Year+8

**Geography**
[|Link to the Development Gap page] 1. Complete the worksheet on the page above and then email it to me at: jennifer.currie@cjd-bs.de
 * Homework: due Tuesday 18th Dec**

1.Go through the slideshow on [|this]page. Copy the definitions for each of the levels of the development pathway, and the countries in that level underneath. 2. Complete all tasks on the page (task 1 you can just write down on your notes).
 * Lesson: Tuesday 4th Dec**

__Topics for Assessment Test 2__ - Regions around the world - learn their locations, and an example from each region!! This will be on the test again! - Be able to define measurements of development around the world: infant mortality rate, GDP, fertility rate, death rate and literacy rate (revise from last term) - Levels of development: be able to recognise the differences in the above measurements between MEDC and LEDCs. - Know the 8 Millennium Development Goals - Know, specifically, the targets of your chosen goal, and why you think it is the most important. - Historical, geographical, social and political reasons for the 'gap' between LEDC and MEDCs. - The development pathway - from LLEDC to MEDC, and everything in between! Remember: everything from term 1 could also be on the test!! Revise your last test paper too!

Homework: due Tuesday 4th December 1. Complete question 1 on page 14 (Reasons for the 'gap' between rich and poor).

Homework: due Tuesday 20th Nov 1. Complete the first three questions on your MDG (Anne yours is number 8). The questions / sentence starters are at the bottom of [|this page]. You will be working on number 4 in class next week. The whole thing will need to be one full page typed, in 12 font, 1.5 spacing, times new roman. You will also need ot include a bibliography.

- What is development? Features of a developed - developing country - MEDC and LEDC countries of the world - What is poverty? - Case Study: Ghana - location, impacts of poverty on daily life - Measuring the development level of a country (indices)
 * Topics for Assessment Test 1**

__Online games to help you study:__ [|MEDC or LEDC bin drop 1] [|MEDC or LEDC bin drop 2]

1. Read pages 12-13 on 'A day in the life of Ghana' and complete questions 1-5 in full sentences.
 * Homework: due Tuesday 2nd October**

1. After you have decided whether the following countries are MEDC or LEDC, use an atlas (or this link) to show this data on a map. Choose two colours. Colour all MEDC countries in red and all LEDC countries in blue. Don't forget to add a key and an appropriate title to your map.
 * Homework: due Tuesday 25th**

Australia Bolivia Canada Ethiopia France Germany Guatamala Haiti Japan Madagascar Mozambique Nepal Norway Philippines somalia Spain United Kingdom (UK) USA Vietnam

2. Describe the location of LEDCs in the.world.

**History**
The French Revolution

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 * Test Topics:**
 * Primary & secondary sources
 * Periods of time in history
 * BC & AD
 * Renaissance: important people and new ideas
 * Tudor period: class structure and different jobs
 * Henry VIII and Edward VI
 * Reformation: Catholic vs. Lutheran/Protestant
 * Analysing a primary source

Lesson: 15.05.2012 - 'Was life good or bad during the Tudor period?'

1. Write heading (Was life good or bad during the Tudor period?) and copy these from the board:
 * The Tudor Period was between 1485-1603, specifically related to the history of England.
 * The first monarch was King Henry VIII, followed by Edward VI, Mary I (Henry VII's daughter, known as Bloody Mary) and Elisabeth !.
 * It is argued that England was economically healthier, more expansive and more optimistic under the Tudors, than any time in one thousand years.
 * About one-third of the population lived in poverty.

2. Draw up a table that has the following column headings. You will need to use one whole side of a page. As you are watching the film, fill out the table with as much detail as you can.

Job Title What does the job involve? What makes this job so dirty / dangerous / tiring? (choose one and explain)

3. Watch this film on 'Worst Jobs in the Tudor Period'. (Click on the YouTube button for a bigger picture). After you've finished the table, answer these question based on your own opinions: Which job was the dirtiest? Which was the most dangerous? Which was the most tiring? Explain your opinions.

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Homework: Do a little research on the daily life during the Tudor period. Using that, together with your knowledge of the 'worst jobs', answer the question: 'Was life good or bad during the Tudor period?' in 300 words. Due next Tuesday!

24.4.2012

Homework: due first lesson back

Write a mini-essay (500-750 words) on one of the following topics: 'The most important people of the Renaissance were the ones who were most rebellious' OR 'To make a real difference in the Renaissance, you had to be powerful' OR 'Scientists were the most important people during the Renaissance'. You do not have to agree with these statements, you can diasagree! e.g. Scientists were not the most important people during the Renaissance - artists were!

TIPS: Don't forget to first explain when and what the Renaissance was in your introduction, before giving your overall opinion on the topic and the outline of the structure of your essay (mainly the three most important people). Also, you must write a conclusion!

Lesson: Tuesday 20th March - Essay Task - DUE: Tuesday 17th April

1. Complete the balloon race to find out who are the 5 most important people from the Renaissance! 2. Use this wikispace to read through the notes written by your classmates on the people YOU decided were the most important (hint: look at your 1-10 rankings). Make further notes, from other websites if necessary, on their main discoveries/ideas and how they changed the world. 3. Write a mini-essay (500-750 words) on one of the following topics: 'The most important people of the Renaissance were the ones who were most rebellious' OR 'To make a real difference in the Renaissance, you had to be powerful' OR 'Scientists were the most important people during the Renaissance'. TIPS: Don't forget to first explain when and what the Renaissance was in your introduction, before giving your overall opinion and the outline of the structure of your essay (mainly the three most important people).


 * Research Task - People of the Renaissance - due Tuesday 6th March**

Your job now is to research your character and then use your findings to produce a short account (1-2 paragraphs for each) from them which completes the following sentences. You must write in the first person (i.e. I was born in... )
 * Here are a few details about my life...
 * I contributed to the Renaissance in the following ways...
 * I think these contributions were particularly important because...
 * The picture shown here is of....which helps to show that...

You should start by using the internet and any other available sources. You must also produce a list of references (actual websites, not just 'wikipedia') to show where you got your information from.

Jorge @Helen Ea @Tim

Fleur Laura Marja @Tarek

Jennifer Justus @Cindy Gopal

Kim @Jacqueline Melanie @Victoria

Paul Luca Philip @Nathalia Anton



Assessment Test 2 - Topics to revise:

 * Distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes
 * Plate tectonics and boundaries; location of the major plates & boundaries
 * Different types of margins; features and examples of each (constructive, destructive, conservative, collision)
 * Causes of earthquakes
 * How we measure earthquakes (Modified Mercalli Scale & Richter Scale)
 * Earthquakes in @LEDCS and MEDCs; differences in preparedness and impact

Revise and test your knowledge using the links below...
Remember you are always able to log in to [|geographyalltheway.com] to help you revise too!

Plate Tectonics [|Plates and Boundaries] [|Earth's Structure Quiz] [|Plate Tectonics - Hoop Shoot] [|Plate Tectonics - Penalty Shootout]

Earthquakes [|Earthquakes Quiz] [|See if you can make a room earthquake-proof] [|Stop Disasters - Design an earthquake-safe city - Click on Earthquakes!]

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