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Schools - KS 3 & 4 - Geography
Pupils can use their geographical skills, knowledge and understanding to investigate a diversity of local and global issues, including Fairtrade, food miles, tourism, drug trafficking and protection of the environment.
Fairtrade
What is Fairtrade? Which products are Fairtrade? In which countries does Fairtrade operate? What are the benefits? What are the costs? How does this make you feel?
Find real life stories about people working on different plantations. Imagine what life must be like if you are not fortunate enough to work for a Fairtrade company. Write your own story.
Survey your friends and family do they know what Fairtrade means? Do they buy these products? Do your local shops sell Fairtrade products?
Ge1e appreciate how people's values and attitudes, including their own affect contemporary social, environmental, economic and political issues, and to clarify and develop their own values and attitudes about such issues
Ge2d to select and use secondary sources of evidence, including photographs, satellite images and evidence from ICT based sources
Find real life stories about people working on different plantations. Imagine what life must be like if you are not fortunate enough to work for a Fairtrade company. Write your own story.
Survey your friends and family do they know what Fairtrade means? Do they buy these products? Do your local shops sell Fairtrade products?
Key National Curriculum links at KS3
Geographical enquiry and skillsGe1e appreciate how people's values and attitudes, including their own affect contemporary social, environmental, economic and political issues, and to clarify and develop their own values and attitudes about such issues
Ge2d to select and use secondary sources of evidence, including photographs, satellite images and evidence from ICT based sources
Plant origins
Map the origins of the Plant Cultures plants and trace their journeys around the world.
Key National Curriculum links at KS3
KS4 1j the wider issues and challenges of global interdependence and responsibility, including sustainable development and Local Agenda 21Food miles
Record the chain of events of tea production from plucking to transportation to the UK. Map this.
Do the same for other items of food. Perhaps your lunch! You will need to collect the packaging your food came in. Where have they come from? How far have the items travelled? How would they have been transported? What are the costs and benefits of this?
Countries
Ge6k resources issues, including
iii) the source and supply of a resource
iv) the effects on the environment of the use of a resource
Key National Curriculum links at KS3
Breadth of studyCountries
Ge6k resources issues, including
iii) the source and supply of a resource
iv) the effects on the environment of the use of a resource
Drug trafficking
Research Fairtrade and the benefits to local communities.
Organise a Fairtrade day at school in order to promote and sell goods. Invite members of your local community to attend. Ask guest speakers to participate.
Role-play- set up a scenario with different actors, for example a plantation owner, a plantation worker, etc. Debate the issues as a class.
Countries
Ge6k resources issues, including
iii) the source and supply of a resource
iv) the effects on the environment of the use of a resource
Organise a Fairtrade day at school in order to promote and sell goods. Invite members of your local community to attend. Ask guest speakers to participate.
Role-play- set up a scenario with different actors, for example a plantation owner, a plantation worker, etc. Debate the issues as a class.
Key National Curriculum links at KS3
Breadth of studyCountries
Ge6k resources issues, including
iii) the source and supply of a resource
iv) the effects on the environment of the use of a resource
Tourism
Imagine that you are a tour operator. Create a brochure for travellers going to South Asia. Include an itinerary for a 5-day tour. Incorporate plants, themes and stories from the Plant Cultures site.
Collect some travel brochures to help you design yours.
Ge3a the location of places and environments studied, places and environments in the news and other significant places and environments
Collect some travel brochures to help you design yours.
Key National Curriculum links at KS3
Knowledge and understanding of placesGe3a the location of places and environments studied, places and environments in the news and other significant places and environments
Your local area
Are you likely to come across any of the Plant Cultures plants in your local area? Where? What products? Find out about the cultural diversity in your local area.
Key National Curriculum links at KS3
Ge3e to explain how places are interdependent and to explore the idea of global citizenshipBiomes of the World
Which biomes would you find the Plant Cultures plants in?
Choose one of the plants from the site. Study it and the biome where it grows. Make a plant and biome fact sheet.
Look at the environmental demands on this biome. For example is there arable farming, cattle farming, cash cropping, logging or tourism? How can these uses cause conflict? Are there environmental solutions to theses problems?
Using the information you have gathered, create an activity booklet for primary school children, to inform them about your chosen plant and biome. Make it fun but informative; include stories, games and information.
Ge5b explore the idea of sustainable development and recognise its implications for people places and environments and for their own lives
Breadth of Study
Countries
Ge6e ecosystems - how physical and human processes influence vegetation, including
i) the characteristics and distribution of one major biome
Ge6j environmental issues, including
i) how conflicting demands on an environment arise
ii) how and why attempts are made to plan and manage environments
iii) effects of environmental planning and management on people, places and environments
Choose one of the plants from the site. Study it and the biome where it grows. Make a plant and biome fact sheet.
Look at the environmental demands on this biome. For example is there arable farming, cattle farming, cash cropping, logging or tourism? How can these uses cause conflict? Are there environmental solutions to theses problems?
Using the information you have gathered, create an activity booklet for primary school children, to inform them about your chosen plant and biome. Make it fun but informative; include stories, games and information.
Key National Curriculum links at KS3
Knowledge and understanding of environmental change and sustainable developmentGe5b explore the idea of sustainable development and recognise its implications for people places and environments and for their own lives
Breadth of Study
Countries
Ge6e ecosystems - how physical and human processes influence vegetation, including
i) the characteristics and distribution of one major biome
Ge6j environmental issues, including
i) how conflicting demands on an environment arise
ii) how and why attempts are made to plan and manage environments
iii) effects of environmental planning and management on people, places and environments
See also:
 | Places Find out about the different regions of South Asia from cities, to rivers and mountains. |
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