The Global Interactions Fourth Edition series is written for the NSW Geography 11–12 Syllabus (2022), for implementation from 2024. Global Interactions 11 has been developed to support teaching and learning of the contents of the NSW Geography Syllabus (Year 11). It has been written by one of Australia's most experienced and accomplished team of geography educators. It provides a comprehensive coverage of the syllabus's core topics and its various options. It also provides a detailed guide to the geographical investigation students are required to undertake and the tools and skills they are expected to master.

New to this edition:

Syllabus-defined content

The fourth edition of the Global Interactions series will support teachers to deliver the syllabus-defined content to Year 11 and Year 12 students. The fourth edition includes updates to:

all content, in line with the substantive changes to the syllabus
the structure and wording of headings throughout to ensure easy navigation and explicit links between the content and syllabus dot points
comprehension question sets embedded with geographical tools and skills, to allow students to practise thinking and working geographically while developing an understanding of the stimulus material included.

Contemporary stimulus material

New stimulus material ensures the fourth edition resources are relevant and appealing to contemporary students and teachers. This includes updates to:

topics
case studies
statistics
imagery.

Every chapter explores the content through examples of the big issues in our contemporary world, including the effects of climate change, contested space in the South China Sea, COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, bushfires, and examples of global sustainability and biodiversity. Extensive case study chapters cover a range of the most popular ‘option' topics in the new sylllabus, as voted by teachers.

For Year 11 the case study chapters include:

Deforestation
Glaciers and ice sheets
Desertification
Place and Political change
Political power and contested spaces
Human resilience in diverse environments
Climate change
Contemporary hazard: Bushfires
Contemporary hazard: COVID-19.

Chapter glossary

In the fourth edition, the chapter glossaries are now positioned at the front of each chapter, allowing students to familiarise themselves with key terms before progressing with the chapter content.

The glossaries provide an easy reference for more than 350 key terms, which are identified throughout the chapter content with bold text.

Extended glossaries are included for chapters requiring greater vocabulary support for students.