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This photo shows a close-up of a dried-up river bed in Zimbabwe. Primary-school pupils can use the image as a starting-point for an investigation int..
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Secondary-school students can use the image as a starting-point for an investigation into drought and desertification.The image could also be used to ..
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It is true that children are the future for South Africa. According to the State of South Africa’s Population Report 2000, 54% of the population is u..
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This project idea was contributed by Jeff StanfieldInvestigation of differing levels of development across the globe are required within the new spec..
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Robben Island lies some 12km off Cape Town and was a prison for over 400 years. It is now a museum and conservation area and was declared a World Her..
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Geographers use the term ‘informal sector’ to refer to work carried out outside the ‘formal’ sector. It includes work such as petty (small-scale) tra..
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Lindsay Burgin, a geography teacher from Aston Comprehensive School, has developed a mini-scheme of work focusing on Measles and AIDS here and in Afr..
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24 July - 15 August 2006 Leader: Dr Kevin CookThis year's IWG Study Tour followed the pattern of the very successful 2004 Kenya tour, with minor chan..
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The GA International Committee Study Tour to Kenya from 24 July to 15 August 2004 was led by Dr Kevin Cook from St Mary’s College, Twickenham. Aim To ..
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Sport is a useful context for cross-curricular work between geography and other departments. There are opportunities to cover aspects of the PLTS whe..
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A global gathering such as the World Cup offers plenty of opportunities for people from many countries to meet with others and (hopefully) realise th..
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These activities could be suitable for use with BTEC Travel and Tourism students (and may well have a departmental staff connection) and also for a t..
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Sports geography doesn't have to be restricted to secondary schools and children in primary schools are just as likely to be keen football fans and e..
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Since the last FIFA World Cup™, a great deal of web tools have been made available - this will be the first 'twittered' World Cup for example...
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Photo by Flickr user Dr_John2005 provided for use under a Creative Commons Licence | More
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Supported by the British Council and the DCSF, Global Gateway has put together a Project Pack to help you introduce the global dimension, community c..
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The activities on this page are intended to support use of the GA's Kenya Map.This map has been specially designed by Sue Thomas for Key Stage 2 pupi..
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Rob Rosenthal and Louise Lee Abstract With DCSF encouragement for fieldwork, geographers should maximise the use of their locality for practical re..
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Each year the GA's International Special Interest Group organises an overseas Study Tour - browse the photo gallery above for a flavour of past trips..
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Barnaby Bear first appeared in a unit of work entitled ‘Where in the world is Barnaby Bear?’ in 'Geography: A scheme of work for key stages 1 and 2', ..
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All images are © Julia Hammond. Photos may be used freely in the classroom but cannot be used in any other way without the express permission ..
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All images ©Kevin Cook. Photos may be used freely in the classroom but cannot be used in any other way without the express permission of the pho..
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The website about the South African football team, who are known as Bafana Bafana, or 'The Boys', suggests having a Football Friday. Why not have a ..
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This is one of the saddest of images, but it cannot be ignored. The grave shown here is of a young man, Lukhanyo Aplomb, who died at the age of 21. H..
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The topic of disease lends itself to being taught with the latest geospatial technologies such as Google Earth, and other interactive maps. The scien..
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Apartheid is an Afrikaans word meaning ‘separation’ or, more literally, ‘apartness’. It is a social policy that involves racial segregation and polit..
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Bantry Bay is one of the most sought-after property locations in Cape Town. During the 2004 summer season, rental prices reached SAR17,000 per day (a..
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Bantu Stephen Biko was born in King William’s Town, in the former Homeland of the Ciskei (now part of the Eastern Cape), on 18 December 1946. He stud..
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Agreeing on where two oceans meet may seem a minor point, but much can rest on such decisions. The residents of Cape Point (to the west of Cape Agulh..
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In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck (an official of the Dutch East India Company), founded the settlement of Cape Town. It represented the beginnings of a soci..
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In South Africa the word ‘township’ refers to a residential area for black Africans and Coloureds that segregates them from other racial groups withi..
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The photograph shows one of several statues to Cecil Rhodes in Cape Town. It stands in the Company Gardens (see Cape Town panorama). Rhodes is pointi..
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Durban is one of South Africa’s oldest cities, tracing its history back to a visit by Vasco da Gama in 1492. It was named after the British Governor ..
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In 1824 the first European settlers made a landing in Durban Bay with the intention of setting up a trading post. But the Port itself dates from 1840 ..
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People in rural South Africa often spend as much as four and a half hours per day collecting water. Often women carry out this work and water collect..
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When it was established in 1931 as one of South Africa’s first National Parks, Addo (north of Port Elisabeth) contained only 11 elephants. Today it i..
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South Africa has a broad agricultural sector and is a net food exporter in most years. About 15 million hectares, or 12% of the land area, is under c..
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South Africa’s currently available freshwater sources are almost fully utilised and rainfall averages around 500mm per year (well below that of most ..
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The discovery of gold in the Transvaal in the 1880s led to Johannesburg rapidly becoming the largest city in Africa south of Cairo (Egypt). The need ..
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The images shown below were sent back during the 2004 Kenya Study Tour in July and August 2004.
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The Sani Pass began life as a mule trail linking Basutoland and KwaZulu-Natal. Today it forms the only road over the Drakensberg Mountains linking Kw..
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In August 2003, the GA’s International Committee organised a study tour to South Africa. The images below, taken by members of that tour, have been s..
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Lesotho (small landlocked mountain state) gained its independence from the UK in 1966, previously being known as Basutoland. It lies between 1400 and ..
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Attempts to design housing in more ‘westernised’ styles - with rectangular buildings made of wood, and galvanised tin roofs and glass windows - have ..
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Providing suitable, affordable housing for families living in areas where there are limited raw materials can be difficult. In this part of Lesotho a ..
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Between the launch of the South African Government’s White Paper on Housing in December 1994 and February 2003 nearly 1.5 million houses were constru..
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