Uso de Recursos Educativos Abiertos para AICLE: CLIL UNIT: Primary Economic Activities

martes, 27 de mayo de 2014

CLIL UNIT: Primary Economic Activities

Subject: Social Science - Geography

Title of the Unit : Primary Economic Activities

Level 3º ESO

INTRODUCTION: This Didactic Unit is aimed at studying the economic activities included in the primary sector of the economy: farming, fishing and forestry. Students will get familiar with the different farming methods and world agricultural landscapes and will be able to reflect on the challenges that the sector is facing in developed and underdeveloped countries.

Learning outcomes:

To know the economic activities that can be included in the primary sector of the economy
To identify the physical and human factors that can influence farming
To analyse the differences between developed and traditional farming
To know the different methods of farming around the world and their main characteristics: location, agricultural landscape, technology used and level of development, climate, type of crops grown, destination of the produce.
To identify the main problems of fishing and forestry in the present world
To know the meaning and implications of Genetically Modified Organisms and Organic Farming Methods

Subject content:

The primary economic activities: definition, types (agriculture, livestock farming, fishing and forestry) and main characteristics.
Natural and human factors that influence primary economic activities.
Types of farming around the world: developed and underdeveloped farming methods.
Fishing and forestry: main characteristics and challenges

Task:

A final presentation about the advantages and drawbacks of different types of farming (study case of GMOs and Organic Farming

Activities:

Reading the texts
Activities included in the worksheets provided: Answer short questions about the texts; defining vocabulary; labelling pictures about farming methods around the world; true or false activities; filling in the gaps; writing a short comparative text
Listening activities about farming in Africa
Watching a video about food processing
Online quizzes
Gathering of information to make a presentation

Sessions :

Session 1:

Motivating video: http://tu.tv/videos/food-inc-nuca-veras-la-comida-de-la-mi
Brainstorming about farming to check prior knowledge: reflect about human and physical factors that can influence farming
Introducing vocabulary about farming techniques: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GUXgL79kMP_GeXxbKp1j25inpr2V2imfacRFM7Yij7E/edit?pli=1#slide=id.p17

Session 2:

Present Agricultural Landscape with the Powerpoint: Agricultural world (types and location of agricultural landscapes): https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B88OXNG0EzmnbzBtNGZiRWFacDA/edit?pli=1
Read a worksheet about Agricultural Landscapes and work with the activities (completing tables, filling in the gaps, answering short questions…) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3lJc5S9XFHzem1xa2tZQU9KSDQ/edit?usp=sharing

Session 3:

Complete a table about Traditional and Developed farming: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3lJc5S9XFHzaUVPU215dlIxVVU/edit?usp=sharing
Using Tagxedo to familiarise and to know the meaning of terms. Make a list of the most important terms and their definition http://www.tagxedo.com/artful/c95f6247410e418c

Session 4:

Comprehension activity on the 6 minute listening about farming in Africa. Answering oral and written questions about the listening. Introducing new terms and discussing about the agricultural problems in Africa http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2010/12/101216_6min_agriculture_page.shtml
Reading about the different types of fishing: https://iespebilingue.wikispaces.com/file/view/fishing.pdf/376397102/fishing.pdf
Revising with online quizzes

Quizz online about Farming in rural areas:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/quiz/q91535116
Quizz online about Managing tropical areas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/quiz/q47078849
Quizz online:
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/multichoice/farm.html

Session 5:

Watching a short video about the development of organic farming: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-development-of-organic-farming/13392.html
Webquest about Genetically Modified Organisms and OrganicFarming: http://zunal.com/process.php?w=76810
Research to prepare a debate about the pros and cons of GMOs and Organic Farming. Divide the class in four groups, each one taking one of the following roles: nutritionist, farming, environmentalist, consumer.