11-12 Globalisation and New Types of States (Migration, Edexcel, A Level, 9GEO)

Edexcel / Pearson. Topic 8B: Migration, Identity and Sovereignty.
11-12 Globalisation and the Growth of New Types of States (Tax havens, IGOs, NGOs, inequalities)

This is a double lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 24 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Answers for tasks are included to use for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.

Slides content:
• Starter knowledge quiz with answers
• Globalisation and tax havens – FDI, low tax regimes, ex-pats
• Analysis of map using data as proportional size
• British Virgin Islands, Ireland, Switzerland
• Impact of tax havens – interpreting graphs
• Tax havens in Africa
• Why do IGOs encourage tax havens?
• Why do some NGOs object?
• Global inequalities – The Cayman Isles
• Regional inequalities – China
• The Gini Index
• Extreme inequality – research from Oxfam website
• The ‘Elephant Graph’
• Alternatives to neo-liberalism – Bolivia case study
• Practice exam question (8 marks) and mark scheme
• Plenary – mini debate, students acting as stakeholders for/against tax havens
• Extension – quotes to discuss
• Extension – video: ‘How a historian nailed billionaires for their greed at Davos’
• Matched content from the specification
• Teacher’s information slides on text books and homework

HANDOUT - with extra information and case studies for students to stick in

SUPPORTING RESOURCES: ‘Migration Resource Pack – Study notes, homework booklet, mark schemes, end of topic assessment and scheme of work with case studies list (Edexcel, Pearson, A level, 9GEO)’

Books:
Geography for Edexcel A Level Year 2 Student Book. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9781382014885
Edexcel A Level Geography 2016 Year 2 Student Book. Pearson. ISBN: 9781292139654.