(Check progress on posters…)

Time for continuing with posters

‘Discussion’ on learned helplessness – it is easy to give up and say ‘I don’t understand’ and then do nothing… Take responsibility for your learning. Find out. Try.

Still sick – sorry

Create a poster which examines the extent that colonialism is linked to global inequality.

Compare one of the European imperial powers (Britain, France, Spain, Portugal) with six of their previous colonies across a range of indicators. You should consider using the indicators you defined yesterday (and others), the OECD Better Life Index, the Population Data Sheet and any other relevant sources.

This may be expressed in any form, but some recommendations:
– change the size of your document to A3 or bigger (A4 will be too small). You might also consider a Prezi or other online tool you have previously used.
– include a map of Empire and its colonies
– use tables, a variety of graphs, photos, quotes etc

Thanks

BT

Sorry, I’m sick today, but I’m sure you don’t want my cold… 

Open this document:

Geographies of Global Wellbeing – GTAV

Copy the terms in the yellow box on page 4 into your notes (Indicator, GDP, GDP per capita, GNI, Life expectancy, HDI)

What is ‘Purchasing Power Parity’? (p.3)

Read the ‘Over to you’ instructions on p.5 and then do ‘Student Activity’ questions on p.6 (Link is http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/)

Thanks

First, review of ‘Schooling the World’ from last lesson.

The United Nations’ Human Development Index and its components, and the Population Data Sheet (from Population Reference Bureau) are two major sources of demographic data.

Looking at both, what are some of the major factors that each measures?

Why might 3 factors from each of these be important?

How might ‘development’ be measured – what factors could be compared with previous years?

What else might you like to know to measure a country’s ‘development’?

If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it?
You would change the way it educates its children.

Two perspectives on a really fundamental issue with ‘development’.

In today’s double, we will watch ‘Schooling the World‘

Further ideas and readings can be found at
http://tok-ais.wikispaces.com/Schooling+the+World

Ladakh, and the Moravian Mission School, are in northern India

HOMEWORK

Finish Q1-3 from yesterday.

100 word response to the film ‘Schooling the World’
– what did you agree with (why?)
– what did you disagree with (why?)
– what surprised you
– any further questions it raised

Traditionally in Geography we have studied ‘Development’, but this has now been expanded to include ‘Wellbeing’. In small groups

 1. Define these terms:

• Development (in terms of countries or people, not buildings!)
• Wellbeing
• First World
• Second World
• Third World
• (E)MDC
• (E)LDC
• NIC

2. What factors are used to judge a country’s level of development?

3. How is this limited?

Inquiry Questions

Factual
What is human wellbeing?
What are the spatial changes that affect human wellbeing?
Does wellbeing vary around the world?
Does wellbeing vary within countries?
What is an NGO?

Conceptual
What impact can the imbalance in trade have on developing countries?
Does political instability affect efforts to enhance well being?

Debatable
What does it mean to have and have not?
Can poverty be made history?
Is pursuit of economic growth, rather than social justice, the best way to help the poor?

Monday 21 Sept – Work through questions about the assignment, time for working on it

Tuesday 22 Sept – Individual work time

Due at the start of Lesson 4, Friday 25 September.
If you have the last day off, you need to email it to me!

What was Colonel Light’s vision for Adelaide and the parklands?

What are some criticisms of the parklands, and the strategies to overcome it, in this 2011 article?

Preparation for tomorrow’s excursion

Quickly read the info in the document linked below and then answer the ‘Over the Hedge’ scenario in Q4 (a, b and c)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwI40q9JkS7TX241NThTT043dlE/view?usp=sharing