Year 9 Fair Trade - The Plenary Homework to the Trade Game.

After the craziness that was the Trade Game we have now turned our attention to some attempts to make trade fairer. I have asked you to collect information by giving you a number. I have divided this homework into MUST and COULD.

Please come to the lesson prepared to share your knowledge and your questions. Remember about not just printing!

You MUST look at:

What is FAIRTRADE?

Now look at your number. This case-study shows how Fairtrade sales can benefit LEDC farmers and their community. The case-study is based on interviews with a group of banana farmers and workers in the Dominican Republic. The benefits they describe come from just 2 years sales to the UK Fairtrade market. The interviews were recorded for Fairtrade Fortnight in 2002.

How did it all begin? Click here

What are the specific benefits that FAIRTRADE brings to people?

click on your number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

COULD:

Why not have a look at some of the FAIRTRADE FILMS?

Why not meet some of the growers?

Look at some of the other numbers above?

Year 12 Mississippi web links

In preparation for the lesson I asked you to research the Mississppi floods. All good geographers have a focus and an aim when conducting research. Use the links below to begin your research. I am expecting at least 1.5 hours worth of research! Remember our discussion about what good note taking looks like.

You should consider the following ideas and questions as a focus:

* The causes.

* The effects.- environmental, social, economic and political.

* The responses (short and long term).

* The implications for the future.

Wikipedia - Hurricane Katrina. - a good general overview with some good external links.

BBC News - New Orleans - Nature's revenge? The article has some nice information, follow the links to the right for good audio/visual material.

BBC News - Timeline of the flooding

Guardian Unlimited - The Day That Music Died - an interesting leftfield look at the floods, scroll to the bottom for lots more links

After Hurricane Katrina - How things have changed? - an interactive photo story - really good for taking you there.

Lots more links.

Year 8 Living Space revision

In preparation for the test you will find it useful to consider the following questions and pieces of advice:

What skills will I be expected to complete in the exam?
Drawing and interpreting a range of graphs.
Using photographs to write about places and urban issues.
Structuring longer pieces of extended writing to answer a specific question.
What topic areas do I need to know about?
Urban areas in MEDCs and LEDCs, migration and shanty towns, sustainability, internet shopping and its impact on the urban area.
Key words you should be able to use (see you glossary if you are unsure):
Barrio, CBD, city, informal job, informal settlement, rural-to-urban migration, urbanisation, urban sprawl, sustainability, mega-city, shanty town.

Also why not look at the following animation on shanty towns it was produced by other students

http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/geoweb/ click on the volcano (blow me down) and then on 'future favelas'

Year 7 Mapskills.

How excited were you lot about the mapzone website - get ready for that test - look here for the mapability and maptivity.