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Lesson 36 What are Jakarta Surfers and who are the Jakarta Jockeys?  
  Starter image -  Hard work but does someone have to do it?  
  Jakarta location  
  Jakarta Surfers  
  Why Surfers try to be Dodgers  
  Jakarta Jockeys  
  Jakarta transport issues - questions and answers Match
  Jakarta transport issues article by Michael Bachelard (Sydney Morning Herald 4.2.12)  
  OddBox  
     
Lesson 35 Why is the Keystone XL no laughing matter?  
  Find Fort McMurray in the atlas. Athabasca River, Edmonton and Alberta. [map adapted from source: Wikipedia]

"Together, these oil sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated boreal forest and muskeg (peat bogs) and contain about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum."

 
  Keystone Cops  
  Keystone XL  
  NOXL                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOHkfoEj6Hs  
  Map                        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16621398  
  Against                   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNpQ2nTUYkU&feature=related  
 

In favour                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJjnaYCt1mk&feature=related

  
 

President Obama   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16624963

  
  Exercise Ans
 

Oddbox                   http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7875000/7875393.stm

 
     
Lesson 34 Is the case for HS2 is completely off the rails?  
  Update on a previous story  
  Your starter clue  
  What is HS2?  
  The 'big picture' of the route  
  The proposed route  
  HS2 decision near  
  HS2 opposition  
  Exercise Answer
  OddBox  
     
Lesson 33 Are you paying too much for your chocolate?  
  Where cocoa is produced Nestle site
(You need to look at this source: http://www.thecocoaplan.com/about-cocoa/where-cocoa-is-produced.aspx )		  
  Where does chocolate come from?  
  From cocoa pod to Belgian chocolate  
  Nestle - Global Food Giant  
  Image 1 Issues?  
  Image 2 Issues?  
  Exercise Answer
  Oddbox  
     
Lesson 32 Why have the army stormed the 'little farm'?  
  Rio's biggest 'slum invaded  
  Life returns to normal  
  Life in the Favela - BBC clip  
  What is Rocinha? - let's ask Wikipedia?  
  Where is Rocinha?  
  What are the problems of living in Rocinha?  
  The view  
  Exercise Sort out the labels into categories, with the figures what do they refer to? Answer
  Homework: Research child labour in the cocoa industry using the Nestle website. Produce a poster with words and images to explain why child labour is such a problem in the Ivory Coast.  
  OddBox  
     
Lesson 31 What's that noise? Is it more 'Trick or Treaters' or is it fireworks?  
  Image - what 2 news stories are shown in this cartoon?  
  News Report - lucky escape  
  News Report - causes  
  Location  
  Exercise Sort out the labels into categories, with the figures what do they refer to? Answer
     
   

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  OddBox can you link any 'odd story' to this week's topic?  
     
Lesson 30 Less Hui and More Do-ey? Explain please!  
  Image Why would anyone do this to a penguin?  
  News report Watch the two video clips - the first one has no sound but the second one is  a report.  
  Image Does this explain the title?  
  Map Where and when did it happen?  
  Diagram What happened?  
  Interactive Diagram Get ideas then write up the story of the Rena running aground in 100 words covering - what happened, where and when, how wildlife is affected and who is to blame. Finally explain why some New Zealanders are saying 'less hui and more do-ey'  
  OddBox does any items remind you of our News Story? (Yarn bombing?)  
     
