GGIP Chocolate Scheme Goes Live!

CHOCOLATE YEAR 6 TRANSITION UNIT

VIEW PROMO VIDEO

 

Introduction

This unit of six lessons is designed for use with Y6 post-SATs.

It is designed to:

• provide a new and fully resourced topic for Y6

• engage children with a topic that is relevant to them all

• make links between their world and the wider world

• act as a bridge between KS2 and KS3 (through the “key concepts”)

• create opportunities for children to develop as young geographers

• provide a context for studying Fairtrade issues

Why do a transition unit in geog?

It is hoped that this unit will:

• help to establish links between primary and secondary geography

• help to give children from different schools a common area of knowledge and understanding, that can be referred to and built upon

• help introduce Y6 students to the “key concepts” below that will underpin their geography at KS3 in the new secondary geography curriculum from September 2008.

Sounds great!... What do I do?

Primary Geographers

You can download the unit from the links below (these may be blocked by some school networks).

Email Adam at the GGIP campaign to let us know if you are using the resources and any feedback you wish to offer (your school name will appear on the GGIP site if possible)

Secondary Geographers

You can download the unit from the links below and save to a CD. Then send to Primary Schools in your area with this or a similar letter. (download here)

You can email the Primary Schools in your area the download link using the following or similar message. (download here)

You can send a flyer to your local Primary Schools (download here)

Please email Adam at the GGIP to let us know what Primary Schools have implemented the unit.

Embed the trailer promotion into your website or blog. (download code here)

Ok.....whats next?

The transition unit ‘The Darker Side of Chocolate’ will be completed ready for teaching in Secondary Schools in September 2009.

Ok.....where are the resources?

IMPORTANT: YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THESE RESOURCES FROM SCHOOL. THE HOST SITE MAY BE BLOCKED BY THE SCHOOL NETWORK.

DOWNLOAD INDVIDUAL RESOURCES

DOWNLOAD FULLY RESOURCED UNIT (151 MB)

(You will need to scroll down and enter the reactivate download password and then click the download icon)

You will visit an external site to download the resources

Our World Film Festival tickets on sale now!

Tickets for the GGiP Our World Film Festival are now available to buy online here.

11:00am: Alternative Guide to Our World
A series of professional and amateur short films exploring alternative ways of seeing our world, this hour long session includes the geography@work film-making awards.

12:30pm: The Planet:
Planet Earth is changing and this film is a self proclaimed 'wake up call' to us all. Set to outstanding imagery twenty nine experts from around the world explain how the geography of our world is changing and how this is being witnessed globally. The film will be followed by a short discussion.

14:30pm: A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
This 90 minute documentary explores our world's obsession with oil and argues that in the near future we will exhaust Earth's viable supplies with devastating effects. A Crude Awakening effectively shows the risks involved within becoming dependent on natural resources and what our futures may look like without black gold. The film will be followed by a short debate.

Vote for Geography!

Please take a moment to vote for Geography on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.... a team of geographers (students, teachers and academics) is in the vote for Upstaged which is online and on BBC 3. If we get on you can expect 6 hours of geography... within a talent show

All you need do is visit http://upstaged.external.bbc.co.uk/ and become a member... then search for our team:

"We're going to change Britain" (look for the image of the stick person)

You can vote from 11am on Friday morning - we're the 'Wildcard'. If you can... do ask your students to vote for us too.

Thank you in advance!

Our World Film Festival

Tickets for the GGiP first Our World Film Festival will soon be on sale. Below is a preview of some of the films which will be shown and talked about this year.

The Planet
"Twenty nine experts from around the world give their opinion about the state of Planet Earth in visually stunning images and commentary. Their views on the consequences of the climatic, geographical and anthropological changes emerging now, demonstrate that a unique scenario is beginning to unfold, and witnessed globally. The film explores the latest facts and examples and leads us to the ultimate issue of how we will cope with the future." Oxdox


A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
"An informative and unashamedly apocalyptic documentary about the world’s obsession with oil that makes An Inconvenient Truth look positively chipper." The Times



In Passing
Is just one of the short films that will be shown as part of the Alternative Guide to Our World. In this hour long session the winners of the geography@work film competitions will be announced and their films will be shown.

