Year 9 Geography

Campaign Task

You are to use Adobe Premiere Rush to create a campaign that highlights either the advantages or disadvantages of deforestation. Students are to use one Australian example, and one world example of deforestation and use facts and statistics to support their argument. All dialogue and text must be presented in a persuasive style and should ultimately outline why their audience should support or oppose deforestation in Australia and the world.

• Where the deforestation is occurring (e.g. proposed Adani Coal Mine in Queensland, Amazon Forest in Brazil)
• What the deforestation is for (agriculture, infrastructure, farming, etc.)
• What the government are planning to do with the land
• How the local government is intervening or contributing
• How it is impacting the indigenous people in that area
• Any other facts or statistics to support your stance and persuade the audience to side with your campaign

Success Criteria

1. Work individually or as a group - Assigned by classroom teacher
2. State whether you are campaigning either the advantages or disadvantages of desforestation.
3. Locate one Australian example that supports your choice of campaign
4. Locate one world example that supports your choice of campaign
5. Answer each question listed above.
6. Prepare a script, including persuasive dialogue and text, outlining why their audience should support or oppose deforestation in Australia and the world.
7. Use the script and any other information you have available to film / gather resources for the campaign video.
8. Edit the campaign video using Adobe Rush.
9. Publish the campaign video onto a third party. E.g. OneDrive, YouTube, etc.
10. Submit to the teacher

Extension

Present two (2) key sustainable solutions of what everyday people can do to either support or oppose the deforestation of these places.

Curriculum links

The challenges to food production, including land and water degradation, shortage of fresh water, competing land uses, and climate change for Australia and the world (ACHGK063)

The effects of anticipated future population growth on global food production and security; the capacity for Australia and the world to achieve food security; the implications for agriculture, agricultural innovation and environmental sustainability (ACHGK064)

The perceptions people have of place, and how this influences their connections to different places (ACHGK065)

Skills (Year 9 Geography)

Students develop increasing independence in critical thinking and skill application, which includes questioning, researching, analysing, evaluating, communicating and reflecting. They apply these skills to investigate events, developments, issues and phenomena, both historical and contemporary.

Knowledge and Understandings (Year 9 Geography)

The concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability and change continue to be developed as a way of thinking, which provides students with an opportunity to inquire into the production of food and fibre, the role of the biotic environment and to explore how people, through their choices and actions, are connected to places in a variety of ways. Students apply this understanding to a wide range of places and environments at the full range of scales, from local to global, and in a range of locations