Satellite image: NASA

How do we inform ourselves about

this area of learning?

What learning activities will our children engage

with?

What actions can we take?

What focus?Environmental Impact & Environmental Impact & SustainabilitySustainability

Interdependence & Interdependence & ConnectednessConnectedness

People , Culture & People , Culture & DiversityDiversity

What is it like here? (Use, story, picture books, sense impressions, drama to explore) [PLACE]

Ask & answer questions such as: What would it be like to live here/ visit?

Have a definite concluding activity for the project that can be shared with others.

Know that you are not alone in taking action – hundreds/ thousands of other people worldwide are trying to do something about this issue (MDG’s).

Use P4C/ Community of enquiry to explore this issue

Research

Explore & map (SPACE), use Google Earth

Explore through picture books/ video etc

TEACHING TOOLKIT

Sense impressions

5 W’s

Making pairs

Most Likely to ...

Living Graphs

Start with a photo

Using Artefacts

Google Maps (Earth)

Quikmaps/ Scribble Maps

Further research & new enquiry

Decide on your personal actions

Involve children in evaluation

What will we do? What will the children do?

What do I / we already know?

- Share ideas with the children about what they already know about India from

previous topics.

Miss Oglanby has agreed to speak to our class about her

time in India. She has travelled all over the world and visited many places.

During her time in India she travelled to the countryside and spent time in the cities. She has a wide knowledge of

the country and many artefacts from her visits!

We can write to our sponsored child in India!

World's hottest chili takes on wild jumbos

Hockey Heroines

Honey, what about it?

http://10.9.0.3/espresso/modules/news/tv_news/geography/050906g_india.html

Access Videos – Search Chembakolli

http://10.9.0.3/espresso/modules/news/tv_news/geography/000808g_floods.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9IvztklXH_8

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/ BBC Class Clips

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/india-varied-landscapes-and-varied-lives/4603.html

The landscapes of India are varied and so are the lives of the people who live in the different regions. In

Rajasthan in the north the buildings and traditional crafts attract tourists. One child's father makes shoes and another organises tours for visitors to the region. In Kerala in southern India the growing and selling of spices provides employment for some families. Kerala means 'The land of the coconut tree' so many families are also involved in farming coconuts. All parts of the

coconut are used and produce a range of products from cooking oil to floor mats. The final child lives in

Mumbai, one of the largest cities in India. Mumbai has a very busy port and some families import goods

through the port.

No search results for Chembakolli, widened search to India.

Maybe useful as an

introduction to Indian

village life.

The opening minute is useful to show all the

different cultures in Southern India.

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