Strengthening Canada’s Bilingual Future: New Investments in Francophone Immigration
Canada’s bilingual identity is a key part of its heritage. Supporting French-speaking communities outside Quebec
Alex Darin
The DP Geography course promotes global awareness by exploring key global issues such as poverty, sustainability, and climate change through examples and case studies of local, regional, national, and international scope. Available at both standard (SL) and higher levels (HL), with 150 hours for SL and 240 hours for HL.
Course Highlights:
• Focuses on interactions between individuals, societies, and physical processes.
• Investigates how people adapt to and manage change.
• Describes and explains similarities and differences between places.
• Integrates physical, environmental, and human geography, blending socio-economic and scientific methodologies.
Aims of the Course (SL and HL):
• Develop understanding of dynamic interrelationships between people, places, spaces, and the environment.
• Foster critical awareness and complexity thinking regarding geographic issues.
– Understand how geographic issues are shaped by human and physical processes.
– Synthesize diverse geographic knowledge to form solutions.
• Evaluate the need for planning and sustainable development through resource management.
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Components of the curriculum
| Syllabus component | SL teaching hours | HL teaching hours |
|---|---|---|
| Geographic themes—seven options SL—two options; HL— three options • Freshwater • Oceans and coastal margins • Extreme environments • Geophysical hazards • Leisure, tourism and sport • Food and health • Urban environments | 60 | 90 |
| SL and HL core Geographic perspectives—global change • Population distribution—changing population • Global climate—vulnerability and resilience • Global resource consumption and security | 70 | 70 |
| For HL only Geographic perspectives – global interactions • Power, places and networks • Human development and diversity • Global Risks and Sustainability | — | 60 |
| Fieldwork in SL and HL Fieldwork resulting in one written report based on a fieldwork question, collecting and analyzing information with evaluation | 20 | 20 |
| Total teaching hours | 150 | 240 |
Assessment
The SL and HL geography courses have four assessment objectives. Students are expected to:
1. Demonstrate Knowledge and Understanding:
– Core theme: Global change;
– SL: Two optional themes; HL: Three optional themes;
– HL extension: Global interactions;
– Internal assessment: Specific geographic research topic.
2. Apply and Analyze Knowledge and Understanding:
– Apply and analyze geographic concepts and theories;
– Identify and interpret geographic patterns and processes;
– Recognize and understand theories and concepts in various contexts.
3. Demonstrate Synthesis and Evaluation:
– Evaluate geographic concepts, theories, and perceptions;
– Formulate and present arguments using geographic concepts;
– Evaluate materials with appropriate fieldwork methodology;
– HL: Synthesize and evaluate global interactions.
4. Select, Use, and Apply Skills and Techniques:
– Apply prescribed geographic skills;
– Use appropriate techniques for geographic research;
– Produce well-structured written material with correct terminology.
| Type of assessment | Format of assessment | SL (hours) | HL (hours) | Weighting of final grade SL | Weighting of final grade HL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| External assessment | 2.75 | 4.5 | 75% | 80% | |
| Paper 1 | Each option has a structured question and one extended answer question from a choice of two. | 1.5 | 2.25 | 35% | 35% |
| Paper 2 | Three structured questions, based on each SL/HL core unit. Infographic or visual stimulus, with structured questions. One extended answer question from a choice of two. | 1.25 | 1.25 | 40% | 25% |
| Paper 3 | Choice of three extended answer questions, with two parts, based on each HL core extension unit. | — | 1 | — | 20% |
| Internal assessment | 20 | 20 | 25% | 20% | |
| Fieldwork | One written report based on a fieldwork question from any suitable syllabus topic, information collection and analysis with evaluation. | 20 | 20 | 25 | 20 |
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