Introduction to IB Geography

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Lesson 1: How much do you know about the world? 

    Mrs Bennett's Class responses:  

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Watch this video to check your answers: 
What shapes our views of the world?- Links to TOK
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Does the rest of the BISH community have the same perception of the world as us? 

Task: 

•Create a survey- discuss in your groups how it would be best to do this, how will you take action?
•Collate the results- How will you do this? How could you share the information?

Present the your findings using an infographic:

Sites you can use for creating infographics: 
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The purpose of Infographics

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​Lesson 2: Key understandings 
Adapted from: http://www.ibgeographypods.org/getting-started.html

There are certain areas key to the understanding of the new IB course and it is crucial that you have an early awareness of each area to enable you to make the very most of the course and be able to carry out effective synthesis. Of course, you knowledge and understanding of each of these areas will be further enhanced during their incorporation into the vast majority of units of work within the HL and SL IB DP Geography curriculum. ​


1. The key concepts: The 4 Ps

There are four key concepts of place, process, power, and possibility at the centre and the organising concepts of scale and spatial interactions connecting them. Scale has both temporal and spatial perspectives. The activity on the worksheet (taken from geography pods.com) simply asks you to identify the concepts by deciding which description represents which concept and filling in the blanks accordingly. 

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 Now you have your correct definitions, let's put this to the test with some geographical analysis using some resources developed by the IBO. Below are two embedded photos with arrows pointing to key features of the diagram. ​

Calp Photo A by Anna Bennett on Scribd

Calp Photo b by Anna Bennett on Scribd

Working in pairs or small groups, study both images carefully. What are your first impressions of both images? What makes them different (disparity) and what might connect them? 

Annotate your evidence using the arrows in each photo. The arrows aim to concentrate your focus on clues to help you in your unwrapping of the geographic issues and connections. What type of country does each image show? HIC / MIC / LIC ?

Task 3 - Now look again at your 'fill in the gaps' worksheet from Task 1. Create a simple four square grid on the back of each photo sheet with 'Place, Process, Power & Possibility' written individually into each segment.  Discuss with other groups in the room and then start filling these gaps in with information that you have gleaned from the photos. For place, are you going to commit to a continent, a country, a region or even a specific settlement? 

Task 4 - Each group should now be charged with finding two images, ideally contrasting ones within a country or at different levels of economic development. You must study the images carefully and make notes privately on what you see including what the actual place is and what the processes, power and possibilities are.  However, unlike the previous activity, do not add any arrows. Print the sheets out in colour and pass them to another group to complete the analysis. Each group should aim to add at last 8 evidence arrows and complete the 4P's grid on the back of each photo. 

At this stage, feedback between groups can take place.  You should find that you have neatly looked at spatial interaction as well as different scales whilst considering your 4P's ......

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2. Synthesis

​Definition from: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synthesis
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Task: Discuss with your partner your understanding of the term synthesis and  how the 4 Ps concept task completed above may show the idea of synthesis in Geography?

One way of visualising these links between the units in the IB DP Geography is by using the diagram below that shows the links between topics and also incorporates the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (more on those later). This concept mapping graphic was produced by the IB and can be viewed in a zoomed in version by clicking on the link underneath the diagram. This should prove to be an excellent tool in helping you to write exam type essay responses. 

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Zoomable version of the graphic above (produced by the IBO): 
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3: Key areas of knowledge

There are some key areas of knowledge that will be referred to throughout your IB Geography course.

1. UN Global Goals for Development (SDGs

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We will look more in detail at the SDGs later in the course, but many of the areas of study will have direct links which is why it is important to have an understanding of them now.

Some good websites to look at as an introduction: 
UN Global goals website
The world's largest lesson

CAS & SDG's 
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Although we are right at the beginning of the IB DP course, at this stage you might consider how the SDG's could provide you will project based work to carry out for your CAS requirements. Many of these goals are transferable into a school setting and much more could be done to raise the awareness of them in your community. How could you do this? How could you make a real difference? To start with, consult the document below for some ideas of how easy it can be to make a contribution towards achieving these goals. 
Lazy persons guide to saving the world- sdgs

2. The circular economy

The circular economy will also be a concept that occurs throughout the course. Look at the diagram below, read the article and watch the video and write down 100 words to summarize your understanding of the circular economy with some examples used in the sources. 