Lesson 29 Should the Belo Monte Be Banned?  
  Belo Monte permit  
  Judge halts work  
  Map  
  Belo Monte Interactive Diagram  
  Before / After interactive map  
  Map for Pupils  
  OddBox  
     
Lesson 28 Why did Pakistan PM Gilani cancel his trip to US?  
  Pakistan Floods         http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14943643  
  Hyderabad at a standstill        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14936945  
  Map  
  Cause of the Flooding 2010  
  Monsoon diagram  
  Monsoon animation  
  Dustbin Game http://classtools.net/widgets/dustbin_8/BhsCl.htm
 

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  Worksheet  
  OddBox      http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7875000/7875393.stm  
     
Lesson 27 Do U Hate Tan 8?  "A Fowl Wind is Blowing"  
Powys protests  
Match - Up Quiz  
Western Mail News Report blank
"The Scream"  
  Our villages in 2012  
   

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Lesson 26 Will the last person to leave La Paz please remember to turn off the tap?  
  Location  
  Bolivia detailed  
  Glacier Melt  
  Chacaltaya  
  La Paz Water Supply BBC News Clip  
  Sorting exercise Answer
  Dustbin Game http://classtools.net/widgets/dustbin_1/7GQ1q.htm  
   

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  Odd One Out  
  OddBox  
     
     
Lesson 25 Why did someone murder Eduardo Sierra?  
  Smuggle Truck Starter  
  Van Flips  
  San Diego - The Wall!  
  US Border Violence - Myth or Reality? Is San Diego a safe city?  
  Spiny Cactus Bar Murder  
     
Lesson 24 Tsunami disaster in Japan  
  BBC News Interactive Map  
  BBC News Live  
 

WHAT? Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began - measured at 9.0 by the US Geological Survey - has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami.

  
  WHY? Plate movements and animation  
  WHEN? It struck at 1446 local time (0546 GMT) at a depth of about 24km. 11/3/2011  
  HOW? How is a tsunami formed? Animation  
  WHERE? Map Epicentre 130kms east of Sendai.  
  WHO? Hiromitsu Shinkawa
 		  
  WHO? Michihoto Sato  
     
Lesson 23 Floods in Queensland? We've already done it. Must be Groundhog Day!  
  Cyclone Yasi, Queensland  
  Snowstorm USA BBC  
  Snowstorm USA  
  Snowstorm USA - Sky News  
  Snowstorm image - Reuters  
  Groundhog Day - The Movie  
  Groundhog Day http://www.groundhog.org/ Will it make the OddBox?  
  Task: Write 100 words explaining the events of Groundhog Day. Try to include these words:
Pennsylvania,   Punxsutawney,   Phil,   Groundhog,   Predict,   Spring,  125 years,  2nd February.		  
  ODDBOX  
     
Lesson 22 How can you milk fog? (View 'Human Planet' - Deserts)  
  Reading the script: http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/elt/products/of1_ts09.pdf  
  Image 1 from http://wanderinggaia.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/fogcatchers.jpg  
  Image 2 from http://wanderinggaia.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/aloes.jpg  
  Note - where have we mentioned these places before?  
  Task: Draw two labelled diagrams to show how the nets work and also how plants like aloe vera can be irrigated with the water. Extra: Add a paragraph of text to develop the story to say why they grow aloe vera.  
  ODDBOX  
     
Lesson 21 Did 'the little girl' leave the tap running (with the plug still in the sink)?  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12158608 January 11th - No comment needed  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12158353 January 11th  
  Where is it and what happened? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12109717   
  Why did it happen? http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/news/newsid_9340000/9340513.stm  
  Task: either draw a fully labelled sketch map or a fully labelled diagram to explain where the key places are, what has happened, and why it has happened.  
  Worksheet        Map   Map2         Diagram  
  ODDBOX http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7875000/7875393.stm  
  Homework - answer/explain the lesson title question in no more than 50 words. (What does La Nina mean?)  
     
