th Tuesday 17 November 2020 Subject: Geography LO (learning objective): change lesson 1 Look at the photo below. Most of it is blank. What might be happening in the rest of it? Why is the man sitting like this? Could there be there anyone else in the photo? Try drawing what you think could be happening.

Then, write your explanation for what you have drawn. In tomorrow’s Teams lesson, we can share different examples of what people have drawn and you can explain your decisions to the class if you want to.

Next, look at the full photo on the Geography lesson photo file on the class page. The boy is 9 years old and is called Elhaji, and he works cleaning shoes on the streets of , the capital city of , which is a tiny country in West . He also works as a ‘barrow boy’, which is when he pushes a trolley full of goods that people have bought from a market, and delivers them to those people’s homes. Look at the photo file to find pictures of the markets.

After this, think about and write an answer this question: why is Elhaji not at school or at home with his family?

Elhaji’s family live in Njar, which is on the north bank of the River Gambia, close to the border with Sengal, over 150km away from Banjul. Look at the photo file to find a map of The Gambia, and see if you can find Banjul and Njar on it. Then look at the photos of his mum and sister. Do you think Elhaji’s family have much money? Do these photos and maps make it easier to understand why Elhaji is not at school?

Next, look at all the statements on page 4 of the photo file. Group them into the following categories if you can (you might think that some can be put into more than one group which is fine):

 Information about Elhaji and the life that he now lives in Banjul;  Information about the life of his mother and sisters in Njar;  Information that provides background about the ;  Information that helps to explain why Elhaji is living and working in Banjul.

During the past decade, places such as Njar along the north bank of The Gambia River have suffered from increasing unreliability of rainfall during the wet season. This unreliability causes long droughts, crop failures and great poverty and hardship in a country where most people rely on farming for their livelihoods. The wet southwesterly rain-bearing Trade Winds that blow over the before reaching The Gambia mean that the people who live there can’t rely on them to bring the rain they need, which means it’s harder to survive than in many other countries.