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=Welcome to the Caracals= = = =Unit 3: About development and the issues that affect it, about Millennium Development Goals(MDG), transnational companies (TNC), AID and trade:=

Textbook Reference:Revise KS3 Geography Study Guide:pages 111 -120
(Do remember the textbook is not ESSENTIAL for this course, as the course is updated each year to make it current and the book is not - but you can find useful back-up information in it.) This half term we will be looking at development: what is it? How can we measure it? What are the Millennium Development Goals? How are the big international companies affecting development? Is AID a good thing? Is getting the poorer countries producing goods better?

Lesson 1
**Homework:**
 * Powerpoint:[[file:Y9GeU3A Development PPwk8.ppt]] **
 * Class notes: ** [[file:Y9GeU3A Devel 1 CWwk8.doc]]

**Extras: Can you tell by just looking which are the more developed countries?**

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Lesson 2:
Powerpoint: Class notes: Homework: Please view brilliant homeworks from this week ** here ** **Extras: A video from UNICEF**media type="youtube" key="D3l4CLvOQ0Y?fs=1" height="385" width="640"**Also visit their site** and click on the links at the top from more informationThis OXFAM site is also useful

Lesson 3: Millennium Development Goals
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Lesson 4: Water
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Extra links:
Go to this site: [] Akvo.org help donors and doers reach out to fund many thousands of new water and sanitation projects. Choose one of their projects from the page above. What is it called? How does it work? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Where does it work the best and how much does it cost? Keep it BRIEF

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Please go to Great homeworks to see this homework's responses

Lesson 5: Ways to raise GDP: TNCs and Fairtrade
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Many transnational companies have had a really poor reputation in the past. Take Big Mac for example, they used to source much of their beef from Brazil. The farms were as a result of deforestation of the Amazon, and it was not long before people were boycotting them on that account. Since then, they have become much more aware of their environmental impact and no longer use beef from sources that cause serious environmental damage. Not it must be stated becasue they have become the good guys over night but because they could not afford the economic impact of so many customers staying away. However, since then, they have adopted principals and schemes that do do some good for their own sakes. This document looks at some of the more dubious practices that Coco Cola was up into in 2005. I would think that they too have looked at their profit and changed their ways since then.
 * Useful documents:**[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://ysgol-rhyngrwyd.wikispaces.com/file/view/Coca-Cola+-+The+Alternative+Report.pdf"]] [|Coca-Cola - The Alternative Report.pdf]

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 * Homework:**

@http://www.tradeaid.org.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/100 and then go to @http://www.tradeaid.org.nz/index.php/page/ourpartners/title/Our+Partners and click on the places on the world map to see what is happening where
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