James Riley
06/04/13
Lecture for the GA conference
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Out with the old, in with the new.
James Riley
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@jmrileytoadhall
(slides will be shared after conference)
James Riley
06/04/13
Lecture for the GA conference
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Justification
1986 Chernobyl Nuclear disaster
KS3
-13
GCSE
-11
A2
-9
1993 Mississippi Floods
-6
-4
-2
1995 Kobe
1995 Montserrat
-4
-4
-2
-2
0
0
2000 Mozambique
1
3
5
2004 Tsunami
2004 Boscastle floods
5
5
7
7
9
9
1995 OLDEST A2 STUDENT BORN
1997 OLDEST GCSE STUDENT BORN
1999 OLDEST KS3 STUDENT BORN
James Riley
06/04/13
Lecture for the GA conference
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Justification
13 Years before my birth = 1973
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UK joins the EEC
First episode of Last of the Summer Wine
Foreman beats Frazer
1973 Five Nations tied by all five teams
Dark Side of the Moon released
Tottenham beat Norwich 1-0 at Wembley
First handheld cell phone call made
US troops withdrawn from Vietnam
World Trade Centre Opens
IRA bombs in King’s Cross & Euston
Princess Anne marries
The Exorcist released
A patent for the ATM is granted
The Bahamas gains full independence
Watergate scandal
Sydney Opera House opens
James Riley
06/04/13
Lecture for the GA conference
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Justification
1986 Chernobyl Nuclear disaster
KS3
-13
GCSE
-11
A2
-9
1993 Mississippi Floods
-6
-4
-2
-2
-2
0
0
1995 Kobe 2011 CHRISTCHURCH?
-4
1995 Montserrat
-4
1995 OLDEST A2 STUDENT BORN
1997 OLDEST GCSE STUDENT BORN
1999 OLDEST KS3 STUDENT BORN
2000 Mozambique
1
3
5
2004 Tsunami
2004 Boscastle floods
5
5
7
7
9
9
James Riley
06/04/13
Lecture for the GA conference
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Geography in the News
3 lessons/week:
(1) GITN article analysis
(2) ICT lesson
(3) Documentaries and skills
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Lecture for the GA conference
06/04/13
James Riley
Geography in the News
James Riley
06/04/13
Lecture for the GA conference
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Geography in the News
Guardian website: http://www.guardian.co.uk
World Newspapers: http://www.world-newspapers.com/
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Lecture for the GA conference
06/04/13
James Riley
Geography in the News
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Lecture for the GA conference
06/04/13
James Riley
Geography in the News
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Lecture for the GA conference
06/04/13
James Riley
Geography in the News
James Riley
06/04/13
Lecture for the GA conference
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Geography in the News
(2) ICT lesson
London 2012 Regeneration
7 Billion People
Hurricane Irene News Reports
Energy Projects
Yellowstone Supervolcano
Hosting Major Sporting Events (SA, 2010)
(3) Documentaries and skills
Slumming It (Kevin McCloud)
Earth – Power of the Planet
Orphans of Haiti
2011 The Year the Earth Went Wild
BBC Africa
See: http://www.idesktop.tv/
*STUDENTS*
James Riley
Contemporary Case Studies: Ideas
Earthquake - MEDC
●Christchurch, Feb 11
Earthquake - NIC
● Chile, Feb 10 ● Yushu (Chi), April 10;
Earthquake - LEDC ● Haiti, Jan 10
Tsunami
Landslides
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
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2011 -
Lecture for the GA conference
2010 -
Eruption - MEDC
Eruption - LEDC
Floods - MEDC
Floods - NIC
Floods - LEDC
Drought - MEDC
Drought - LEDC
● N Italy, May 12
● Iran, Aug 12;
● Japan, Mar 11
● China, Aug 10 ● Brazil, Jan 11 ● Seoul, July 11
● Eyjafjallajokull, April 10
● Merapi (Ind), Oct 10
● Australia, Jan 11
● Argentina, Apr 13
● Pakistan, Aug 10
Tornado
Typhoon - LEDC
Hurricane - MEDC
Oil Spill - NIC
Oil Spill - MEDC
2012 -
● Bangkok, Oct 11;
● Joplin (USA), May 11
● Irene, Aug 11
● Dalian (Chi), July 10
● Gulf of Mexico, April 10
USA/Australia, yearly
Sahel/Somalia (ongoing)
● Bopha (Phi), Dec 12
● Sandy (USA), Oct 12;
James Riley
06/04/13
Lecture for the GA conference
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Contemporary Case Studies: Hard Resources
Subscriptions
National Geographic
Geographical
The Economist
New Internationalist
Newspaper articles
Natural Hazards
Climatic Hazards
Cold
Hot
Rivers
Coasts
Energy
Tourism
Urban
Rural
Population & Migration
James Riley
06/04/13
Lecture for the GA conference
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Contemporary Case Studies: Internet Resources
Photojournalism Websites
Boston Big Picture
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
BBP Example: Japan Tsunami Before and After
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/03/japan_tsunami_pictures_before.html
Atlantic in Focus
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/
Others
USGS Significant Earthquakes Archive
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/
Geographical Association: Resources
http://www.geography.org.uk/resources
James Riley
06/04/13
Lecture for the GA conference
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Contemporary Case Studies: Apps
1. The Economist World in Figures
See: http://www.economist.com/world-in-figures
2. The Guardian Eyewitness app
See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/mobile/eyewitness
3. Quakes – Earthquake Notification
See: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quakes-earthquake-notifications/id327046574?mt=8
James Riley
06/04/13
Lecture for the GA conference
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Contemporary Case Studies: Techniques
GITN article analysis – 6 questions
Images only
Timelines
Compare and contrast
Group talk
News reports (video)
Newspaper reports
iPhone apps
Twitter/Facebook
James Riley
06/04/13
Lecture for the GA conference
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Contemporary Case Studies: Twitter Feeds
DCGS Geography
Geographical
Geogr@phy Blog
Geography ReTweet
Hans Rosling
National Geographic
NatGeo Education
Worldmapper
@DCGSGeography
@GeographicalMag
@GeographyBlogeu
@GeographyRT
@HansRosling
@NatGeo
@NatGeoEducation
@worldmapper
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Lecture for the GA conference
06/04/13
James Riley
Contemporary Case Studies: Conclusion
relevance
James Riley
06/04/13
Lecture for the GA conference
Teaching Contemporary Case Studies
Delegate suggestions
Thanks for the suggestions. Best ones summarised below in no particular order.
Enjoy…
1. “Speed dating” – communicate a case study in 3 minute bursts
2. www.positivenews.org.uk
3. Geography in the News as a noticeboard in classrooms which gets changed often
4. Closed questions for fact finding – encourages skim reading and scanning
5. Compass rose with 4 sections – who, name – key facts, effects, strategies
6. Have I got news for you – blank out headline words
7. Get a seriesof headlines to introduce an issue
8. Use of quotations from different people – to make more difficult give students
quotations and people and they have to work out who said what
9. Summarise a case study in diagrams only
10. Tracking hurricanes with Google Earth (e.g. Katrina)
11. Use GITN with Y7 to develop research skills. Tell the event in their own words –
not copy and paste internet chunks
12. Chop up news paper articles and spread on a page then task pupils with
reassembling the story/report
13. Pick a character (resident, scientist, rescue worker) affected by a recent event
and chart a happiness/opinion line for them before/during/after and event 
encourage to think long term