Textbooks: everyones guilty pleasure David Rogers, Head of Geography Priory School Portsmouth, GA Secondary Phase Committee Sponsored by Folens Geographical

Textbooks: everyone’s guilty pleasureDavid Rogers, Head of Geography Priory School Portsmouth, GA Secondary Phase Committee

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Textbooks: everyone’s guilty pleasureDavid Rogers, Head of Geography, GA Secondary Phase Committee

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‘Textbook’

In one sentence, summarise your opinion of textbooks to someone next to you.


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What is your opinion of textbooks?

The source of

all evil

The best invention

in the world

0 10


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http://www.wordle.net 64 responses


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68 responses


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68 responses


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‘We should be clear that we have no doubts that

textbooks have a key place in teaching and learning’

Widdowson and Lambert, P149,Secondary Geography Handbook, GA, 2006


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Context

© David Rogers


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9 PLTS


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Textbook?

Blogs?Nings?Twitter?


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9 1. Localise case studies

• Use textbook activities with local resources


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9 Spot the topic! What do you think the following quotes are

about?‘I was utterly blown away by the boldness of the proposal….. Do it! Do it! Do it!’

‘Where will all the cars park? In the sea?’

‘One man’s dream is another man’s nightmare’

‘Breathtaking, stunning, grotesque, carbuncle, monstrosity or blot on the landscape – all types of description for the new proposal’

‘In theory, magnificent. In reality, totally ridiculous!’

‘I do not think it will ever happen, but thanks for the laugh!’

‘Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!’

‘The plan has nothing to do with the good of people of Portsmouth, but to satisfy the greed of a few who don’t even live in our city’


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9 Does Pompey really need to move?

Find Fratton Park on the OS mapWhy does the stadium need to move? Use map and other information.

5 Mins

OS Map removed for copyright reasons


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9 What would the impact be of the new development?

• In pairs• Use all information available to list the

impacts of the proposed stadium• Remember that impact means change.• In 15 minutes each group will feedback to

the class.– Is the proposed stadium a good idea?– What are the main positive impacts?– What are the main negative impacts?

Wha

t im

pact

will

the

prop

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sta

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9Map detectives:

are there any alternative sites?

OS Map removed for copyright reasons


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Challenge 4 can be used to

structure an enquiry

1. Localise case studies

• Is the textbook correct for our local area?


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9How do I go about a geographical enquiry?

Publish

Produce your work

Select the best Information

Gather Information

Ask questions

EvaluateQuestions answered?

Criteria met?

NoYes

Start Here

Who? Where? When? Why? What? How?

What do you need to find out?How will you present the information?

BIASFor and Against

Audience

PowerPoint, Publisher, Poster, Oral, Visual, Play, podcast, Video, Report..

Imp

rove

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92. Use Twitter to make case studies ‘Living Geography’

www.twitter.com


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9 3. Transforming text

www.comicbrush.com


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What on earth? Geographical Detectives

www.flickr.com

4. Supporting


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9Enquiry Question?

How easy is it for humans to reduce their environmental impact?

Calculate own footprint as baseline.

Eco-pledgeThe reason I need to reduce my footprint as I need to be less

dependent on other places. To do this I will turn off all electrical equipment when not being used and take less

baths

ActionKeep a weblog / diary

Link findings back to textbook space-time activity how easy will it be to achieve my ideal / nightmare world? Why?


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http://daviderogers.blogspot.com/2007/01/year-7-carbon-footprint-project.html


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ClaimPositive or Negative

about Mexicans migrating to the USA? Prove it!

My extra information

The average American earns eight times more money than the average Mexican each year

Resource D - Photo

Photo suggests that Border Patrol use force to stop Mexicans crossing the border. Mexican illegal immigration is a bad thing


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9 Who are these

people?

Why are they

armed?Are Mexican

migrants armed and dangerous?

How do I know that they are

the US Border Patrol?


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9 7. Update

http://gower-sos.blogspot.com/

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© David Rogers© Folens


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Development Indicator Mexico USA

So What? Connective, group of people

Infant Mortality Rate(www.worldbank.org) 22 / 1000 live births 6 / 1000 live births

More babies die in Mexico so health care facilities may be poor. This may be because there is a high level of unemployment so less taxes. Mexicans want to migrate to the USA to have a better chance of their future families surviving

Infant Mortality Rate(https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/)

18 / 1000 live births 6 / 1000 live births


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9 10. Textbook Transformation


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http://www.guardian.co.uk

http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk


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Activity


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9 Guilty Pleasure?

http://www.wordle.net


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9References and acknowledgements

Images:From Flickr users made available under a Creative Commons Licence (http://creativecommons.org/) Ontorio Textbook: juco's photostreamWheel image: FatMandy's photostreamToolbox Image: Jim Frazier's photostreamComicBrush Images: Perfect Reef - Erwin Kodiat's photostream; Cloudy Reef – World Resources Institute Staff’s photostream; Reef Tractor – hyper7pro’s photostream; Beach hotel – World Resources Institute Staff’s photostreamSick diver: Nataraj Metz's photostream

References:Widdowson, J and Lambert, D (2006) Using Geography Textbooks, In Balderstone, D (Ed.) Secondary Geography Handbook, Geographical Association, Sheffield

AcknowledgementsPLTS Umbrella – Luke Mulhall, Curriculum Leader ICT, Priory School Specialist Sports CollegeWordle Images created using http://www.wordle.net and used under a Creative Commons Attribution LicneceTextbook scans – Geography@Work

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Textbooks: everyones guilty pleasure David Rogers, Head of Geography Priory School Portsmouth, GA Secondary Phase Committee Sponsored by Folens Geographical