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User’s
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Welcome
to this BBC Education site for Higher Still Geography – Development
and Health.
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| Website
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| The site
aims to give students studying the subject a good understanding of the key
areas of study. The site does not aim to be an encyclopaedic resource but
instead focuses on the main topics that the students will face in the exams. |
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| Curriculum
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This
website was developed to correspond with the Higher Still Intermediate
1 and 2 Development and Health component of the curriculum.
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Learning
outcomes
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Students should
be able to do the following things if they work their way properly through
all sections of the site: -
· Recognise the geographic spread of developed and developing
nations in the world.
· Understand how physical and human factors can affect the development
of countries.
· Be able to give examples of countries affected by physical
and human factors.
· Understand and interpret several social and economic indicators.
· Understand the distribution, causes, effects and control measures
of malaria and cholera.
· They should ·also recognise these diseases as major
diseases of the developing world.
· Understand the distribution, causes, effects and control measures
of heart disease and cancer.
· They should also recognise these diseases as major diseases
of the developed world.
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Site
Navigation
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The
site has been broadly divided into two areas – Development and Health.
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The
Development section of the site covers: -
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Physical Factors
· Human Factors
· Social Indicators
· Economic Indicators
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The
Health section is divided into two further sections - diseases of the
developing world; diseases of the developed world. Subjects covered in
the Health section are: -
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Malaria – causes, effects, controls, distribution.
· Cholera - causes, effects, controls, distribution.
· Heart disease and cancer - causes, effects, controls, distribution.
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There
are two other sections to the site. There is a revision section, providing
sample exam questions, and a web links page, containing case studies of
international aid projects combating malaria and cholera and other more
general geography resources.
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Index
of Statistics and References: Sources
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Index
of Statistics and References: Sources
The sources below
have provided the statistical information and references used in this
site.
1) The World Bank
2) Population Concern
3) The CIA World Factbook
4) Population Concern
5) Population Concern
6) The CIA World Factbook
7) Population Concern
8) The CIA World Factbook
9) Population Concern
10) Population Concern
11) Population Concern
12) The United Nations
13) The World Bank
14) The World Health Organisation
15) The World Health Organisation
16) The World Health Organisation
17) UNICEF
18) The World Health Organisation
19) The World Health Organisation
20) NHS Scotland
21) ASH (Action on Smoking and Health)
22) Cancer Awareness in Scotland
23) ASH
24) BUPA
25) The British Heart Foundation
26) Imperial Cancer Research Fund
27) Consumer Health Information Centre
28) Journal of the American Heart Association
29) The CIA World Factbook
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| Other
BBC Resources |
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| This site
is part of an integrated resource package which includes two television
and two radio programmes. The programmes are available to purchase on video
and on BBC school radio tape from: |
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BBC Educational
Publishing
PO Box 234
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7EU
Tel: 0870 830 8000
Information: edscot@bbc.co.uk
Acknowledgements
Academic Consultant - Malcolm McDonald
Principal Teacher of Geography, Bathgate Academy |
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