THE GEOGRAPHER ONLINE
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  • New IB Geography 2017 onwards
    • IB Geography Introduction
    • Part 1: Geographical Themes >
      • Option B: Oceans and coastal margins >
        • 1. Ocean–atmosphere interactions
        • 2. Interactions between oceans and coastal places
        • 3. Managing coastal margins
        • 4. Ocean management futures
      • Option D: Geophysical Hazards >
        • 1. Geophysical systems
        • 2. Geophysical hazard risks
        • 3. Hazard risk and vulnerability
        • 4. Future resilience and adaptation
    • Part 2: Core Units (SL&HL) >
      • Unit 1: Changing Population >
        • 1. Population and economic development patterns
        • 2. Changing Populations and Places
        • 3. Challenges and opportunities
      • Unit 2: Global climate—vulnerability and resilience >
        • 1. Causes of global climate change
        • 2. Consequences of global climate change
        • 3. Responding to global climate change
      • Unit 3: Global resource consumption and security >
        • 1: Global trends in consumption
        • 2: Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption
        • 3: Resource stewardship
    • Part 3: HL Core Extensions >
      • Unit 4: Power, places and networks >
        • 1. Global interactions and global power
      • Unit 5: Human development and diversity
      • Unit 6: Global risks and resilience
    • Internal Assessment
    • Why should I study IB Geography?
  • IB Geography (Old Syllabus)
    • IB Core >
      • 1. Populations in Transition
      • 2. Disparities in Wealth and Development
      • 3. Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability
      • 4. Patterns in Resource Consumption
    • Part 1: Geographical Themes >
      • Oceans and their Coastal Margins
      • Hazards and disasters - risk assessment and response
      • Freshwater - issues and conflicts
      • Urban Environments
    • Global Interactions - HL >
      • Measuring Global Interactions
      • Changing Space - The Shrinking world
      • Economic Interactions and Flows
      • Environmental Change
      • Sociocultural Exchanges
      • Political Outcomes
      • Global Interactions at the Local Level
    • IB Guidance >
      • Syllabus Guidance
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    • Extended Essay
  • IGCSE Geography
    • Theme 1: Population and settlement >
      • Population Dynamics
      • Migration
      • Settlements
      • Urban Settlements
      • Urbanisation
    • Theme 2: The natural environment >
      • Plate Tectonics
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      • Rivers
      • Weather and Climate
      • Climate and Ecosystems
    • Theme 3: Economic development >
      • Development
      • Food Production
      • Industry
      • Energy
      • Tourism
      • Water
      • Environmental Risks of Economic development
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    • Alternative to Coursework
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Lesson 1&2: Economic Activity

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  • To know the 4 sectors of economic activity
  • To be able to categorise different jobs


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​Watch the following video. What job would you like to do when you are older?


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​Follow the instructions on the PowerPoint and print out the time line document.

Economic activity from Steven Heath
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Timeline worksheet
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​Test class knowledge using the following Kahoot

Kahoot
Kahoot 2

Lesson 3: Farming

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  • To understand what processes are involved in farming.
  • To link farming to the concept of a system.


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Create a mind map outlining as many factors that you think are linked to farming. eg. produce, labour, tools, weather etc.

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Map task on farming
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Farming sort cards
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Farming primary activities from Steven Heath
Farming
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Using the farming systems diagram try give examples of the inputs, processes and outputs for different types of farming.



Lesson 4: Energy production

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  • To explore how coal (a primary resource) can be used to produce electricity
  • To understand the inputs, processes and outputs of coal powerstations.


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Coal is a raw material and its extraction is part of the Primary sector. 
Watch the video below to discover how coal can be used to make electricity for us to use in our homes and businesses every day.


