The Grange School Geography Dept.

Design a protest poster  to encourage companies such as Nike to pay their factory workers more money  and give them better working conditions.

Can be either drawn by hand or using ICT.

Due in next lesson.

Write a poem about Nike summarising what you have learnt over the last few lessons. Needs to be minimum of 2 verses with 4 lines in each.

Due in next lessson

Think about what you have learnt in the lesson about globalisation and the images we have used in class to show what it is.

For homework I would like you to find an image that sums up globalisation to you. Copy and paste it into a word, pages, powerpoint document and then write a paragraph to explain how it represents globalisation.

This needs to be handed in next lesson.

Where does your food come from?

For next lesson you need to look in your food cupboards at home and write a list of 15 food items and where they come from. Not the supermarket but the country where they were made, grown etc…. Try and choose a variety of foods including fruit, tinned, packets etc…..

Eg. Banana’s – Costa Rica

This needs to be completed and bought in for next lesson.

Exploring the UK.

Your task:

You are going to plan a week-long holiday for 20 American holidaymakers. They want to visit at least 6 places in the UK.

Some of these places should be human attractions (eg. cities, towns, cathedrals, stately homes) and some should be physical attractions (eg. seaside, mountains, national parks).

Your aim is to show the tourists how diverse The UK is in terms of landscapes, people, attractions etc.

Put together a poster, brochure or powerpoint to advertise the tour you have planned. You must include a map and photographs showing the different places visited. You must also write a paragraph on each place telling the Americans why they should visit this place.

Due in next lesson.

Geographical Superlatives

What is a superlative?

A superlative is something that is the best! There are many superlatives in Geography. They are useful to know because in the future, if you are on a game show your knowledge might earn you some money!

What do I need to do?

Choose one of the geographical superlatives from below or find a geographical superlative for yourself.

Produce a poster (produced by hand or ICT),  collage, or powerpoint, which shows some key facts about your chosen superlative.

Make sure your superlative can be clearly seen on your work.

• The highest point in the United Kingdom is Ben Nevis at 1,343 metres.
• The highest point in the world is Everest at 8850 metres.
• The longest river in the United Kingdom is the River Severn at 354 km.
• The largest river in the world is the Nile at 6,825 km.
• The largest lake in the United Kingdom is, Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, which covers an area of 396km2.
• The largest lake in the world is the Caspian Sea, which covers an area of 371,000 km2.
• The largest desert in the world is the Sahara in North Africa.
• The largest continent in the world is Asia. (44,579,000 sq km)
• The continent with the highest population is Asia. (3,674,000,000)
• The largest country in the world is Russia, 17,075,400 sq km.
• The largest city in the world is Tokyo, Japan, with 32.4 million people.
• The biggest ocean in the world is the Pacific, (155,557,000 sq km).
• The continent that has the most number of countries is Africa with 56.

This homework is due in next lesson.

Your homework is to find a newspaper article that relates to Geography. You need to cut it out, stick it onto a piece of paper and then write a sentence / paragraph to explain how it relates to Geography.

Remember to highlight which specific area of Geography it links to.

Due in next lesson.