Lesson 20 Can Cancun assist Aosis?  
  What is Aosis? http://www.sidsnet.org/aosis/  
  Aosis  
  Here's the answer but what is the question?
194 nations:     Aosis:    Cancun:    260000 people:   by sea level rise:  by 2099 (2m) 		 
  > Watch Tuvalu video Clip (Tape162)  
  Cancun image What's the message (in the bottle?)  
  Here's another one!  
  Paired Task: What is your idea for grabbing the world attention for this issue?
What issue? What idea? How would you present it? What is the 'hidden message'?		  
  ODDBOX  
     
Lesson 19 Why is Amanda Shields waiting and praying at Pike River?  
  Data collection frame  
  Overview http://news.sky.com/skynews/Article/201011115818244  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3yvNjZxbNU  
  Map / side view  
  Pike River  
  The explosion http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11805496                   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11817990  
  Who is Malcom Campbell? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1331113/New-Zealand-Mine-Explosion-Families-trapped-Britons-pray-miracle.html  
  Odd Box http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11792460  
     
Lesson 18 When is a 'Dream' and a 'Blessing' more of a nightmare?  
  Before http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8103585.stm video  
  Interactive Map Report available below 'Ar' of Arabian Seat  
  The Start http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8603796.stm video  
  BBC News Story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11704306 news article  
  Task: Dominoes Here  
  Odd Box http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11698290  
     
     
Lesson 17 What connects Mr. Jones and 'the purple pinkie'?  
  The purple pinkie pic  
  World Distribution Map  
  Focus on the Crocus  
  The Final Push 1 Konnie Huq - Thanks for Life - End Polio Now  
  The Final Push 2 Konnie Huq - Thanks for Life - End Polio Now  
  Polio Match Up Quiz  
Key Answers - What is the question?
4 countries:     Bill Gates and Rotary International:   Mainly in Nigeria:      February 23rd 2011: 
To Eradicate Polio:   Planting crocus bulbs:		  
  Task: Write a Press Release for the Abergavenny Chronicle to explain our part in the 'Focus on the Crocus campaign?  
  OddBox: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11547959  
     
Lesson 16 Is it a positive impact of Global Warming?  
  PictureBoard Starter  
  What is the position  Now? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11387175  
  Match Up Quiz about Now  
  Map Image  
  The North East Passage  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11381773 Two news video clips about the future  
Key Answers - What is the question?
5 countries:     in the Arctic:     25%:         2012:     Global Warming:      a titanium flag.		  
  Task: How should we develop the Arctic area?  
  Odd Box: http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7875000/7875393.stm  
  or http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11497455  
     
Lesson 15 Will they surface for Christmas?  
Q60 Odd Box http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11171944 Sept 2nd 2010 Which item is from the Southern Hemisphere?  
  News on 23rd August - Discovery the men were alive but trapped  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11056607  
  Contact / Pictures http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11117940  
  Rescue? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11120267  
  Drill Plan: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11133018  
  Update: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11225047  
Key answers - 33;     700 metres deep;     750 Kms north of Santiago;     05.08.10;     copper and gold;   main access tunnel collapsed.  
  Task: Draw a map to locate the key places. Add annotations to ask and answer some of the key questions. Your newspaper editor wants this ready for the next edition.  
     
Lesson 14 Who is the Guardian of Six Bells?  
  Odd Box http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/front_page/newsid_10480000/newsid_10483900/10483958.stm Quiz
  Image The proper 'starter' questions  
  The Story http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/southeastwales/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8754000/8754198.stm  
  Location  
  Multiple Choice Quiz - pairs  
Task - Write in 'best' - 6 sentences / 60 words about the topic (answering the 6 questions).  
Plenary (or summarise today's lesson in 5 words ... and then just one word)  
Which Odd Box story links to our Lesson Content?  
     
Lesson 13
Why is there a heatwave* in Hogsmeade? ... and at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? *105*F = 41*C
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7875000/7875393.stm
Odd Box Name the 10 places mentioned.		  
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10359859.stm Watch the news clip  
  Research Questions  
     
Lesson 12 World Cup 2010  
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7439012.stm Odd Box Name the 10 places mentioned.  
   