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Having more, owning less: how to fight throwaway culture
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          • Did the militant actions of the Suffragettes help or hinder the cause of votes for women?
          • Why did women win the vote?
        • Assessment >
          • Revision of Turning Points
      • Topic 3: How can we become positive change makers? >
        • Our World in 2045
        • What are the long-term causes of climate change?
        • The Industrial Revolution and climate
        • significant Inventions
        • Costs and benefits of Industrialization
        • The enhanced Greenhouse effect
        • The impact of climate change
        • Is the World that bad?
        • What is the problem with plastic?
        • How can we manage climate change?
        • Mitigation and adaptation strategies
        • Protest as a means of change
        • Change maker project
        • Y8: Model United Nations
    • Year 7 Humanities >
      • Year 7 Geography >
        • Biomes
        • Why do the impacts of tectonic hazards vary?
        • Topic 3: Microclimate Investigation
        • Settlement Studies
        • Geography in the news
      • Year 7 History >
        • 1. The Ancient World >
          • a. Prehistoric Life >
            • Middle School History
          • b. Egypt or Rome? >
            • Historical Enquiry - Comparing Ancient Societies
            • Ancient Egypt
            • Ancient Rome
          • Assessment
        • 2. The Medieval World >
          • "Muck and Misery" Investigation
          • Medieval Guidebook Assessment
          • Medieval Baghdad
        • 3. The American West >
          • Native American Culture
          • The First Settlers
          • Pioneers
          • Mormons
          • Homesteaders
          • Cowboys and cow towns
          • The Plains Wars
          • Impact of settlement on the Native Americans
          • Assessment
        • 4. The Industrial World
        • 5. Civil Rights
        • 6. The Significance of the Lives of Ordinary People
        • 7. Year 7 Assessments
        • 8 . Digital Library
  • HS Geography
    • IB Geography >
      • Introduction to IB Geography
      • Paper 1- Geographic Themes >
        • Urban Environments >
          • Urban sections 1-3
          • Sustainable Cities
        • Leisure, sport and Tourism >
          • Introduction to Leisure, sport and tourism
          • A global sporting event- The Olympics
          • Managing Rural Tourism Hotspots
          • Managing urban tourism hotspots
          • Tourism as a development strategy
          • Sustainable tourism
          • Variations in Sphere of Influence
          • The impact of Rural festivals
        • Geophysical Hazards >
          • Earthquakes
          • Volcanoes
          • Landslides
      • Paper 2: Geographic perspectives >
        • Changing populations >
          • Population density
          • Processes of population change >
            • Megacities
            • Forced migration
          • Possibilities of population change >
            • Aging population
            • Population policies
            • Gender Equality
            • Human trafficking
            • Demographic dividend
          • Debate: Should the UN curb population growth?
        • Global Climate - Vulnerability and Resilience >
          • The causes of global climate change
          • Impacts of climate change
          • ​Disparities in exposure to climate change risk and vulnerability
          • GOVERNMENT LED ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES
          • Civil society and corporate strategies to address climate change
        • Global resource consumption and security >
          • Global trends in consumption >
            • GLOBAL AND REGIONAL/CONTINENTAL PROGRESS TOWARDS POVERTY REDUCTION.
            • Measuring trends in global consumption
            • Patterns and trends in the availability and consumption of water
            • Global patterns and trends in the availability and consumption of land/food
            • Global patterns and trends in the availability and consumption of energy
          • Nexus thinking >
            • Two countries with contrasting levels of resource security...
            • Waste disposal and recycling
          • Resource Stewardship >
            • Divergent thinking about population and resource consumption trends
            • The circular economy
        • Infographics
      • Paper 3: Global Interactions >
        • Power, place and networks >
