More focused than yesterday’s…
This is a good video explaining the application of population pyramids
Exam Revision
24 Tuesday Nov 2015
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Exam Revision
20 Friday Nov 2015
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Revision Sheet: Year 10 Exam Sem 2 2015
The Year 10 Geography Exam is on Monday, 30 November at 1:55 in the Auditorium. The exam will be 1 hour in length with 10 minutes reading time.
The test will consist of two sections:
- Source Analysis with short answer questions
- Mini-essay
The source analysis will require you to analyse population pyramids, maps, text and tables. It is important that you examine the sources closely when responding to the short answer questions.
The mini-essay will require you to respond to a question that relates to the topic of human wellbeing.
Your response should have be structured in the following way:
- Introduction
- Paragraphs in which you support your claims/arguments with supporting evidence
- Conclusion
Suggested materials to bring for exam
- ruler
- highligher/s
- eraser
- pencil/s
- sharpener
National Sovereignty vs Global Interconnection
19 Thursday Nov 2015
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We’ve spent the last few weeks looking at aspects of global interconnection, but what about the ability to do what we like in our own country?
The right of a country to determine its own laws is called national sovereignty.
What are the limits on national sovereignty?
Should there be any limits?
What is the dichotomy between global interconnection and national sovereignty?
Source Analysis practice
18 Wednesday Nov 2015
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Worksheet with sources on the first few years of the Cold War
Work together in small (allocated) groups to come up with questions (20 min)
Answer another group’s questions
Review
Population Pyramids
17 Tuesday Nov 2015
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Population pyramids are an important tool in being able to identify population structure and trends within a country.
The link below from NatGeo has two worksheets for printing and how to draw population pyramids by hand.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/study-corner/activity-11/
This YouTube clip shows how a population pyramid could be constructed using Paint.
Collapse of the Soviet Union
17 Tuesday Nov 2015
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(Watch Berlin Wall clip below)
Overview from History.com
A bit more detail from the Cold War Museum
And long articles!
– Foreign Policy: Everything you think you know about the collapse of the Soviet Union is wrong
– Foreign Affairs: The Collapse of Soviet power in Europe
Semester 2 Exam
13 Friday Nov 2015
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Two hours + 10 min reading time.
ONLY ON COLD WAR UNIT
Two equal parts: Essay + Source Analysis. Allow about an hour for each.
Essay should be 800-1000 words.
Well structured.
Full of historical detail.
I will give you the question (there will be options) next Thursday, but you can start by reviewing what we have done… because the sources topic might come from anything we have studied.
SOURCE ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK
Year 11 History Source Analysis task
Refer to the separate sheet of sources when answering this question.
Examine the sources carefully.
Answer all parts of the question.
- Examine Source 1. Identify … (1 mark)
- What two conclusions can be drawn from Source 2 about …
Give evidence from the source to support your conclusions. (2 marks) - Examine Source 3. How credible is this source?
Give reasons for your opinion. (3 marks) - To what extent is the information given in Source 3 supported by Source 4?
Give evidence from each source to support your argument. (4 marks) - Examine Sources 4 and 5. With reference to the content and nature of both sources, assess their usefulness and limitations for a historian studying [a topic]. (5 marks)
- ‘INSERT QUOTE HERE’
Evaluate this statement with reference to all the sources. (5 marks)
Total /20, therefore roughly three minutes per mark. Half your time should be spent on the last two questions – approx 200 words each.
Impact of war on Vietnam
13 Friday Nov 2015
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Choose four impacts of war in Vietnam sourced from these articles, then find statistics, case studies and further information for each.
Write a paragraph on each of the impacts: (Main point, Explanation, Example/s)
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/vietnam-war/the-impact-of-war-on-vietnam/
Vietnam War
12 Thursday Nov 2015
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Only a very quick overview of Vietnam, after the potted history on Tuesday, and Remembrance Day yesterday.
Points to ponder:
– why ‘wars’?
– motivation of French, Americans (and allies), Vietnamese
– what were a couple of key events? Why?
– impact of Vietnam War on US politics?
Vietnam as a proxy war
http://thevietnamwar.info/proxy-war/
Common Test Revision Sheet
10 Tuesday Nov 2015
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Hot off the presses from Mr Anderson: Year 9 Humanities Common Test – Help Sheet
Common Test is on 27 November (week 7)
Topics covered:
Part 1 – History (Making a Nation, World War I, Industrial Revolution)
Part 2 – Civics and Citizenship (“For we are young and free”)
Part 3 – Geographies of Interconnection
