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Lesson 1: Why do people go to Thailand?

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  • To discover where Thailand is and also some basic country information.
  • To identify different tourist attractions in Thailand.
  • To be able to appreciate why different people are attracted to a country.

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Amazing Thai Smiles: Why do you think tourists might want to visit Thailand? Create a spider diagram of all the different attractions or activities you can see from the following advertisement. 

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Thailand introduction from Steven Heath
Using the presentation and the documents investigate the various attractions that Thailand has and also try to consider who would visit each site.
Thailand introduction
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Information Sheets on Thailand
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Map of Thailand
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Using the interactive link. Test your ability to locate the correct people to their ideal holiday.
Thailand Tourism

Lesson 2: Thailand decision making game

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  • To know the trend of the number of international tourists to Thailand each year
  • To understand the reasons that might explain these events and decide which are more serious than others
  • To consider the effectiveness of a group-approach to managing social, economic, environmental and political events
  • To develop communication and group work skills

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Secret Thai Data
Instructions:
  1. You will be divided up into groups of 3 people.
  2. In each group there will be:
    1. A News Reporter - Your role is to monitor the reports coming in from the helicopter and take them to the rest of the team. You also need to ensure a decision is made in time.
    2. A Cartographer - Your role is to map out the various events (starting with naming the 7 places), and work with the event planner on a plan for ensuring the safety of the tourists.
    3. An Event planner - Your role is to make important decisions to manage the crisis. You have the reports from the helicopter and the advice of the cartographer. After you make a decision your president will give instant feedback. 
  3. Task: Your Group task is to annotate and complete the A3 outline map with relevant information to be able to address the various crisis. The Crisis sheet will be given at the end of the lesson (last 15 minutes). Information will be given to you every 2 minutes. You will need to use your atlases and your laptops to map and annotate the A3 map. Your reporter is the only one who will see the information and will only get to see it once!   

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Map to be printed in A3
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Decision sheet to be given out after events
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General information
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Lesson 3 & 4: Thailand's Climate

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  • To be able to draw and analyse a climograph.
  • To understand how High and Low Pressure are formed and the affects they have.
  • To be able to describe Thailands climate. 

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Review the two key concepts of:
  1. Climate
  2. Weather
Define them, what do they mean?

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Draw a diagram explaining what air pressure is and how it is formed. How does it affect the weather around us?
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Monsoons

Thailand's climate​

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Assignment
In groups of 4 people your task will to be to create an infographic poster on the weather and climate you are likely to experience in China.

It should include:
  1. A climograph. 
  2. A description of the climate of Thailand.
  3. Explanation of Pressure systems.
  4. Explanation of Monsoon climate.
  5. Affects of Monsoons.
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Thailand's Climate Data (Bangkok)
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Use this template and the climate data above to construct your climograph. This should be included into your infographic sheet.
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Present your infographic sheets to the class and discuss Thailand's climate. Would you like to live there? What do you like or dislike about the weather there.

Lesson 5: Tourism in Thailand

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​•To know a range of jobs within tourism
•To be able to categorise them
•To examine who works in Thailand's tourist industry

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Thinking task:
Create a spider diagram considering the different types of jobs that the tourism industry generates. The diagram should take up a whole page of A4. 
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Look at the image below as a quick reminder of what the different industrial sectors are.Using the spider diagram that we created categorise the different jobs into one of the above sectors. Use colours.
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Using the mystery cards try to answer "Why has Ao bought 30 mobile phone top-up cards?"
  • Why does Ao work on Phuket?
  • What is right and wrong about his situation?
  • Why does he send home top-up cards?
  • In the future, what might Ao want and need to improve his life? 
AO - Thailand mystery cards
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Guidance for mystery
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Discuss
Do you agree that Ao should be allowed to work in Phuket?
Thumbs up = Yes
Thumbs sideways = Maybe
Thumbs down = No

Lesson 6: Writing Assessment

"Examine whether it is fair that Ao works in Phuket" [20]

Limit: 2 sides A4
 
Tips for success:
1. Explain why Thailand generally and Phuket/Koh Phi Phi/Koh Phanagn and other islands specifically are great tourist destinations.
 
2. Explain who Ao is and the reasons for why he works on Phuket.
 
3. Evaluate whether this migration is good or bad for a) the Thai people and economy; and b) the Burmese people and economy (his home country); and c) Tourists from Russia and UK and other countries.
 
4. Include facts and figures to support your statements.
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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