          • Global networks and flows
          • Global Interactions & Global Power
          • Human and physical influences on global interactions
        • HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & DIVERSITY >
          • Development opportunities
          • Changing cultures and identities
          • Cultural Hybridity
          • Local responses to global interactions
        • Environmental risks
        • Geopolitical and economic risks
      • IB Revision- mocks 2021
      • IB Revision
      • Internal Assessment
      • Extended Essay in Geography
    • IGCSE Geography >
      • Population and Settlement >
        • Population >
          • Why is population growing?
          • Population density and distribution
          • Over and Under population
          • Dependent populations
          • Population policy: One Child policy China
          • HIV and AIDs
          • Migration
          • Population revision
          • Debate: Should the UN curb population growth?
        • Settlement >
          • Settlement and service provision
          • Urbanisation
      • Natural Environment >
        • Earthquakes and Volcanoes >
          • Plate tectonics
          • Case study of a volcano: Montserrat
          • Haiti Earthquake
          • Why do people live in hazardous areas?
          • Tectonics revision
          • REVISION- WHAT HAPPENS AT TECTONIC PLATES?
        • Rivers >
          • Hydrological characteristics and processes
          • River Landforms
          • Benefits and threats of rivers
          • Management of rivers: Hard and Soft engineering
          • Rivers revison
        • Coasts >
          • Coastal processes
          • Coastal management
          • Different coastal environments
          • Mangroves
          • Hurricanes- cyclone Alia, Bangladesh
          • Hurricanes- Hurricane Harvey
          • Coasts revision
          • Coastal skills
        • Weather and Climate >
          • Weather measurements
          • The Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem
          • Deserts
          • Climate and vegetation revsion
      • Economic Development >
        • 3.1 Development
        • Industry
        • Globalisation
        • Food production
        • Water
        • Tourism
        • Energy
        • Environmental risks of economic development
        • economic development revision
      • Geographical Enquiry
      • Geographical Skills
      • IGCSE Revision
      • Year 11 Geography mock revision: Jan 2021 >
        • Paper 2: Geographical Skills
        • Paper 4: Fieldwork paper
        • Paper 1: Knowledge paper
  • HS Economics
    • IB ECONOMICS TEACHER PAGES >
      • Activity Styles
    • Year 10 >
      • 1.0 THE BASIC ECONOMIC PROBLEM
      • 2.0 HOW MARKETS WORK AND MARKET FAILURE
      • 3.0 THE INDIVIDUAL AS PRODUCER, CONSUMER AND BORROWER >
        • 3.3 Workers
        • 3.4 Firms
        • 3.5 Small firms and causes and forms of the growth of firms
        • 3.6 Economies and diseconomies of scale
        • 3.7 Firms costs, revenues and objectives
        • 3.8 Firms and Production
        • 3.9.5 Monopoly Markets
      • REVISION OF UNITS 1, 2 AND 3
      • SUMMER LEARNING
    • Year 11 >
      • 4.0 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN AN ECONOMY >
        • 4.1 Introduction to Macroeconomics
        • 4.1.1 The Role of Government
        • 4.2.1 Macroeconomic Aims of Government
        • 4.2.3 Economic Growth
        • 4.7 EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT
        • 4.8 INFLATION
        • 4.4.0 FISCAL POLICY
        • 4.4.1 MONETARY POLICY
        • 4.1.2 SUPPLY-SIDE POLICIES AND MACROECONOMICS REVISION
      • 5.0 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT >
        • Top Trumps: Economic Development
        • 5.1 DIFFERENCES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
        • 5.3.1 POVERTY
        • 5.3 POPULATION
      • 6.0 INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS
      • iGCSE Economics Revision Sessions - May 23rd to June 1st
      • Revision Support
    • Year 12 >
      • 1. Introduction to Economics
      • 2. Microeconomics >
        • 2.A. COMPETITIVE MARKETS: DEMAND AND SUPPLY >
          • HL Demand FE 2022
        • 2.B.ELASTICITIES
        • 2.C.GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION >
          • HL 2020 Government intervention
        • 2.D.MARKET FAILURE >
          • To What Extent Does the American Health Care Market Represent a Market Failure?
        • 2.E.THE THEORY OF THE FIRM 1: PRODUCTION, COSTS, REVENUES, AND PROFIT HL
