Fundraising – Free the Children Fresh Water Campaign – Sierra Leone
The five themes of Geographical Inquiry are: place, region, movement, environment
and interaction.
Using the Physical Geography text book and other resources, you will investigate Sierra Leone and Canada using the five themes.
Info please
Country reports
About:Geography
Place & Location
1.Locate Sierra Leone on a map of Africa. Label it.
Describe its relative location in the continent.
2.Give the country statistics such as flag, date of “creation” political leader/type of government, land area and other general information.
3. What is the capital city of the country?
Environment:
4. Describe the landform of the country. Describe specific landform areas.
5.What is the climate of the country?
6. What natural resources does the country have?
b)What industries does the country have?
c) How do you think the climate and landform of the country play a role in the type of industries the country has?
Movement:
7.Describe the cultural characteristics of the country? What is the main religion(s), language(s) and/or cultural regions like (urban (cities) versus rural (country).
b) what is the birth rate? Mortality rate? Rates of immigration/emmigration?
Interaction:
8. How does the climate interact with how the people of Sierra Leone live?
(eg. Do humans have to adapt their way of life to live in the climate, natural disaster zones?)
9. Does the land and/or water system put limits on human activity (eg. Water barriers, hazardous building sites?)
10. HOMO FABER: How do the people of Sierra Leone affect their environment? (ozone layer, acid rain, smog, coastal zones, use of technology)
11. How do people of Sierra Leone work with each other and other people in order to survive?
12.
Make a chart outlining our neighbourhood using the five themes of geography as a basis.
Use at least two examples in each of: location, place, movement, environment and interaction to create a brochure that will accurately describe our city.