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Poster (to be completed for homework):
  1. Cut and stick the coal power station flow chart onto your A3 piece of paper.
  2. Fill in the gaps with the correct information.
  3. Create a poster showing how coal is mined and then the inputs, processes and outputs of a coal power station. ​
Coal System
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Lesson 5 & 6: Factory location

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  • To understand the types of factors that influence the location of factories.
  • To be able to categorize the reasons into physical and human factors.
  • Using a OS map to analyze and explain the best location for a factory

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​Quick Q&A review on the types of economic activity. Discuss the Secondary Sector, what types of things might influence where factories can be found?

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Factory design document
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Key word - card sort
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What factors influence the location of factories? from Steven Heath
Factors affecting location
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Lesson 7&8: TNCs

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To know what a TNC is.
•To understand why companies have spread out over the world.
•To be able to research a TNC.

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Using the following Kahoot see if you can guess what some of the logos are?
  • Why do you think that you knew some of them?
  • What other logos can you think of that are internationally recognised?
Kahoot - Logos

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Tasks:
  • Using the mystery information in small groups discuss and try to come up with answers to the questions.
Mystery
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Mystery questions
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  • Glue the following worksheet into your notebooks and fill in the gaps.
What has happened to the car industry? Worksheet
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Create a Newspaper article
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Choose one TNC from the list below and complete the newspaper template. Fill the relevant boxes on the template with the following information (i.e. box a should be background information and so on)
  1. Background information about this company (what do they make, key facts and figures etc)
  2. The history of the company – where did it start etc?
  3. Where is it located today? Find a map showing its locations. Where are the different parts of the business located (e.g. headquarters, factory production, sourcing of raw materials, selling to people)
  4. Positive things about this company being globalised – who wins?
  5. Negative things about this company being globalised – who suffers?
  6. How has being globalised helped this company to be more successful (e.g. make more money, have more customers, be more recognisable etc)
  7. Find some relevant pictures and stick them into your article.
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Famous logos
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Watch the following YouTube. Why do you think that company logos change over time?


Lesson 9, 10 & 11: Globalisation - Sweatshops

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  • To understand what Globalisation is.
  • To appreciate why it takes place.
  • To examine the positive and negative aspects of sweatshops.


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Using the YouTube below try to answer the following questions.
  1. What is globalisation (create a definition)
  2. Why has it happened?
  3. Identify 3 advantages and 3 disadvantages of globalisation
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Review all this by completing the worksheet
Sweatshop starter
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You will be preparing for a debate. To be able to argue your opinion carefully you will need to have lots of facts and a good understanding of the unit. Watch the following YouTubes and complete the worksheet to help you gather this information.

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You will now be divided up into 4 groups. It will be 2 Vs 2.
You will need to collaborate to put forward a cohesive argument with no repetition. 
  • Team 1&2: You will be arguing that Globalisation and Sweatshops are a good thing.
  • Team 3&4: You will be arguing that Globalisation an Sweatshops are a bad thing.

The final debate will be counted as a final assessment. Everyone will be graded individually and will be expected to talk from 1 to 2 minutes on their topic. You will NOT be allowed any notes when you are doing your part!
Assessing Oral Presentation
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You will be able to use the internet to help you research but you can also access the material below.
Primark ethical sourcing
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Primark - on the rack update
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Lesson 12 & 13: Tertiary sector headquarter location

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​•To know the factors affecting the location of tertiary industries
•To understand what a bank HQ might be looking for in a new location
•To be able to research places and present our findings back to the class

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Recap on what the Tertiary sector provides.
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Consider the following question:
'If you were in charge of a large bank where would you place your headquarters?'
Brainstorm ideas that and create a spider diagram with everything your can think of.

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Group activity:
You will be divided into 4 different groups:
  • Japan
  • Britain
  • Germany
  • France
Britain, Germany and France are representatives of their countries and they want to 'sell' their country to Japan which represents a large Banking firm looking for a new headquarters.

