It was sunny and everyone got very wet. People even did actual work.

Stoke Pero waterfall

Click here to find the pictures

View in Google Earth

If you have Google Earth at home you can see exactly where we went by downloading this file.

Click here for the global map of showing the Happy Planet Index

Here is a map of World Happiness Why do the two maps differ so much?

Click here for the Happiness Survey This is the homework for this week.

Three videos we’ll use in the lesson this week:

Benefits of water video

Agricultural aid video

Example of another aid scheme video

Also information about Guinea worm is here 

Darfur is an arid and impoverished region of Western Sudan. Since 2003 an armed conflict between rebel groups broadly drawn from African farmers, and government forces unofficially backed by Arab herders, (the Jangaweed) has resulted in around 2.5 million refugees and 400,000 deaths. [source]

Play the Darfur is Dying game for a glimpse of the daily struggle for many refugees.

You need to be able to explain how environmental conditions and hazards contribute to differences in levels of development. In the Sudan, guinea worm cases have been reduced [source] and the disease is not found in Darfur. Drought however, is common in the region and results in food scarcity and famine, exacerbated by the armed conflict. Read an article by Practical Action about the problem of Drought in Darfur. The Turra Water Dam is a superb case study of appropriate technology.

The Darfur Wall is an innovative fundraisng effort that visualizes the 400,000 victims of the conflict.

The map you need to examine for homework is located at Maplecroft maps. Select the poverty map from the drop-down box. This is an excellent task for developing your skills at interpreting maps. The interactive maps at Maplecroft are an example of GIS.

The poverty map looks like this

1) Start by describing the general pattern shown on the map. As part of this, you must find out how the Human Development Index is worked out.

2) Use the Hotspots to describe the development situation in one African country.

3) Then use the Spotlights to find out about some schemes that are designed to improve people’s standard of living. Do you notice any themes from the spotlights?

Lifeswitch yourself

This is the interactive for the Year 9 lesson on development in Africa

Here’s the link to the farm website

Please click here to go to the case study.

Either go to the courtfields.org community or alternatively click here to download hill sheep document, edit it and email back to me by Wednesday 24th.

The poster website you require is here

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