GEOGRAPHY FOR 2023 & BEYOND
  • Home
    • About & Contact
    • Discover The World Education >
      • Sample Lessons IGCSE/IBDP
    • Blog
    • Site Testimonials
    • Photos (Free to use) >
      • Floods
      • Snow & Mountains
      • Coastal
      • Tropical
      • Urban
      • Sports
  • Reactive
    • Qatar World Cup 2022
    • Famous Refugees
    • Over the Horizon
    • Migration to the EU. >
      • Classroom Display
    • Hurricane Matthew 2016 >
      • Hurricane Matthew Display
    • Nepal Earthquake 2015
    • Ebola 2014
    • Don't Panic - The Truth About Population
    • Israel & Palestine Group 3
    • Global Village + Maths
    • IB Sample Lesson 2017
  • G9-10 IGCSE 0460
    • Theme 1 Population & Settlement.
    • Theme 2 - Natural Environment
    • Theme 3 - Economic Development
    • Coursework >
      • IGCSE Berlin Fieldwork
      • IGCSE Rivers France
      • IGCSE Barcelona Fieldwork
    • IGCSE Exam Revision
  • Grade 6
    • G6 Factfulness
    • Introducing Tectonics
    • Volcanoes
    • Earthquakes
    • The New Silk Road
    • Map Skills
    • Tornadoes
    • The Ice Man
    • Landscape in a Box >
      • 2016 Efforts
      • 2012 Efforts >
        • 7X
        • 7Y
    • End of Year Exam
    • Parent Information
  • Grade 7
    • G7 Factfulness
    • 8850 Top of the World
    • Geography of My Stuff
    • Another Shopping Centre?
    • Sinkholes
    • Walls
    • Carcassonne Connection
    • Renaissance Day
    • End of Year Exam
  • Grade 8
    • G8 Factfulness
    • Global Development
    • Global Biomes
    • Climate & Rainforest
    • The Tribe
    • Palm Oil & Me >
      • Palm Oil Assessment
    • Introducing Waterfalls
    • Tourism Blessing or Curse?
    • Niagara Redeveloped DME
    • IGCSE Options
    • End of Year Exam

Global  Transfers   of   Capital 

Picture

Objective

To examine the importance of loans, debt repayment, development aid, remittances, foreign direct investment and repatriation of profits in the transfer of capital between the developed core areas and the peripheries.

Starter: Study the geographyalltheway presentation below. Make notes on who the model was developed by and the criticisms. 

Take notes on the five stages of economic growth before completing your own copy of the Rostow Model by using the PDF document on this page. 
​
Task 1 - Complete this worksheet (including the embedded links) using the information on pages 58-66 of the IB Global Interactions text. 

Using the information from task 1 and this GATW page, complete an essay plan & essay for the following IB Paper 3 question:


Compare the importance of two different transfers of capital [loans | debt repayment | development aid | remittances | foreign direct investment | repatriation of profits] between the global core and peripheries. (10)
student created essay on transfer of capital
class collaboration document transfer of captial
COOL Geography rostows model (jas, wei, alex) from Tom McLean
IB Geography: Development: Rostow Model from geographyalltheway.com

Global Transfer of Capital - Part 2

Picture
Objective: Examine the influence of governments, world trading organizations and financial institutions (such as WTO, IMF and World Bank) in the transfer of capital.

PowerPoint of Images to introduce the current financial crisis. These are images are also in the photo gallery below.

Task 1. Students can copy and paste these images into a Word document entitled 'Financial Crisis for Dummies'.


Task 2. You work for a famous American politician and have been asked to write a commentary for the seven cartoons. Your boss, George B Wush, is having trouble interpreting these cartoons that appear in his favourite magazine. His attention span is poor and so you must write a clear explanation in 25-30 words precisely! 

World Trading Organizations

Task 3. From BRIC to MINT. Read this BBC News Article from January 2014 before completing the activities below:
a. Define BRIC
b. Why were these countries "so special"? 
c. Define MINT
d. Why are these countries increasingly seen as potential economic giants of the future?
e. Create a simple comparative line graph showing how projected income $ will rise in each of the countries between 2012 - 2050 and write a short commentary underneath. 
f. In what way could BRIC's and powerful nations be affected by the growth of MINT? 


Task 4 - Turn to page 128-129 of the World Development textbook. 
i. Define a Trade Bloc
ii. Take notes on the the following major trading blocs 1. European Union, 2. NAFTA, 3. MERCOSUR & 4. ASEAN.

In what ways do the trading blocs above encourage trades between core and periphery areas? 

Government Influence

Barack Obama (USA) - India Trade Deal
David Cameron (UK) - China Trade Deal
Francois Hollande (France) - China Trade Deal & Controversy 
Barack Obama (USA) - Brazil Trade Deal

... in fact, you can type in any G20 world leader and a BRIC / MINT country and you'll get details of a trade deal that has been struck somewhere recently. That's the nature of Global Interactions at this scale.  

