Elective Geography Secondary 3/4 Express- National Strategies Exercise

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Understanding the table Misconceptions

How to present your answers Use of data from tables Use of more than one variable

Best answers Comparing with standards Choosing best strategies that address a few issues

7+Understanding the table

Data Given Total Population: 7,078, 000 people Land Area: 704km2

Population Density?

Population Density 7,078,000/ 704= 10,053 km2

How does this compare?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_density

Data Given Total Population: 7,078, 000 people Land Area: 704km2

Population Density: 10, 053 people/ km2

Imagine Singapore with 2 more million people Singapore’s Population: 5,183,000 people Land Area: 710 km2

Population Density: 7301 people/ km2

Data Given Literacy Rate: 39%

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_literacy_rate

Data Given GDP per capita: US $2892

Data given Poverty rate: 48%

Some thoughts Is this the number of people below a certain poverty

line (eg. USD $1/ day)? 48% of the people are living in poverty?

13+Understanding the table:

Data given: Access to clean water: 43%

Data given Unemployment rate: 23%

Data given: Life expectancy: 63

Data given Infant Mortality: 300 (per thousand)

19+Misconceptions

Integrated Resorts (IR) in Singapore Is part of a bigger national strategy Jobs created not a lot Attract cash rich tourists/ investors

Strategies to promote development

20+Misconceptions

Population Control “One Child” vs “Two or More” Addresses two different problems

Small population as a problem? Weak defense? Investors not attracted?

What would attract investors Stable government (protect their business interests) Stable work force (no protests etc.) Quality / Cost of workforce

21+Misconceptions

Literacy Rate Access to education? % of adults in country who can read or write

Compulsory Education in Singapore Minimum primary education? Up to 6 or 15 years old

22+How to present your answers

A01 + A03 A01 + A02

23+How to present your answers

A01 + A03

using more than onevariable

24+Best answer

Using other countries as a comparison

And choosing the best strategy which will have a larger impact on national development Improving water supply and sanitation facilities? Improving education standards? Population control? Job creations and financial assistance?

which leads us to a potential LORMs question, where you make a value judgment on the best national strategy

25+Assessing your learning

Either independently or in a group

Choose a national strategy which can best promote national development for Phizophora.

Write out in words (not point form) What your chosen strategy is The reasons why you chose this strategy. Example and outcome of a country that experienced

strategy.

Submit your/ your group’s answer with all your names by the end of the lesson

Your answer should not be shorter than half an A4 sized paper.

Elective Geography Secondary 3/4 Express- National Strategies Exercise

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