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9-1 & 9-2 Development geography  6   The Big Project

 

 

Geog123   book 3     

                                             pages 24-25   2.9 Akosombo: Ghana's big dam

                                             pages 26-27   2.10 Small is beautiful

 

 

 

WaterAid

 

 

aid to Ghana - an aid project from the UK - SIL

SIL's literacy project in Ghana

Teaching & Projects Abroad

 

The Big Project

 

  • Watch the ancient, but still the best (only) video on the Volta Scheme - G 09 The Big Project.

  1. Make an outline of the scheme; what is was intended to achieve, and how the production of aluminium is organised.

  2. page 25 qns. 1&2

  3. Divide the page into 2 columns, and make a list of the advantages to Ghana of the Volta Scheme, and its disadvantages.

    Hopes and reality - the Volta Dam

 

Small projects are now seen as much more cost-effective ways of development. Wateraid is a British charity working in a number of countries, including Ghana, to bring clean water to local people.

Wateraid -  link to work in Ghana

  1. Qn. 2 page 27 .. compass rose on the digging of a well.

  2. Qn.3 page 27 .. a Venn diagram on the effects of the well, both social and economic. Venn sheet in MS Word format.

 

 

 
   

 

9-1/2  1 Development Geography

9-2 2 Ghana 

9-2 3 Development Survey 

9-2 4 Describing Development

9-2 5 Third World Debt

9-2 6 The Big Project

 

Year 9 work

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