Task:
Each group will have to create a large A2 advertising poster outlining why their country is best. They will then have to advertise their countries to the audience in a 5 minute slot. Japan will also make a A2 poster but outlining all the criteria their bank is looking for. After the presentations Japan will ask questions to the groups and will make a decision about which country is their new choice of headquarters. 
Tertiary industries: Where should banks put their headquarters? from Steven Heath
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Country information cards
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  • Home
    • How to make a website: Tools and experiences
    • Maps and Regions
    • Travel Photographs and Videos
    • Live: Global Hazards and Disasters
    • Geography in the news
    • The Big Geography Challenge
  • New IB Geography 2017 onwards
    • IB Geography Introduction
    • Part 1: Geographical Themes >
      • Option B: Oceans and coastal margins >
        • 1. Ocean–atmosphere interactions
        • 2. Interactions between oceans and coastal places
        • 3. Managing coastal margins
        • 4. Ocean management futures
      • Option D: Geophysical Hazards >
        • 1. Geophysical systems
        • 2. Geophysical hazard risks
        • 3. Hazard risk and vulnerability
        • 4. Future resilience and adaptation
    • Part 2: Core Units (SL&HL) >
      • Unit 1: Changing Population >
        • 1. Population and economic development patterns
        • 2. Changing Populations and Places
        • 3. Challenges and opportunities
      • Unit 2: Global climate—vulnerability and resilience >
        • 1. Causes of global climate change
        • 2. Consequences of global climate change
        • 3. Responding to global climate change
      • Unit 3: Global resource consumption and security >
        • 1: Global trends in consumption
        • 2: Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption
        • 3: Resource stewardship
    • Part 3: HL Core Extensions >
      • Unit 4: Power, places and networks >
        • 1. Global interactions and global power
      • Unit 5: Human development and diversity
      • Unit 6: Global risks and resilience
    • Internal Assessment
    • Why should I study IB Geography?
  • IB Geography (Old Syllabus)
    • IB Core >
      • 1. Populations in Transition
      • 2. Disparities in Wealth and Development
      • 3. Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability
      • 4. Patterns in Resource Consumption
    • Part 1: Geographical Themes >
      • Oceans and their Coastal Margins
      • Hazards and disasters - risk assessment and response
      • Freshwater - issues and conflicts
      • Urban Environments
    • Global Interactions - HL >
      • Measuring Global Interactions
      • Changing Space - The Shrinking world
      • Economic Interactions and Flows
      • Environmental Change
      • Sociocultural Exchanges
      • Political Outcomes
      • Global Interactions at the Local Level
    • IB Guidance >
      • Syllabus Guidance
      • IB Examination Guidance
    • Extended Essay
  • IGCSE Geography
    • Theme 1: Population and settlement >
      • Population Dynamics
      • Migration
      • Settlements
      • Urban Settlements
      • Urbanisation
    • Theme 2: The natural environment >
      • Plate Tectonics
      • Coasts
      • Rivers
      • Weather and Climate
      • Climate and Ecosystems
    • Theme 3: Economic development >
      • Development
      • Food Production
      • Industry
      • Energy
      • Tourism
      • Water
      • Environmental Risks of Economic development
    • GCSE Key Terms
    • GCSE Coursework
    • Alternative to Coursework
    • IGCSE Geography Examination Advice
    • IGCSE Revision Games
  • Key Stage 3
    • Year 6 >
      • My Place
      • Rivers
      • Brazil
    • Year 7 >
      • Maps and the world
      • Rocky Landscapes
      • Settlement
      • Weather & Climate
    • Year 8 >
      • Maps Introduction
      • Plate Tectonics
      • Economic Activity
      • Biomes
    • Year 9 >
      • Map Skills - review
      • Development
      • Coasts
      • Tourism
      • Paradise lost - Tourism in Thailand
  • AS Level Geography
    • World at Risk
    • Crowded Coasts
  • Geography Skills
  • Donations & Contact
  • YouTube Channel
  • Essential computer programs