WHAT
Topic: The World Cup: Mapping the world cup
countries. Are the winners always rich?
Why
All MUST
Most SHOULD
Some COULD
All must know the countries and regions playing
in the 2014 World cup
Most will know if there is a relationship between
winners and how rich and healthy the winning country is.
Some should be able to too give reasons for
the relationship between winners and how rich
and healthy the winning country is.
Topic: The World Cup: Mapping the world
cup countries. Are the winners always rich?
WHAT
WHAT
All MUST
Complete a map showing the countries and regions
playing in the 2014 World cup
Most SHOULD
Create a graph showing the relationship between winners
and how rich and healthy the winning country is.
Some COULD
Write a paragraph explaining the relationship between
winners and how rich and healthy the winning country is.
WHAT
Topic: The World Cup: Mapping the world
cup countries. Are the winners always rich?
Connect
Task One –
How many different countries can
you name that are taking part in
the 2014 World Cup? (without
looking at the back wall)!!!!
You have 30 seconds!!!
Preview video
Click here to be taken to the excellent official FIFA site.
WHAT
Task Two Mapping the 2014 Finalists
On the blank map worksheet, shade in
and carefully label the participating
countries using your own colour
scheme. The colours below are only
suggestions.
• North America - Red
• South America - Green
• Europe - Blue
• Africa - Yellow
• Asia* - Orange
• Oceania - None Qualified
Topic: The World Cup: Mapping the world cup
countries. Are the winners always rich?
Activate
Extension Task - You will
see that Australia play in the
Asia group of footballing
countries and not in
Oceania, where they are
actually located! Read the
quote to the right hand side.
Why do you think the
Australian Football
Associated asked to be
transferred to Asia back in
2006?
Australia in Asia - surely not ??
Australia currently hold the
world record for the largest
win and the most goals scored
by a player in an international
match. Both records were
achieved during the 2002 FIFA
World Cup qualification match
against American Samoa on 11
April 2001. Australia won 31–0
with Archie Thompson scoring
13 goals and David Zdrilic
scoring 8 goals. Two days
before the 31–0 win, Australia
broke the record for largest
win with a 22–0 win over
Tonga
WHAT
Topic: The World Cup: Mapping the world cup
countries. Are the winners always rich?
Task Three - A Rich Man's Game?
We are going to be using Gapminder World, an excellent tool for Geography used for looking at
key data of countries. We are going to look at two bits of data for each of the previous winners
of the Football World Cup.
1. Life Expectancy - This is the average age to which people live to in a country. A high life
expectancy would indicate that people are generally healthy and well looked after. A low life
expectancy would mean health is generally poor and hospitals may not be available to
everyone.
2. Income Per Person - This means the average annual (every year) income of a typical person
who lives in that country in US $. A high annual income would indicate better jobs and
employment possibilities and the opposite for a low income. In France, the average income per
year is $43,000 at present.
How?
1. Download the worksheet on the geog.biz site called ‘lesson 2 gapminder task’
2. Follow the instructions on the worksheet and complete the relevant sections.
WHAT
Topic: The World Cup: Mapping the world cup
countries. Are the winners always rich?
Consolidate
So, is there a relationship between the
health and wealth of a country and their
ability to win the World Cup?
Write your answer on your worksheet.
Target: 150 words.