Geography at key stage 3 (Year 9)
Unit 18: The global fashion industry
Section 6: How does globalisation affect people at a local level? What happens if the chain is broken?
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Objectives |
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- to compare their own experiences with those of others
- to explore the effect of differences in development on the quality of life of different groups of people
- to produce a written or verbal report
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Activities |
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Outcomes |
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- Use the DCR framework to help pupils identify the effects of globalisation on the factory workers at the start of the chain. Ask them to present this as a poster and to add it to the display. Pupils may be asked to do a DCR activity for their own place in the chain and compare their findings.
- Help pupils to explore the impact of a break in the chain,
eg resulting from a reduction in demand for the product, a strike at the factory producing the item in an LEDC or the closure of a chain of stores which sells the product in an MEDC.
- Organise the pupils into new groups, in which each pupil retains the role from the previous role-play activity. New groups will then have a person representing each part of the production chain. Give out role cards to help remind them of their role. Ask each pupil to consider the effect of the break in the chain on their own role, share their ideas as a group, and then present their findings either by writing a newspaper report or by taping a radio report. They should include interviews with each person to consider all points of view. Weaker writers may need more structured help for writing or be encouraged to produce an audio report in small groups.
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- use a DCR exercise to evaluate the impact of change upon different groups of people
- produce a clear, formal report
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Points to note |
- The DCR can be used to explore questions about the natural, economic, social and political aspects of globalisation.
- Six groups of five are recommended for this sharing activity.
- Pupils may need reminding that the report must be objective, formal and impersonal.
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