Task 5 - Choose a suitable case study and print out, annotating the key components of the deal, including values and products. 

Financial Institutions 

Picture
Exam Practice
This is exactly the type of graphic that could appear in an IB examination. Study it carefully.

Task 6 - On your own copy of the map above, annotate on the rank order of the donors in 2009 and comment on the amounts being given and received making reference to specific donors and recipients. Explain the variations in donations between 2008 and 2009.

Task 7 - Click here to go to the IB Global Interactions geographyalltheway.com page. Using all of the resources on this page, explain how the transfer of capital can be influenced by world trading organizations and financial institutions. You may want to do this in three sections looking at each of the case study institutions:

a. World Bank
b. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
c. World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Introduction  to  Outsourcing 

outsourcing story

International Outsourcing

Apple  iPads, iPhones  and  other  iStuff.

Picture
Already out of date! Zach with his iPhone 5

Objective: Explain the role of ICT in the growth of international outsourcing.

Case Study - Apple.
Primary Resource - From Mac World 17 Feb 2017

Resource 1 - How the iPhone works
Resource 2 - Implications of Outsourcing
Resource 3 - The Apple Supply Chain
Resource 4 - American Product, Non-American Made
Resource 5 - GATW
Resource 6 - Daily Mail (recommended for graphics)
Resource 7 - BBC January 2015 - Apple posts record profits! 

Starter 1 - Watch the 'Made in the World' YouTube video beneath and pay extra attention to the mobile phone section. 


Starter 2: What it outsourcing? Watch the first two videos and make notes on causes and effects of outsourcing on an MEDC such as the USA.

Task 1. Outline the main features of an iPhone or iPad. What makes them so different to the competition (Android, HTC etc)? You might want to watch some of the Apple promo video here

Task 2. Plot the locations of Apple production sites globally onto a map (use resource 3) and comment on the spatial distribution of global Apple facilities.  Who makes the iPad & iPhone products? How much does it cost to make an iPad? (see geographyalltheway.com link above)

Task 3. Outline the reasons for iPad and iPhone production in China. Why has Apple manufacturing been internationally outsourced from the USA? Use resource 4.

Task 4. What are the social and economic issues (positive and negative) associated with the global Apple production process?  Watch this CNN news report and note down issues as well as using resource 4.

Exam Corner: "Increases in outsourcing helps to expand opportunities for nations and helps workers in rich and poor countries alike". Discuss to what extent is this statement true  (10)                


Graphics to consider ...

Picture
Click to set custom HTML
Picture
All content copyright geographypods unless otherwise stated. 
Picture
Picture
Photo from Alex E. Proimos
  • Home
    • About & Contact
    • Discover The World Education >
      • Sample Lessons IGCSE/IBDP
    • Blog
    • Site Testimonials
    • Photos (Free to use) >
      • Floods
      • Snow & Mountains
      • Coastal
      • Tropical
      • Urban
      • Sports
  • Reactive
    • Qatar World Cup 2022
    • Famous Refugees
    • Over the Horizon
    • Migration to the EU. >
      • Classroom Display
    • Hurricane Matthew 2016 >
      • Hurricane Matthew Display
    • Nepal Earthquake 2015
    • Ebola 2014
    • Don't Panic - The Truth About Population
    • Israel & Palestine Group 3
    • Global Village + Maths
    • IB Sample Lesson 2017
  • G9-10 IGCSE 0460
    • Theme 1 Population & Settlement.
    • Theme 2 - Natural Environment
    • Theme 3 - Economic Development
    • Coursework >
      • IGCSE Berlin Fieldwork
      • IGCSE Rivers France
      • IGCSE Barcelona Fieldwork
    • IGCSE Exam Revision
  • Grade 6
    • G6 Factfulness
    • Introducing Tectonics
    • Volcanoes
    • Earthquakes
    • The New Silk Road
    • Map Skills
    • Tornadoes
    • The Ice Man
    • Landscape in a Box >
      • 2016 Efforts
      • 2012 Efforts >
        • 7X
        • 7Y
    • End of Year Exam
    • Parent Information
  • Grade 7
    • G7 Factfulness
    • 8850 Top of the World
    • Geography of My Stuff
    • Another Shopping Centre?
    • Sinkholes
    • Walls
    • Carcassonne Connection
    • Renaissance Day
    • End of Year Exam
  • Grade 8
    • G8 Factfulness
    • Global Development
    • Global Biomes
    • Climate & Rainforest
    • The Tribe
    • Palm Oil & Me >
      • Palm Oil Assessment
    • Introducing Waterfalls
    • Tourism Blessing or Curse?
    • Niagara Redeveloped DME
    • IGCSE Options
    • End of Year Exam