LO2 Know how tectonic events affect people and the environment AC2.1 Describe effects of tectonic events on people. Examine how tectonic events (volcanic eruption, earthquake or tsunami) can impact on people. Divide into 3 groups (volcanic eruption, earthquake or tsunami). Each group draws up a list of effects on people. Feedback to and agree lists of key effects. In pairs, using the Internet (e.g. Google to find eye witness accounts, photos etc), students should investigate one chosen event in closer detail, e.g. 2004 South East Asia tsunami, 2005 Pakistan earthquake or 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption. Make notes. Ask the students to imagine they were there and experienced the particular event. Key Geography: New Interactions, p.38-43 Geog.1, p.109-111 & 115-117 The New Wider World (Foundation edition), p. 208-211 Internet search engine News web sites like or CNN or newspapers like Telegraph, Guardian, Times, Independent etc 3 lists of effects on people Case study notes account
Collect a selection of photos showing how the chosen tectonic event has impacted on the environment. Create a Power Point presentation using the photos. Add in appropriate commentary or text. LO3 Know how people respond to tectonic events AC3.1 Select a range of information on help that is needed after a tectonic event. Find out about the different types of help that people need after a volcanic eruption, earthquake or tsunami (use case study from AC2.1). Watch TV news footage and discuss. Find out about the need for short term, medium term and long term help. For the chosen tectonic event, identify different forms of short term, medium term and long term help, e.g. sort a bundle of cards/photos showing the different types of help. Rank or prioritise the different types of help that is needed after a tectonic event Produce a mind-map (include text and images) to identify Geography Matters:3 (Foundation edition), p.99 Investigating Geography C: (Foundation edition), p. 56-60 geog.GCSE, p.17, 25 Internet search engine, e.g. Google Images News web sites like or CNN or newspapers like Telegraph, Guardian, Times, Independent etc Written definitions of short term, medium term and long term help List examples of term, medium term and long term help Rank order Mind map
ways in which people in the affected areas can respond to a tectonic event in the short, medium and long terms, e.g. provision of emergency shelter/medical supplies/drinking water/food, clear-up work, replacement of damaged infrastructure by building new homes, schools, hospitals, shops, roads, railways, airports, water and sewerage systems, power supplies, communications networks etc AC3.2 Describe help that can be given by people in the to those in the world’s least wealthy countries after a tectonic event. Find out about the work of Aid Agencies in the , e.g. Oxfam, British Red Cross. What do they do? Where do they work? Investigate one case study in more detail, e.g. earthquake of January 2010, tsunami of March 2011. Find out what the chosen Aid Agency did in response to the tectonic event. Draw location map. Internet Atlas World map Globe Account of Aid Agency’s work Location map Characters / talking heads List of fund raising events Radio or TV appeal
organised and run by students Produce a 30 second or TV appeal asking people in the to respond to humanitarian disaster caused by a tectonic event AC3.3 Describe some ways of limiting the damage caused by tectonic events. Explain that tectonic events cannot be prevented but that the damage done can be limited. Outline Predict-Plan-Take Action model. Define what is meant by term ‘predict’. Find out what are the signs that a volcanic eruption, earthquake and tsunami is imminent, e.g. earth movements, presence of radon gas, fore-shocks, other harbingers like movement of birds and animals. Describe. Find out about seismometers and seismographs. Describe the signs that a volcanic eruption, earthquake or tsunami is about to happen. Geog.1, p.112, 113, 118, 119 The New Wider World (Foundation edition), p. 213 Key Geography: New Interactions, p. 44, 45 Desktop publishing software, e.g. Microsoft Publisher Predict-Plan-Take Action model Definitions List of signs Star diagram List of appropriate building materials Contents of earthquake emergency kit Illustrated leaflet