Geography Case Study
Lithium is key to green technologies.
The “Lithium Triangle” of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, holds most of the world’s lithium reserves.
Chinese businesses face allegations of the violation of the rights of local communities, damage to ecosystems and unsafe working conditions.
Argentinian lithium miners surrounded their Chinese managers’ compound and blockaded the entrance with flaming tyres.
This resource includes a variety of lesson activities to pick and choose:
Which Geography keyword is the ODD ONE OUT?
5Ws &1H about Tesla Motors and Elon Musk
5Ws &1H about a photo of lithium salt mounds
In which photo would you be most likely to … meet a worker whose health is at risk?
Critical Thinking: write THREE sentences to LINK these four images (technology: manufacturing, sales, use, waste)
Worksheet and data to construct a dot distribution map of China’s lithium mines around the World
PQE: China’s Lithium Mines - worksheet to analyse the dot distribution map using critical thinking (Patterns, Quantify, Exceptions)
Several slides for screen projection: encourages class evaluation of the positives vs negatives of dot distribution
Slide showing annotated map of Global North vs Global South - encourages analysis of correlation between lithium mining and socio-economic development
Link to video: “Argentina indigenous groups
protest against lithium mining”
Concept Map: The Lithium Triangle (35 snippets of info, to be colour-coded according to Locations, Causes, Effects, Management, Supporting Data)
The concept map info can then be used for:
Thought Chains: The Lithium Triangle - complete the scaffolding to complete six pieces of analysis…
“Chinese firms have been buying lithium mines in South America because…”
“The lithium mining industry in South America is SOCIALLY unsustainable because…”
“The lithium mining industry in South America is ECONOMICALLY unsustainable because…”
“The lithium mining industry in South America is ENVIRONMENTALLY unsustainable because…”
“Electric car makers buy Chinese lithium-ion batteries because…”
“Electric cars are not yet completely sustainable because…”
Geography Web: The Lithium Triangle
Pupils link feature and analyse the connections between the Lithium Triangle and China, Argentina’s government, indigenous people, Tesla Motors
TEACHERS’ BACKGROUND INFORMATION sheets (x3) with links to relevant articles and original BBC News story
Geography Case Study
Hoad’s Wood, near Ashford in Kent, is a site of specialscientific interest (SSSI).
Parts of the nature reserve have experienced serious damage from unconsented felling and fly-tipping of waste material, including hazardous material.
All natural features are presently lost and the ground level has been raised by several feet.
This resource includes a variety of lesson activities to pick and choose:
Which organism is the ODD ONE OUT ?
ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY: ‘Pollution’ worksheet
PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS worksheet
QUESTION GRID: Hoad’s Wood (5Ws &1H)
TRUE FOR WHO?
Link to TV spotlight on Hoad’s Wood pressure group
Six worksheets for CLASS ROLE PLAY (local builder, mobile tyre fitter, local family with young children, local Residents’ Association, Kent Police Force, Kent Wildlife Trust)
Hoad’s Wood (stakeholders’ conclusion) worksheet
TEACHERS’ BACKGROUND INFORMATION (3+ pages)
Powerpoint, worksheet and resource sheets beginning with some strange facts about the climate. Activity finding out how climate data is collected and each method's limitations. A section about climate change denial and the reasons for ignoring the scientific findings. Differentiated questions:
1-3: Choose two of the stakeholders and describe why they might say climate change is not a problem
4-6: Explain one economic reason and one social reason why some people might say climate change is not a problem
7-9: Explain the political and psychological factors which might lead to climate change denial
Links to videos which further understanding .
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
**Three pages **
To be printed A3 size
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 'ON WENLOCK EDGE’
Three Mind Maps:
’1. ON WENLOCK EDGE’
’3. IS MY TEAM PLOUGHING?'
