Food & daily life teaching resources
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KS3 curriculum links
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San (Bushmen) living in the Kalahari | You are a member of the San (Bushmen) living in the Kalahari. How has the modernisation of Botswana changed your way of life? |
development; education; healthcare; population & settlement; migration; population density & distribution |
Geography: 1.3a, 1.5a, 2.1d History: 1.3a, 3i Citizenship: 1.3d |
You live in Botswana and plan to build a house for your family. What materials might you use to build your house? |
development; resources |
Geography: 1.7a, 2.1g |
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Deforestation in Kenya |
You live in central Kenya. How might you have contributed to deforestation in this area? |
population density & distribution; resources; forests; environmental issues; deforestation |
Geography: 1.3a, 1.6b, 3f, 3h Science: 3.4c Citizenship: 2.3a |
Growing tea in Kenya |
You are a farmer growing tea in Kenya. To whom might you sell your crop? Who might end up drinking the tea you produce? |
development; trade; farming |
Geography: 1.2a, 1.6a, 2.1g Citizenship: 1.3c, 2.3c |
A girl growing up in rural Malawi |
You are a girl growing up in rural Malawi. What might your life be like? |
development; inequality; employment |
Geography: 1.5a, 1.7b, 2.1a History: 3c Citizenship: 1.2a |
Working in a cafe in Fez, Morocco |
You work in a cafe in Fez. You notice that very few of the customers are women. Why do you think this might be? |
development; inequality |
Geography: 1.5a, 1.7a, 1.7b, 2.1a History: 3c Citizenship: 1.3d |
Sports writing in Senegal |
You are a sports
writer working for a Senegalese newspaper. Describe what the
atmosphere might be like in a stadium for a wrestling final. |
development; poverty; population & settlement; employment |
Geography: 1.7a, 2.1a Citizenship: 1.3d |
Farming in South Africa |
You are farmer in South Africa. Where in the country might you be living? What might you be growing? |
development;
inequality; economic activities; farming; population & settlement;
population density & distribution; food; weather & climate |
Geography: 1.2b, 1.5a, 2.1d, 3h Citizenship: 1.3d |
Rural to urban migration in Zambia | You live in Zambia and have recently moved from the countryside to Lusaka in search of work. Where in Lusaka might you be living? What job might you be doing? | population & settlement; employment; migration; population density & distribution; population growth; urbanisation | Geography: 1.2b, 1.5a, 1.7a, 2.1d, 3g History: 3c |