Geography on BBC3

Give Geography its Place has a team of Guerrilla Geographers trying to take over one of the stages at Upstaged on BBC3. On the back of 'We're going to change Britain', a Facebook group started by Guerrilla Geographers which now has 45,000 members we're now looking to get voted onto the show... while we will be looking to change Britain, we will also use the stage as a platform to show off some of geography's fun stuff. You're ideas are most welcome!

Please take a moment to sign in, become one of our fans and support us in this effort. Our act is called 'We're going to change Britain'.

GGIP in 2007

 

In 2007 the GGIP campaign further developed:

1. The creation of the GGIP online shop offering a range of GGIP merchandise
2. The 2007 GA Conference was a great success for the GGIP
3. Noel Jenkins @ Juicy Geography came across Studiobenben offering geographical postcards for students to take away when visiting another country. The campaign raised $46 for GGIP and The Darfur Wall. (more info here)
4. BBC actually used the word Geographers! (see here)
5. The GGIP online form was setup to encourage debate and empower supporters
6. The GGIP super scheme was launched to support Primary School teaching of Geography (should be ready early 2008)
7. GGIP in bookshops, a very successful sub campaign highlighting the lack of "geography" sections in many bookshops.
8. The GGIP on Radio 6, with Jo Norcup promoting Geography
9. The Hand of Geog was born and was seen on TV by millions at Live Earth
10. The GGIP campaigned for Geography to be in the title of the BBC's new planet documentary
11. The "G team" found the G Spot at Glastonbury
12. Ken Livingstone was the latest high profile supporter of the GGIP campaign
13. The birth of Guerrilla Geography will surly be a huge hit with geographers in 2008
14. The launch of the "Our World Film Festival" again another key theme for 2008

Good Luck in 2008

Our World Film Festival

Thursday the 27th of March 2008 at the Odeon Cinema, Guildford

(On the Fringe of the Geographical Association's Annual Conference)

A showcase of geographical filmmaking, Our World Film Festival is a visual adventure into our changing planet to promote our understanding of the geographies that we live.

Our World will be a wonderful mix of films made by both first-timers and professionals alike.

Tickets will go on the 24th of February 2008.

Folens geography(at)work film-making competition
Student films: Do you really know where you live?
Teacher films: Extreme geography
An outstanding showcase of short films submitted for the 2008 geography(at)work film-making competition that test Geography’s boundaries.
11:00 – 12:00 £2

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Feature film & debate with special guests
‘A Crude Awakening is an informative and unashamedly apocalyptic documentary about the world’s obsession with oil that makes An Inconvenient Truth look positively chipper.’ The Times
12:30 – 14:30 £3

An Alternative Guide to Our World
A showcase of geographical shorts
A wide range of short films that exploit geographical thinking including In Passing, a film about the psychogeography of a blind women’s experiences of Manchester and entries from ‘The Secret Geographer’ competition on the Geography of…
15:00 – 16:30 £5

CALL FOR ENTRIES
geography(at)work film-making competition

Full guidance and rules will be available from here on Monday the 10th of December 2007. All entries must be recieved by the 14th of February 2008.

The geography(at)work Student Award for Geography Filmmaking
Do you really know where you live?
Ask your Year 9 students to make a 60 second film on the theme ‘Do you really know where you live?’ and they could win an atlas, an annual subscription to Geographical MagazineA, a copy of the festival’s feature film, 1kg of Fair Trade chocolate and a shield for your school.

The geography(at)work Teacher Award for Geography Filmmaking
Extreme Geography
Make a 60 second film on the theme ‘Extreme geography’ and you could win a class set of geography(at)work, the new KS3 series, worth over £1200 for your school.

The GGiP Secret Geographer Filmmaking Award
The Geography of…
Make a 60 second film on ‘The Geography of…’ and you could win £200 (or £100 if you come second). Simple as that.

An Alternative Guide to Our World
To be announced here in January 2008

WANTED: GGiP Guerrillas

GGiP's Guerrilla Geography fun is stepping up. No matter where you are in the world the Guerrillas want more Geographers to join in. Find out more at http://guerrillageography.blogspot.com or email guerrillageography@gmail.com

Guerrilla Geography - Birmingham

 

You must be involved....