’5. BREDON HILL’
Mind Map connections:
Melody
Harmony & Tonality
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Instrumentation
Texture
Structure
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
One page
To be printed A3 size
KAIJA SAARIAHO: 'PETALS FOR VIOLINCELLO AND LIVE ELECTRONICS’
Background information
MIND MAP:
Harmony & Tonality
Instrumentation
Melody
Structure
Texture
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
One page
To be printed A3 size
KATE BUSH: 'HOUNDS OF LOVE’
MIND MAP:
‘Cloudbusting’
‘And dream of sheep’
‘Under ice’
Mind map connections:
Harmony & Tonality
Texture
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Structure
Instrumentation
Melody
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
Three pages
To be printed A3 size
STRAVINSKY: 'THE RITE OF SPRING’
’INTRODUCTION’
Melody
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Harmony & Tonality
Texture
Instrumentation
’THE AUGURS OF SPRING’
Melody
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Harmony & Tonality
Texture
Instrumentation
‘RITUAL OF ABDUCTION’
Melody
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Texture
Harmony & Tonality
Revision Notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
Two pages
To be printed A3 size
DEBUSSY - 'LA SOIREE DANS GRENADE’
Background notes
Harmony & Tonality
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Instrumentation
DEBUSSY - 'PAGODES’
Background notes
Impressionist features in 'Estampes' (notes)
Harmony & Tonality
Melody
Texture
Instrumentation
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Structure
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
One page
To be printed A3 size
CLARA WIECK-SCHUMANN - 'PIANO TRIO IN G MINOR, OP. 17: MOVEMENT 1
Mind Map connections:
Harmony & Tonality
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Texture
Instrumentation
Melody
Structure
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
One Page
To be printed A3 size
COURTEY PINE: 'BACK IN THE DAY’
‘Inner state (of mind)’
‘Lady Day and (John Coltrane)’
‘Love and affection’
Mind map connections:
Melody
Harmony and Tonality
Texture
Structure
Instrumentation
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
One Page
To be printed A3 size
THE BEATLES: 'REVOLVER’
**MIND MAP: **
**'Eleanor Rigby'**
**'Here, there and everywhere'**
** 'I want to tell you'**
** 'Tomorrow never knows'**
Mind map connections:
Melody
Harmony & Tonality
Instrumentation
Texture
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
One page
To be printed A3 size
Bernard Herrmann - 'Psycho’
Mind Map
'Prelude'
'The City'
'Marion'
'The Murder (Shower Scene)'
'The Toys'
'The Cellar'
'Discovery'
'Finale'
Connections include:
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Melody
Harmony & Tonality
Instrumentation
Texture
Pearson Edxcel A-level Music
Two pages
To be printed A3 size
JS BACH - 'CANTATA, EIN FESTE BURG, BWV 80: MOVEMENTS 1,2 8’
Mind map: 'Movement 1’
Mind map connections:
Melody
Harmony & Tonality
Instrumentation
Structure
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Texture
Mind map: 'Movement 2’
Mind map connections:
Harmony
Instrumentation
Melody
Structure
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Texture
Notes on 'Movement 8’
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel )
Two pages
To be printed A3 size
ELFMAN - ‘BATMAN RETURNS’
Birth of a Penguin Part I
Birth of a Penguin Part II
Batman vs the Circus
The Rise and Fall from Grace
Mind map connections:
* Melody
* Texture
* Instrumentation
* Rhythm
* Harmony & Tonality
* Metre & Tempo
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel )
Two pages
To be printed A3 size
BERLIOZ - 'SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE’
Background notes
Mind Map (‘Introduction’):
Melody
Texture
Instrumentation
Harmony & Tonality
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Mind Map (‘Sonata Form’):
Melody
Instrumentation
Harmony & Tonality
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Powerpoint and worksheets about the causes, effects and management of the 2011 Brisbane Flood resulting from a La Nina event. Differentiated questions. Links to videos included.
Powerpoint and activities outlining how deforestation and mining provide energy but also damage the environment
Blooms and 9-1 differentiated questions/activities
eg Grades 1-2 (Knowledge): (a) Use the data to complete the two divided bar graphs (causes of tropical deforestation & global energy consumption). (b) Fill in the blanks on the separate sheet to analyse your completed divided bar graphs
Grades 8-9 (Evaluation): (a) Read about firewood, mining, fracking and biofuels (highlight the main environmental effects as you go). (b) Compare and evaluate the effects of those four human activities. (Write three paragraphs for 8 marks)
Completing and analysing divided graphs
Find out why humanity’s growing demand for energy supplies can lead to deforestation
Find out how human activities involved in the energy industry can cause serious environmental damage