        • 2.F.THE THEORY OF THE FIRM II: MARKET STRUCTURES HL
        • Real World Examples: Theory of the Firm
      • 3. Macroeconomics >
        • 2A. THE LEVEL OF OVERALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
        • 2B. AGGREGATE DEMAND
        • 2C. AGGREGATE SUPPLY
        • THE MULTIPLIER (HL)
        • INFLATION
        • LOW UNEMPLOYMENT
        • EQUITY IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
        • ECONOMIC GROWTH
        • OVERVIEW OF DEMAND-SIDE AND SUPPLY-SIDE POLICIES
        • FISCAL POLICY
        • MONETARY POLICY
        • SUPPLY-SIDE POLICIES
      • Exam Papers
      • IA's >
        • IA Marking Exercise
        • Economic Diagrams
      • Extended Essay in Economics
      • SUMMER LEARNING
    • Year 13 >
      • 4. International Economics >
        • 4.A.International trade
        • 4.B.Exchange rates and the balance of payments
        • 4.C.Economics integration and the terms of trade
        • 4.D.Be ambitious resources
      • 5. Development Economics >
        • Understanding Economic Development
        • Topics in Economic Development
        • Foreign sources of finance and foreign debt
        • Consequences of economic growth and the balance between markets and intervention
      • IB Economics - Exams
      • IB ECONOMICS REVISION PAGES >
        • Give Me Fives
        • Economics Past Papers
        • Student Video Tutorials
        • Additional Revision Activities
    • Digital library
    • TOK Inspired Economics Page
    • Process for Deciding Economics University Predicted Grades
  • HS History
    • What is History?
    • IBDP History >
      • Pre - IB History
      • Rationale
      • Introductory Tasks
      • Perspectives Blog
      • IB History Revision Sessions - April 6th to May 1st
      • Paper 1 - Prescribed Subject >
        • Military Leaders >
          • Genghis Khan 1200-1227 >
            • Introduction to the Mongols
            • Mongol Historiography
            • Rise to Power
            • Military Might
            • Leadership
            • Campaigns in China and Asia
            • Impact of the Mongols
            • TOK - Genghis
          • King Richard I of England 1173-1199 >
            • Richard I - Life before 1189
            • Richard I - Crusader King 1190 - 1193
            • Richard I - Military Leadership
            • Richard - Impact
            • Richard I - Reputation and Historiography
            • TOK - Richard I
          • Source Skills
      • Paper 2 - World History Topics >
        • Essay Writing Skills - Paper 2
        • Authoritarian States >
          • Theory
          • Hitler >
            • Emergence and rise to power >
              • HOW MUCH HOPE WAS THERE FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC 1919-29?
              • HOW DID THE AIMS AND IDEOLOGY OF THE NAZI PARTY DEVELOP BETWEEN 1919-1923
              • HOW FAR DID THE CONDITIONS OF 1929-33CONTRIBUTE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NAZI STATE?
              • WHERE DID SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL SOCIALISM COME FROM?
            • Consolidation and maintenance of power >
              • HOW DID HITLER CONSOLIDATE HIS POWER TO CREATE AN AUTHORITARIAN REGIME?
              • WHAT PART DID PERSONALITY AND PROPAGANDA PLAY IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF POWER?
              • WHAT WERE THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF NATIONAL SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT?
              • WHAT WAS THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF OPPOSITION TO NAZI RULE AND HOW WAS IT DEALT WITH?
              • WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN POLICY ON HITLER'S CONSOLIDATION AND MAINTENANCE OF POWER?
            • Aims and results of policies >
              • WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCED DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL POLICY
              • ​HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS NAZI ECONOMIC POLICY?
              • WHAT WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NAZIS AND THE CHURCHES WITHIN GERMANY?
              • HOW DID THE NAZIS SEE THE ROLE OF EDUCATION AND TRY TO ENSURE THE SUPPORT OF YOUNG PEOPLE?
              • ​HOW DID NAZISM AFFECT THE ARTS AND MEDIA?
              • HOW WERE SOCIAL RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL MINORITIES TREATED WITHIN THE NAZI STATE?
              • WHAT WAS THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN THE NAZI STATE?
