key economic activities and their implications for employment.
• Identify Economic Activities: Recognize and categorize major economic activities in Africa and discuss their significance to the continent’s development.
• Assess Cultural Landscapes: Identify and describe Africa’s major cultural landscapes, including linguistic and religious diversity.
• Analyze Agenda 2063 and SDGs: Evaluate the pillars of Africa’s Agenda 2063 and compare them with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), assessing their implications for socio-economic transformation.
• Examine Human-Environment Interactions: Analyze the dependencies between human beings and their environment, the modifications made to the natural environment, and adaptation strategies.
• Evaluate Urbanization and Migration: Explain the causes and consequences of unplanned urbanization, analyze migration factors and impacts, and describe the effects of coastal pollution on populations.
• Understand Geospatial Information: Recognize concepts of geospatial information, sources and tools for geographic data, and methods for data representation, including advances in mapmaking and GIS.

Contents

Unit Five: Major Economic and Cultural Activities of Africa

Lesson 1: Overview of Employment Structures Worldwide

Lesson 2: Major Economic Activities in Africa

Lesson 3: Possible Solutions to Unemployment

Lesson 4: Africa’s Agenda 2063 and Its Implications

Lesson 5: Comparing Agenda 2063 with SDGs

Lesson 6: Linguistic and Religious Diversity in Africa

Unit Six: Human-Natural Environment Interactions

Lesson 7: Overview of Human Dependence on the Environment

Lesson 8: Human Modifications to the Natural Environment

Lesson 9: Adaptation Strategies to Environmental Changes

Lesson 10: Indigenous Knowledge in Natural Resource Conservation

Unit Seven: Urbanization, Migration, and Environmental Challenges

Lesson 11: Causes and Consequences of Unplanned Urbanization

Lesson 12: Factors and Impacts of Migration

Lesson 13: Causes and Effects of Coastal Pollution

Unit Eight: Geospatial Information and Data Processing

Lesson 14: Basic Concepts of Geospatial Information

Lesson 15: Sources and Tools of Geographic Data

Lesson 16: Geographic Data Representations

Lesson 17: Advances in Mapmaking and GIS

Lesson 18: Making and Interpreting Graphs, Charts, and Diagrams

Assessment

Assessment in this module may include:

All assessments consist of automatically graded multiple-choice questions with explanatory feedback. Each question offers four answer choices, marked by small square checkboxes. While the options may not always be labeled A, B, C, or D, you can interpret the checkboxes in that order.

• Quizzes, Tests and assignments
• Mid-term exam
• Final exam

Reference

• Grade 9 Geography text book
• Extreme Geography
• Royal Geography
• Top Geography