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Welcome to the Bangladesh Delta…. What do you think about your new holiday destination?

Welcome to the Bangladesh Delta…. What do you think about your new holiday destination?. Why did I build my house here? Have I got Any insurance?. Oh my crops Are ruined!. Read the article, on the 2003 floods… What are the risks of living here? Try to list 5.

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Welcome to the Bangladesh Delta…. What do you think about your new holiday destination?

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  1. Welcome to the Bangladesh Delta…. What do you think about your new holiday destination? Why did I build my house here? Have I got Any insurance? Oh my crops Are ruined! Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  2. Read the article, on the 2003 floods… What are the risks of living here? Try to list 5 Would you like to change places with me? Most of Bangladesh lies less than 10 metres above sea level. The DELTA and the FLOODPLAIN of the Ganges and Brahmaputra cover 97,000 square miles. Over 90 million people live within this area. Floods in 1987 covered 40% of Bangladesh and in 1988 they covered 62%. Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  3. Look at the next 10 slides which show images of life on the Bangladesh Delta. Some images show ways people use the river and others show how they cope with/manage the river Put the slide Number in the Appropriate Column of Your Table. Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  4. 1 Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  5. 2 Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  6. 3 Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  7. 4 Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  8. 5 Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  9. 6 Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  10. 7 Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  11. 8 Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  12. 9 Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  13. 10 Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  14. living devastation shelter transport farming washing communication fishing harvesting flooding drought salinisation water source/irrigation Look at the 10 slides again. Match the words with the most appropriate slides. Some words might go with more than one slide Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  15. Oh, my river Of unfathomed water, I am floating in you for ever; Your tidal bore Has swept away my shore. On a shoal I try To settle in vain I am swept away again. A broken homestead May be rebuilt again ; A broken heart Shall never regain. The heart that ebbs out Seldom flows in again. When the river erodes, It strikes one shore; When the heart breaks, It shatters all the cores. You have seen the issues and the ways people use this river. What do you think the local people think of their river? • What does this poem mean? • Identify the river language eg. erodes. • How difficult is the river to control? Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

  16. Now write your own poem… • Try to use language from last lesson about the Delta • sediment, silt, floodwaters, brackish, turbulent, tidal, estuarine, deposition, old age • Include how people use the river and manage the river – remember the images and your list of words. living, devastation, shelter, transport, farming, washing, communication, harvesting, flooding, drought, salinisation, fishing, water source, irrigation BE PREPARED TO SHARE YOUR POEM…. Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through www.sln.org.uk/geography

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