              • ​HISTORIOGRAPHY: HISTORIANS VIEWS ON HITLER AS ‘MASTER OF THE THIRD REICH’ AND NAZI GERMANY AS A TOTALITARIAN STATE?
              • HITLER: WEAK OR STRONG DICTATOR? NAZI GERMANY: TOTALITARIAN STATE?
          • Castro >
            • Castro RTP
            • Castro Establisment and consolidation
            • Castro: Aims and results of policies
        • Independence movements 1800 - 2000 >
          • India - Asia >
            • Origin and rise of the Independence Movement >
              • 1857 and Colonial India
              • The Growth of Nationalism
              • Factors in the rise of the Independence Movement
            • Methods and success of the Independence Movement >
              • Leadership in India
              • Why did India win independence?
            • Challenges facing the newly independent state
          • Cuba - The Americas >
            • origins of Cuban Independence before 1823
      • Paper 3 - History of Europe >
        • Essay Writing Skills - Paper 3
        • Monarchies in England and France 1066 - 1223 >
          • Medieval England
          • Pre 1066 - Background
          • The Norman Invasion and its Impact
          • The Angevin Commonwealth
          • The Rise of Capetian France
          • Philip Augustus and Richard
          • Normandy and France - Rivalry and War
          • Royal Government in England and France - A Comparison
        • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1774 TO 1815 >
          • THE ORIGINS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
          • 1789: THE END OF THE ANCIEN REGIME
          • CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY:REFORMING FRANCE 1789-92
          • WAR, REVOLT AND OVERTHROW OF THE MONARCHY 1792-3
          • GOVERNMENT BY TERROR 1793-4
          • THERMIDORIAN REACTION AND THE DIRECTORY 1794-9
          • THE IMPACT OF THE REVOLUTION
          • NAPOLEON: CONSULATE AND EMPIRE
          • DIGITAL RESOURCES: FRENCH REVOLUTION
        • Imperial Russia 1854 - 1924
      • Internal Assessment (IA) >
        • Formulating a Question
        • Initial Proposal
        • IA Section 1
        • IA Section 2
        • IA Section 3
        • IA Referencing
        • Marking Exercise
        • Timeline Class of 2018
      • Core >
        • Extended Essay
        • Theory of Knowledge
        • CAS
    • IGCSE Cambridge History >
      • Revision Checklists
      • REVISION Past Papers >
        • MODEL Paper 1
        • MODEL Paper 2 >
          • MODEL Paper 2: Cold War Causes
          • MODEL Paper 2: Treaties
      • Depth Study A: WW1 >
        • 1. Why was war not over by December 1914?
        • 2. Why was there stalemate on the Western Front?
        • 3. How important were other fronts?
        • 4. Why did Germany ask for an armistice in 1918?
        • WW1 EXAM QUESTIONS
      • Core Content 1: Treaties
      • Core Content 2 & 3: League 20s & 30s
      • Core Content 4 : Blame for Cold War?
      • Core Content 5: Cold War Conflicts
      • Depth Study B: Germany >
        • 1. Was the Weimar Republic doomed from start?
        • 2. Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934?
        • 3a. How effectively did the Nazis control Germany?
        • 3b. What was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
  • HS Business
    • REVISION Past Papers >
      • MODEL Paper 2
    • Unit 1 : Understanding Business Activity >
      • IGCSE Business 1.1
      • IGCSE Business 1.2
      • IGCSE Business 1.3
      • IGCSE Business 1.4
      • IGCSE Business 1.5
    • Unit 2 : People in Business >
      • IGCSE Business 2.1
      • IGCSE Business 2.2
      • IGCSE Business 2.3
      • IGCSE Business 2.4
    • Unit 3 : Marketing >
      • IGCSE Business 3.1
      • IGCSE Business 3.2
      • IGCSE Business 3.3
      • IGCSE Business 3.4
      • IGCSE Business 3.5
      • IGCSE Business 3.6
    • Unit 4 : Operations Management >
      • IGCSE Business 4.1
      • IGCSE Business 4.2
      • IGCSE Business 4.3
      • IGCSE Business 4.4
    • Unit 5: Financial Information & Financial Decisions >
      • IGCSE Business 5.1
      • IGCSE Business 5.2
      • IGCSE Business 5.3
      • IGCSE Business 5.4
      • IGCSE Business 5.5
    • Unit 6: External Influences on Business >
      • IGCSE Business 6.1
      • IGCSE Business 6.2
      • IGCSE Business 6.3
  • SOCIOLOGY HOME
    • Unit 1: Theory and Methods >
      • How do sociologists study society?
    • Unit 4: Family
    • The story of Power England
  • TEACHER PAGES
    • Mrs Bennett
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