Citizenship at key stage 3 (Year 7-9)
Unit 10: Debating a global issue
Section 3: Is the Amazon rainforest being developed or destroyed? (preparation)
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Objectives |
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- to use the internet and CD-ROMs to investigate a particular viewpoint
- to communicate in different ways appropriate to the task and audience, including by using ICT
- to work together in groups,
coordinating their activities
- to select evidence from the internet and present it using appropriate techniques
- to explore the idea of sustainable development and recognise its implications for different people, places and environments
- about how conflicting demands on an environment arise
- that different values and attitudes affect their views on an issue
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Activities |
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Outcomes |
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- Divide the class into four groups. Each group represents a different set of people affected by the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest: the Brazilian government, poor migrant farmers, tribal people and environmentalists.
- Ask each group to research 'their' viewpoint using specific websites. Some pupils could conduct a search to find other relevant sites. Each group should work together to prepare a 10-minute presentation, which they will later make to the rest of the class, using ICT, in a mock public meeting. They could also create any of the following: promotional leaflets using desktop-publishing packages, a classroom display, a questionnaire for other pupils in the school, a video presentation or report promoting their viewpoint. Each group should allocate tasks among its members, and work together to coordinate their efforts throughout this preparation stage.
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- represent a viewpoint using a variety of presentation techniques
- select and use information from the internet appropriate to the viewpoint they are arguing
- reach a group consensus on appropriate ways to present 'their' viewpoint
- describe the economic, social and environmental aspects of development in the Amazon rainforest
- explain the conflicting demands made on the Amazon rainforest
- appreciate how the values and attitudes of the different groups affect their stance on the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest
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Points to note |
- Relevant websites include:
- Link with ICT: this activity provides pupils with an opportunity
to use DTP and presentation software.
- Pupils need to work together in their groups to develop
a unified approach to the task. Any material produced, eg posters, flyers,
needs to carry the same message, eg a memorable catchphrase.
- Link with thinking skills: information processing, enquiry.
- Link with key skills: working with others.
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This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of
activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by
moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
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