Date: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Time: 11:00am - 11:00pm
Location: (precise grid to be announced, but close to the train station)
City: Birmingham
You need: An outdoor large CCTV housing and boiler suit (details to follow)

Direct (public education) Action
Aim: To challenge the public's spatial awareness of hidden geographies.
Objective: For the public(s) to see the world differently.
Method: Invading (personal, social, commercial, security etc.) space dressed as on-foot. The cameras will be fitted to the heads of guerrilla geographers who will be wearing boiler suits with the words Official Geographic CCTV Unit with Give Geography its Place on them.

Up for it? Then contact the GGIP.

Festivals are you going?

Going out?

A gig, festival or public gathering then let us know. Take the "Hand of Geog" with you! Send the GGIP your pictures.

http://www.learningnet.co.uk/ubb/Forum5/HTML/011011.html

Primary Scheme Update

In short I have much work to do. Thanks those who have supported so far.

Any help...in anyway is gratefully received.

http://www.ggip.co.uk/geographyineducation.html

Two weeks to deadline..its going to be tight!

Geography Giving Itself a Place!

GGIP supporter Ian Murray brought this article to the attention of the sln forum.

http://www.learningnet.co.uk/ubb/Forum5/HTML/011179.html

GGIP@Glastonbury Latest Images

The G Spot stall looking very busy in what was a great success for the campaign.

Thousands of badges were distributed by the GGIP team.

David at the core of the G Spot!

Back for Good!

As take that once said (I understand)...... the GGIP blog and website are back after some technical difficulties. Updates will be made in the next 24 hours so stay posted.

Live Earth Live Geography

A big thanks to all those geographers who atteneded Live Earth sporting their GGIP T shirts. Danny O'Callaghan went a few steps further with his "Hand of Geog". Seeing the "Hand of Geog" really made me relfect on the progress we have made this year.

There is still much to be done. Take Danny's lead and act!

The law on our side!

"Hand of Geog"

1000 badges were given out

The now famous "Hand of Geog"

Ken Gives Geography its Place

Ken Livingstone "Mayor of London" no less has certainly given the GGIP a boost with the shots below. We have Danny O'Callaghan to thank for this great effort!

Ken who also wore his GGIP badge with pride at the photo shoot stated "I alwas liked geography at school when I was doing my O level".

Ken may well be our highest profile supporter so far!?!

Geography on Radio 6!

Jo Norcup bigging up Geography on Radio 6 and plugging GGiP's G-Spot at Glastonbury...

At 1.46 on listen again for 5 days at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/stephen_merchant/?focuswin

Great stuff Joe!

G is for...Geography in Bookshops

 

The mini campaign has come to an end and on behalf of the GGIP and John who thought of the idea thanks for your support.

I am aware of over 50 establishments that were contacted via email or letter and many more visited. The response was generally positive and whilst understanding the value of the subject many organisations, both libraries and bookshops seem to believe the problem lies with the very width of this subject i.e. the section would be to big. Why we take on this point onboard this does not really excuse that the subject is totally excluded in many cases.

In bookshops, especially independent stores a more honest approach was given in feedback. This often claimed that Geography has poor marketability due to the public perception of the subject.

So what next..

The key seems to be raising the public profile of the subject. So here is the plan.

The GGIP are now in possession of 12 copies of 'Why Geography Matters', courtesy of Harm de Blij and OUP.

The idea was to present them to key figures on behalf of the GGIP. Watch this space for more details coming soon.

Thanks again John for the great idea.

GGIP a hit at Sunrise Festival!

The GGIP was well represented at the Sunrise Festival Celebration billed as "The UK's Leading Sustainable Festival".

Dan Raven-Ellison was the Geographer in the thick of things distributing nearly 200 GGIP badges. Great awareness raising for the campaign.

GGIP Super Scheme

You can download a very basic and somewhat fluffy(!) draft of some ideas for the super scheme.

Comments are welcome on this via email to myself adtastic2001@yahoo.co.uk or the sln forum

http://www.learningnet.co.uk/ubb/Forum5/HTML/009323.html

If you still wish to be involved in the project, want to know a little more or just want to be kept in the loop please contact me by email.

The closing date is June 8th and from there a formal document will be available to download. 

DOWNLOAD HERE