Geography in the News!!

Have I got news for you caption round!

Strong batters the French quarter

winds

President declares ‘Bush on ‘fire

P-Diddy goes all green

causes 1.5 million sheep to die

Drought

crossing for South African children

Crocodile

Secret plan to 25

miles of Norfolk

flood

infestation in BangladeshRat

Learning Objectives

• What have you learnt so far in Year 7?

• To recognise how Geography is represented in the news

• To describe some simple Geographical news stories

• To synthesise information from newspaper articles

Watch the clip

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7875367.stm

• I will show you a one-minute summary of the news

• I want you to think which parts of the summary are related to Geography

Your task

• You are going to work in pairs

• You will try to read as many different news stories as you can in the time given

• You need to fill in the required information onto your table

Learning Objectives

• What have you learnt so far in Year 7?

• To recognise how Geography is represented in the news

• To describe some simple Geographical news stories

• To synthesise information from newspaper articles

If this is the answer what is the question?

For example

• If this is the answer what is the question?

– Mrs. Addison

– Geography

If this is the answer what is the question?

– Grand Canyon

If this is the answer what is the question?

– Pink teddy bear

If this is the answer what is the question?

– Hurricane

If this is the answer what is the question?

– God

If this is the answer what is the question?

– 61 million

If this is the answer what is the question?

– rats

If this is the answer what is the question?

– bananas

If this is the answer what is the question?

– 1 billion