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A curriculum imperative for the twenty first century in Australia is to provide students with the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and understandings necessary to engage successfully with Asia. The Victorian Essential Learning Standards provides Victorian teachers with clearly guidelines as to where a study of Asia can be incorporated into the curriculum
 * Domain || Learning Focus ||
 * **Humanities -**
 * History** || * Understanding of cultural groups in Australia
 * Investigate Ancient (China) and Medieval societies (Asia or Islamic society)
 * Consider Australia’s social, political and cultural structures and traditions
 * Learn about global interconnections
 * Impact of key events in twentieth and twenty first century ||
 * **Humanities -**
 * Geography** || * Investigate characteristics of Asia and the Pacific Region
 * Investigate environmental issues such as forest use and global warming
 * Interaction of human activities with natural environment and study issues such as global warming, climate change, land degradation and desertification, and air and water pollution.
 * Impact of globalisation ||
 * **Humanities -**
 * Economics** || * Develop understandings of how Australian economy is managed in international context
 * Examine role of globalisation in influencing Australia’s standard of living ||
 * **The Arts** || * Discuss artists from different cultural contexts
 * Work as an ensemble to explore cultural diversity
 * Learn and present dance sequences from different cultures ||
 * **English** || * Many opportunities exist to integrate studies of Asia perspectives across the English Domain. This can be achieved through selecting a range of culturally diverse texts. ||
 * **Civics and Citizenship** || * Consider experiences of diverse cultural groups
 * Consider values important in a multicultural society
 * Compare legal processes to those of other cultures
 * Research global issues
 * Investigate concept of human rights ||

**Studies of Society and Environment (Humanities Domain)- Scope and Sequence** The Asia Scope and Sequence documents highlight key studies of Asia concepts and content that can be incorporated into the Studies of Society and Environment (Humanities Domain) curriculums. Twelve units of work have been written to support the use of the Asia Scope and Sequence for Studies of Society and Environment. They provide SOSE teachers with a range of practical and exemplary teaching activities. There are and

The [|Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre] provides Victorian teachers with access to a wide range of resources to support a studies of Asia program. An extensive range of [|resources on India] can be borrowed to Victorian teachers from LMERC.
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