Year 6 Individuals & Societies

Information for SAW Assessment

When: Friday, 27th May 2016

Time: 14:00 – 14:45 (period 6)

Mode of Assessment: Online assessment (you will complete the assessment online using your computers)

Criteria assessed: Criterion A Knowing & Understanding and Criterion D Thinking Critically

Criterion A Knowing & Understanding

Achievement Level Grade Descriptor

7-8 The student:▪ Consistently uses relevant vocabulary accurately▪ Demonstrates excellent knowledge and

understanding of content and concepts such as development & sustainability through detailed descriptions, explanations and examples.

Criterion D Thinking Critically

Achievement Level Grade Descriptor

7-8 The student:▪ Identifies in detail the main points of ideas▪ Gives detailed justification of opinions using

information▪ Consistently identifies different views and their

implications

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Content of e-assessment

Area of syllabus Topic areasMapping 5 characteristics of a map (BOLTS)

What does scale measure and how do you interpret scale on a map?

Different types of maps – Transportation/road, physical, land use, political, economic/resource, tourist and typographical

Development Definition of the concept of development

What is a development indicator? Interpreting the value of

development indicators Countries mentioned in the

documentary ‘On the Way to School’

Sustainability Definitions of sustainability, ecological footprint, food miles and carbon footprint

What is Earth Overshoot Day? Connection between sustainability

and wealth – case of Hong Kong

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Revision Questions

1: Match the characteristics of a map with the proper meaning

Characteristics MeaningBorder Uses SYMBOLS to represent special

features on a map that you would find on the land

Orientation Is an element in map design that describes the theme or subject of a map

Legend Refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. For example, on a 1:100000 scale, 1cm on the map equals 100,000 cms (1 kilometer) on the ground.

Title The line or frontier area separating political divisions or geographic regions; a boundary.

Scale A map is orientated when it is turned around so that north on the map is in line with the true direction of north on the ground.

2: A map scale can be expressed in words (a), as a ratio (b), or as graphic or bar scale (c)

Question: A map has a scale of 1:25000.

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This means that 1 cm on the map is 25000 cm in real life, which is 250 m or 0.25 km. It is also useful to note that if 1 cm is 0.25 km, then 4 cm will represent 1 km in real life.

(a) The distance between two points on this map is 10 cm. What is the distance in real life?

(b) The distance between two points in real life is 7 km. What is the equivalent distance on this map?

3: The following information refers to types of maps in geography: physical map, transportation map, political map, topographical map, economic/resource map, tourist map, land use map and geographical map.

The following are images of maps – you must identify the correct type of map

Map 1:

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Map 2

Map 3

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Map 4

Map 5

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Map 6

Map 7

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Map 8

4: Which image best represents the concept of development?

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5: The documentary On the Way to School tells the story of four children, your age, in different countries around the world. Can you identify each person from the documentary

6: There is no single way to calculate the level of development because of the variety of economies, cultures and peoples. Geographers use a series of development indicators to compare the development of one region against another.

Human development indicators include: Life expectancy - the average age to which a person lives, eg this is 79 in the

UK and 48 in Kenya. Infant mortality rate - counts the number of babies, per 1000 live births,

who die under the age of one. This is 5 in the UK and 61 in Kenya. Poverty - indices count the percentage of people living below the poverty

level, or on very small incomes (eg under £1 per day). Access to basic services - the availability of services necessary for a healthy

life, such as clean water and sanitation. Access to healthcare - takes into account statistics such as how many

doctors there are for every patient. Risk of disease - calculates the percentage of people with diseases such as

AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

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Access to education - measures how many people attend primary school, secondary school and higher education.

Literacy rate - is the percentage of adults who can read and write. This is 99 per cent in the UK, 85 per cent in Kenya and 60 per cent in India.

Taking each of the development indicators mentioned above identify the relationship between the indicator and the level of development in the country. Eliminate the option you believe to be incorrect:

(a) The higher the level of life expectancy in a country, the more/less developed a country

(b) The higher the level of infant mortality in a country, the more/less developed a country

(c) The higher the level of poverty in a country, the more/less developed a country

(d) The higher the level of access to basic services in a country, the more/less developed a country

(e) The higher the level of healthcare in a country, the more/less developed a country

(f) The higher the risk of disease in a country, the more/less developed a country

(g) The higher the level of access to education in a country, the more/less developed a country

(h) The higher the level of literacy in a country, the more/less developed a country

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7: Take a look at this graphic which compares South Korea to North Korea. Identify the country you feel is most developed and explain why

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8: Find the definitions of the following terms

Term Find the definition of the term

Sustainability

Ecological footprint

Food miles

Carbon footprint

9: Interpret the following graphic about Earth Overshoot Day

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10: The following information is about the level of sustainability in different countries around the world.

Sustainable development is defined as development that is likely to achieve lasting satisfaction of human needs and improvement of the quality of human life. (Allen, 1980)

In the graphic below, it illustrates different measurements of sustainability. Sustainability can be divided into three parts: ▪us, human beings → Human Wellbeing▪the environment, the ecosystem in which we live → Environmental

Wellbeing▪the economy, which enables us to do what we do → Economic Wellbeing

N.B. The higher the value (more green) the more sustainable the country.

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Question: Do you see any relationship between how developed a country is and its level of sustainability (use economic and environmental indicators)?

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