New for Year 7 for 2005 (a combination of various other topics...)
1.What kind of work do we do ?
Starter: images of people doing some strange jobs e.g. zookeeper sweeping up poo, astronaut
What is the difference between work and employment ?
Some examples of 'jobs' which don't class as employment - e.g. housework, paper round, babysitting
Primary / Secondary / Tertiary groups - need definitions of these 3 types of jobs - use Powerpoint with animation to build up a flow chart of questions which can be asked to identify any job as being P / S / T - need to mention quaternary ?
Raw materials and components - which raw material makes which product ?
Geog.1 pp.60-1
Task: sorting jobs into categories. Use one from a range of worksheets, or produce a powerpoint with illustrations. A good movie starter for this particular topic on GEOGRAPHY AT THE MOVIES.
Homework: Supermarket survey or foods from outside the UK - can also try to work out the 'FOOD MILES': the distance that food has travelled to get to Britain.
Also survey carried out of 10 jobs which people who are known to them do.
Worth bearing in mind that we can get New Zealand lamb or Welsh lamb, British Cheddar or Australian Cheddar, British apples or South African apples.
We are going to concentrate on PRIMARY jobs: FARMING
Details on the Great 'British' Breakfast:
Are these produced by arable or pastoral farm
Marmalade: made from Spanish oranges
Toast: wheat from UK, Canada or France
Butter: UK, Eire, Denmark, New Zealand
Milk: UK
Sugar: UK, West Indies
Bacon: UK, Denmark and Netherlands
Eggs: UK, Denmark, Eire and Germany
Black Pudding: UK
Mushrooms: UK
Sausages: UK
Tea: India, Kenya and China
Coffee: Brazil, Colombia and Kenya
Baked Beans: UK and USA
Tomato: Spain and Netherlands
http://www.WORKINGLIFE.ORG.UK - website which has a series of images showing jobs past and present....
Also check TROLLEYSPOTTING.CO.UK - quirky and with a locater map...
2. How and why is farming across the UK distributed ?
Arable / Pastoral / Mixed - definition of terms - related to the breakfast...
Pattern of farming - produce a map to show the difference between the
Farm Game if time
BOARDWORKS has a useful set of slides here which can be used 'as is' or adapted for the local area....
http://www.pencoedgeography.co.uk/farmcasestudy.htm - Tom Biebrach's case study...
3. Geography of Chocolate - one chunk at a time ! (Healthy Eating)
Cocoa ?
Video clips
Fairtrade resources: Price of Cocoa - Papapaa pack...
Chocolate production: Nestles in York
Other COMMODITIES: TEA and COFFEE could also be considered - covered in GEOG DOT series.
Useful websites for commodities : go to JFK school COMMODITIES links.
Sheets produced by Guy and Claire ?
Further lesson ideas
The Geography of Chocolate
Who produces the beans ?
47 countries produce cocoa.
Most is grown within 10 degrees of the equator.
Temperature is 21 - 32°C all year, and rainfall is 1500 - 2500mm.
Cocoa plants like a hot and humid climate, and grow in the shade.
Top producers (in thousands of tonnes)
|
Cameroon |
125 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 1150 |
| Ghana | 370 |
| Nigeria | 155 |
| Brazil | 160 |
| Indonesia | 310 |
| Malaysia | 100 |
Rank and graph the data. World map plotting.
Who produces the chocolate ?
Following are world's Top 7 producers (in thousands of tonnes of ground cocoa)
| Netherlands | 410 |
| USA | 410 |
| Germany | 250 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 200 |
| Brazil | 180 |
| UK | 175 |
| France | 105 |
Who gets what from chocolate ?
From £1
a) Cocoa ingredients - 7p
b) Non-cocoa ingredients e.g sugar and milk - 13p
c) Shop's cost and profits - 22p
d) Chocolate companies' costs and profits - 43p
e) UK Government Tax - 15p
Activity:
Cut up a chocolate bar - also have large Comic Relief resource. Is the distribution of money fair ? Need a bar with chunks, and share them out.
VIDEO: Tape "The Price of Cocoa"
Also have photos of the various stages in the production of cocoa.
4. Geography of Bananas - check out the BANANAS page.
Ecuador
Bananalink video and resources
5. Decline of Traditional Industries - Factory Location
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Considering basic ideas of SITE and SITUATION.
Steel / Coal
Consider looking at the change in one industrial area and the possible change to a new industry.
Boardworks once again has ideas of Physical and Human and Economic Indicators...
Homework: selling off the school field (as a site for a factory - need to stress the locational factors that apply in the case of the field)
6. I've been driving in my car...
Toyota Burnaston plant - using Key Geography 'Basics'
Car Park Survey - discussion of why certain car makes may have been more popular - complete with car badges to help students record the information... 20 minute survey and use of ICT.
Video: Factory Work and question sheet - bear in mind that the factory shown in the video has since closed down...