Geography Curriculum Support Materials (S4-S7)—
Suggested Lesson Plans and
Supplementary Materials (1)
Related topic:
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River
Contents:
Exemplars of lesson plans
Information Folders
1. The water problems of China
1. The Three Gorges Dam Project
2. Rivers and water problems of China
2. The drying up problem of Huang He
3. The drying up of Huang He
3. South-North Water Transfer Project
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1. S4 – 5 Geography related theme and issue:
‘Landforms and Exogenetic Processes’ and ‘The Trouble of Water’
The following lesson plans provide some suggested activities for the learning and
teaching of ‘The Trouble of Water’ and ‘Landforms and Exogenetic Processes’ in the
S4-5 Geography Curriculum:
Lesson plan (1)—The water problems of China
Related issue: ‘The Trouble of Water’
Procedures / topics
Activities
Knowledge / skills /
values and attitudes
1. To motivate
Brainstorming
students
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By using photos, diagrams and
newspaper headlines related to
water problems of China, teachers
help students to locate and identify the various types of water problems
of China
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understand the
water problems of
China
Photo
interpretation
Reading skills
2. Causes of water
problems in China
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Find out the causes of different
water problems in China:
a) Physical factors
b) Human factors (problems caused by different human activities)
To understand the
causes of water
problems in China
Induction skills
3.Effects /
consequences of
water problems in
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According to newspaper clippings,
students point out the effects
/consequences of various types of
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To understand the
effects of water
problems in China
water problems
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Reading skills
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To state / identify
the measures for
solving water
problems and to
evaluate their
advantages and
China
4. How to solve the
water problems?
What are the
advantages and
disadvantages of
these measures?
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Role Play
- According to the given resources,
students are divided into several
groups, each playing the roles
below:
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To identify/
Procedures / topics
Activities
Knowledge / skills /
values and attitudes
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Farmers
Dwellers along Huang He
Environmentalists
Chinese government officials
Historians and archaeologists
Dwellers along Chang Jiang
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From different angles and
perspectives, students try to find out different measures for solving water
problems and their advantages and
disadvantages
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5. Conclusion
disadvantages
Creativity
Communication
skills
Data collection
and analysis
Collaboration
skills
Critical thinking
skills
Different groups are encouraged to
design posters about the solutions of
water problems
Teachers summarize the main points in
the lesson(s)
Designed by:
1. Ms. HUNG Yin-mui, Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School
2. Ms. MA So-ling, PLK Tang Yuk Tien College
3. Ms. YIP Pui-ling, Marymount Secondary School
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Lesson plan (2)—Rivers and water problems of China
Related theme / issue: ‘Landform and Exogenetic Processes’ and ‘The Trouble of
Water’
Procedures / topics
1. To motivate
students with issues
2. To introduce the
theme—‘Landform
and Exogenetic
Processes’
Activities
Knowledge / skills/
values and attitudes
Brainstorming
- By using an atlas and information /
video clips / photos about the Three
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To identify the
uneven
distribution of
Gorges Dam Project and the
South-North Water Transfer Project,
teachers help students to find out the situation of uneven distribution of -
water resources in
China
Reading skills
Data analysis
water resources in China
Map reading skills
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Students are led to analyze the water problems of China:
 To understand what ‘water
cycle’ is
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To identify major fluvial
processes
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To identify the impacts of
rivers on human activities, and
vice versa.
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To identify the water problems
of China (floods and drying
up) and their solutions (e.g. the
Three Gorges Dam Project of Chang Jiang and the
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To know what
‘water cycle’ is
To identify major
fluvial processes
To understand the
interactions
between rivers
and man
To understand the
water problems of
China and their
solutions
Problem-solving
skills
South-North Water Transfer
Project)
3. To investigate the
effectiveness and
effects of different
solutions of water
problems in China
Analysis and Discussion:
- According to different information
(such as newspaper clippings and
information of web-pages), students
analyze and discuss the expected
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To understand the
effectiveness and
effects of the
solutions of water
problems in China
Procedures / topics
Activities
Knowledge / skills/
values and attitudes
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effectiveness and effects of the
Three Gorges Dam Project of Chang
Jiang and the South-North Water
Transfer Project
Besides the two solutions
mentioned, are there any other
solutions to solve the water
problems of China?
Designed by:
1. Ms. LAM Wing-sau, HKMA David Li Kwok Po College
2. Ms. WONG Man-wai, Pak U Middle School
3. Mr. LAW Man-kin, Lee Kau Yan Memorial School
4. Mr. WU Yu-tai, SKH Holy Trinity Church Secondary School
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Information
analysis
Critical thinking
skills
Lesson plan (3)—The drying up of Huang He
Related issue: ‘The Trouble of Water’
Procedures / topics
1. To motivate
students
Activities
Knowledge / skills/
values and attitudes
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By using newspaper clippings /
information in web pages / video
clips, students are led to understand
the drying up problem of Huang He -
To understand
drying up problem
of Huang He
Information
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Teachers may use some songs about
Huang He to arouse students’
interest
analysis
Reading skills
2. Where is Huang
He?
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Find out the location of Huang He
and draw it on a map of China
Map skills
3. Causes of drying
up of Huang He in
recent years
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By analyzing information related to drying up of Huang He, students are
expected to induce the causes of
drying up of Huang He in recent
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To understand the
causes of drying
up of Huang He
Reading skills
years
Information
analysis
Induction skills
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4. The effects and
Role Play
solutions of the
- Dwellers living at the upper course
drying up problem of
of Huang He
Huang He
- Dwellers living at the lower course
of Huang He
- Government officials
- Merchants
- Environmentalists
[Find out the effects and solutions of the
drying up problem of Huang He from different angles and perspectives.]
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To understand the
effects and
solutions of the
drying up problem
of Huang He
Communication
skills
Collaboration
skills
Critical thinking
skills
Problem-solving
skills
Designed by:
1. Ms. AU Wai-yan, Buddhist Yip Kei Nam Memorial College
2. Ms. CHAN Suk-ching, Ying Wa College
3. Ms. NG Tung-hung, Gertrude Simon Lutheran College
4. Ms. TSANG Yuk-ping, PLK Wu Chung College
2. A-Level Geography:
‘Channel sub-system’ and ‘Agricultural Landscapes’
The information in the folders may be used in the learning and teaching of some
themes in the A-level Geography Curriculum:
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Channel sub-system
In this unit, the information in the folders (e.g. the Three Gorges Dam Project
and the South-North Water Transfer Project) can be used to illustrate the ways
people used to modify channel flow and form so as to facilitate their activities
within the drainage basin.
Agricultural Landscapes—Farming hazards (floods and droughts)
In A-level Geography Curriculum, parts of the information in the folders can be
used to illustrate the effects of floods and droughts on farming and the measures
to deal with these farming hazards.
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