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  http://classtools.net/widgets/dustbin_7/q1LDv.htm  Target Score = 30 or less!  
  Country:  
  Poster:
Capital, population. famous landmark, historical fact, strange interesting fact, flag, team colours, one player, image		  
     
Lesson 11 Louisiana Oil Spill  
  OddBox http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7875000/7875393.stm  
  The cause of the disaster image
  The scale of the disaster image
  The effects of the disaster Source: http://www.vizworld.com/2010/05/oil-spill-map-hard-hit-waiting-blow/ image
  Fighting Back Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8668753.stm news clip
     
Lesson 10 Why did referee Bennett miss the Manchester derby game?  
     
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4n9DxPxXLM  
     
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awtSc_BgYys
 		  
  Task Sheet Answer
  Colour code the labels into the four categories or put the correct label numbers under each heading.
 		  
  Write your own 100 word / two minute news report to accompany the raw footage below.
Mention -
1) What happened / where
2) Why flights were grounded across Europe
3) How else the UK was affected - remembering Steve Bennett the referee.		  
     
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS9FgSVKeN4  
     
 
Ref Bennett stranded in Romania by volcanic ash, misses Man City-Man Utd game

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (CP) – 2 days ago

LONDON — Premier League referee Steve Bennett has been replaced for Saturday's Manchester derby between City and United after getting stranded in Romania by the effects of a volcanic eruption in Iceland.

A referee's teaching coach, Bennett has been in Romania taking a course for budding young match officials.

He was due to fly back Friday but the ash blowing across northern Europe is a danger to aircraft and a ban is in force on flights entering and leaving Britain.

The Premier League said he was due to referee the derby at Eastlands but has been replaced by Martin Atkinson.

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Lesson 9 Why is Inspector Kurt Wallander not at his desk this morning? March 2010
  Starter: OddBox http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7875000/7875393.stm  
  How many places can you list? Which are in the UK? Which geographical topics/issues are mentioned?  
  Main part  
  http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Baltic_Sea Map  
  http://reference.findtarget.com/search/Gulf%20of%20Bothnia/ Map  
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8550845.stm During  
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43042 Satellite Image  
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8550687.stm After  
  Write your own report to accompany the second news images. One minute - 100 words.  
  Where is it?  
  What happened and when?  
  Why did it happen?  
  How were people affected?  
  Who solved the problem?  
  Plenary: So what happened to Wallander?  
     
Lesson 8 Why is Cristiano Ronaldo wearing a special T shirt? Feb 2010
  Why is Cristiano wearing a special T shirt? Picture  
  Mystery activity  
  Where are we talking about? Task - Say where it is in words. What is good/bad about this map?  
  BBC news clip no commentary http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8526288.stm  
  BBC news clip with commentary http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8527480.stm?ls  
  Tourist report on BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8527084.stm  
  Report in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Madeira_floods_and_mudslides  
     
Lesson 7 "Earthquakes don't kill people buildings do" Jan 2010
Haiti Earthquake - as a journalist write an A4 one side newspaper report about the Haitian earthquake - perhaps using the headline above'  
Draw up a plan for an investigation into this topic. Think of 5 Key Questions.  
  Location  
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1202772.stm
HAITI COUNTRY PROFILE
Half of Caribbean island of Hispaniola
History of violence, instability and dictatorship
Population of 10 million people
Most live on less than $2 a day
Democratic rule restored in 2006
Economy in ruins and unemployment is chronic
UN peacekeepers deployed - foreign aid seen as vital
Massive deforestation has left just 2% forest
Storms and hurricanes in 2008 left almost 800 dead
  
  Cause  
  Transform  
  damage  
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8455629.stm  short term effects  
     
Lesson 6 Why does Rachel want her sister to ring her?  
  Assignment  
     
Lesson 5 Why does Rachel want her sister to ring her? Mystery - Geography in the News!
  The Story Sheet Print out page
  Instructions Teacher
     
Lesson 4 New Europe - video  
     
Lesson 3 Europe - Places  
     
Lesson 2 Europe - The E. U.  
     
Lesson 1 Know Your World   http://primary.naace.co.uk/startower/world/index.htm  
     
   

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