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Geography Year: 9 Dear Students, We Hope You Are All Well Subject: Geography Year: 9 Dear Students, We hope you are all well. Please be reminded that it is an expectation that you are completing the work that we have set. Work from June 1st should now be uploaded Class Charts. This can be word processed work or a photograph of your work completed in your books or on paper. Each week in Geography you will be expected to complete a piece of Geography work that should take you between 1 to 2 hours. This is the minimum expectation and there are lots of other useful things you could spend your time completing in your free time as listed below: Watching Documentaries: Explore the following websites: Read the following books: Chasing Ice BBC Bitesize Our Place by Mark Cocker Blue Planet Geoguessr Adventures of a young naturalist by Planet Earth Google Maps David Attenbrough Life Gapminder Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall Severn Worlds One Planet Kids World Travel Guide Population and Development – Tim Horizons: We need to talk World Atlas Dyson about population Earthtime.org Factfulness by Hans Rosling National Geographic National Geographic Adventures through the Anthrpocene by Twitter: @BCGeogDept Gaia Vince Week Title of work Learning Intentions: Deadline for work 1 Meet the Horn of Africa To understand which countries are in the Horn of Friday 5th June 2020 Africa. To be able to compare these countries in terms of area and population. 2 The Horn of Africa: Physical To understand the different physical Friday 12th June 2020 Features characteristics of the Horn of Africa. 3 Climate in the Horn of Africa To understand how the climate in the Horn of Friday 19th June 2020 Africa influences farming. 4 Coffee Farming in Ethiopia To understand why coffee is so important to Friday 26th June 2020 Ethiopia. To be able to write a persuasive advert for Fair Trade coffee. 5 Life as a Nomad To know what nomads are. Friday 3rd July 2020 To be able to empathise with Somalian nomads 6 Working as a Salt Miner To understand how salt is mined and transported Friday 10th July 2020 from Ethiopia. To be able to empathise with salt miners. 7 Life on the Coast To understand the importance of the coast in the Friday 17th July 2020 Horn of Africa To understand why piracy happens along the Somali coast. 8 In the City: Addis Ababa To understand the opportunities and challenges Friday 24th July 2020 faced for cities in the Horn of Africa. 9 Djibouti: a Great Location To understand why Djibouti’s location is so Friday 31st July 2020 important. To be able to write a persuasive advert to attract businesses to Djibouti 10 How is the Horn of Africa To understand what the terms GDP per capita Friday 7th August 2020 Doing? (PPP) and Life expectancy mean. To be able to use data to compare the countries of the Horn of Africa and the UK. If you have any questions about your work please email your class teacher and they will get back to you as soon as they can. Mr Mullins ([email protected]) Mrs Dawson ([email protected]) Mrs Tahir ([email protected]) Mr Tsintas ([email protected]) Mr Reed ([email protected]) Please follow us on twitter: @BCGeogDept Topic Overview: Use the following links to find out more useful information about each of the lessons. Week Title of work Links to further reading or useful videos 1 Meet the Horn of https://www.britannica.com/place/Horn-of-Africa Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_of_Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_RbyzfCQdA 2 The Horn of Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pW8wzUOalw Physical Features https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rdjvn 3 Climate in the Horn of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA-1fMvfUYU Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhlE62SwUrc 4 Coffee Farming in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3aGFO-1L5k Ethiopia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4b4aUrL3jo 5 Life as a Nomad https://www.theguardian.com/journalismcompetition/herders-east-africa- protect-life https://www.britannica.com/topic/Afar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkDTCAm-i4Q 6 Working as a Salt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgDiW2ELx7k Miner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZE5y07u8Jw 7 Life on the Coast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M30rLQrX11s https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03wx6rv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eri3Ea0lSUk 8 In the City: Addis https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/things-to-do-addis-ababa- Ababa ethiopia/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msacMFJA2Vg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAPTjyFv2G0 9 Djibouti: a Great https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13231761 Location https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwIHmaP0uJo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbglpfzR6eA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARLUx3zlcZM 10 How is the Horn of https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?filter=bitesize&scope=bitesize&q=horn+of+ Africa Doing? africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFN72B-oXNw Week 1: Title: Meet the Horn of Africa Four Countries There are four countries in the Horn of Africa (see map below). Sometimes people add other countries such as Sudan, South Sudan and Kenya. In that case the correct name for the larger region is the Greater Horn of Africa. The countries in the Horn of Africa Country Capital Area (sq Population km) (millions) 1. a) First make a copy of the table above. b) In the first column, write the names of the countries (use the map to the left) c) In the second column, name their capital cities. d) In the third column, give the area of each country. Choose from the options below. (The map will help) e) In the fourth column, give the populations of each country (in this case the biggest countries have the biggest populations and vice versa. Area (sq km): 1 127 130, 637 660, 23 000, 117 600 Population: 9 797 000, 86 539 000, 5 581 000, 923 000 2. The UK has a population of about 67 million. Which country of the Horn has a larger population than the UK? 3. London has a population of about 8.8 million. Which countries of the Horn have a smaller population than London? The Horn of Africa as a region In geography, a region is a large area where the places have something in common. The four countries in the Horn of Africa have a lot in common. They have a long shared history. There were several ancient civilisations in this region, that crossed today’s borders. Ethnic groups are spread across the region. The Somali people live in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. The Afar live in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti. This region is in the tropics, but much of it is semi-desert. Only the Ethiopian Highlands get a lot of rain. There has been a great deal of conflict over the last 50 years, both between and within the four countries. The region is poor – but is now developing quite fast. 4. a) Look at photo A. Write a list of words and phrases to describe the landscape it shows. (Is it flat?) b) Do the same for photo B. 5. Study photo C. How much can you tell from it, about people’s lives in that area? Write at least 35 words in your answer 6. Mental Map time! a) Study the map at the bottom of the previous page for a few minutes. b) Now, without looking try to sketch the map, label the countries and add their capital cities. Week 2: Title: The Horn of Africa: Physical Features The map below shows the mountains, rivers, lakes, deserts, beaches, and volcanoes of the Horn of Africa. The Afar Triangle This lowland area is shaped like a triangle. It has the lowest point in Africa, Lake Assal. It has volcanoes and suffers from many earthquakes due to the Earth’s crust being torn apart here. The Danakil Depression is 100m below sea level and is one of the hottest places on Earth with very little rain. Around the Dallol volcano is a strange landscape of brightly coloured salts, with pools of sulphuric acid. The Ogaden This is a plateau. Many of the people here are nomads who rear animals and travel with them to find grazing. The Rivers The map shows the main rivers in the The Coast region. They all rise in the Ethiopian The Ethiopian Highlands Highlands and provide most of the water The Horn of Africa has These are the largest area of for the Horn of Africa. The highlands a very long coastline. high land in Africa. They are provide water for other countries too. Look Somalia has the divided in two by the Rift at the Blue Nile. It leaves Ethiopia and longest coastline in Valley, which holds a string heads north to Sudan, where it joins the Africa, with many of lakes. White Nile to become the River Nile, which beaches. flows on to Egypt. 1. Use the resource above and the map of countries from the previous lesson. a) Which country has the most of the high land? b) The Ogaden is a plateau. Find out what this word means. 2. Name the highest and lowest points in the Horn of Africa. 3. Name the lake where the Blue Nile rises. 4. Give two interesting facts about the Afar Triangle 5. Which country in the Horn of Africa: a) Lies along the Red Sea? b) Borders the Indian Ocean? 6.
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