Tuesday, 31 March 2009

cooursework

IB Study Guide

Geography for the IB Diploma
Garrett Nagle & Briony Cooke
Oxford
isbn 978-019-915241-4
£16.82

Monday, 16 March 2009

Food and Development

Millions wasted on food schemes as the rich-poor health gap grows

Independent

Article about world food supplies

This would link in with work on Population and food supplies

Year of the hungry: 1,000,000,000 afflicted
Despite the West's pledge to halve world hunger, the number of people who are short of food will soon reach a shocking landmark


Independent

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Earthquake comparison lesson

Kashmir Earthquake 2005




exam tips - writing introductions to essays

Do
Start with the question – re word it, say what you are going to say (without actually saying it)
Read into, conclusion and first and last sentence of each paragraph

Begin to unpack terms – explain it and say how it relates to the question, show understanding, define
Need to focus on question
Show understanding of question
include relevent quotes

Don’ts
general information
don’t get into details too quickly
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