Objective 1: To discover the areas of Hong Kong with the highest concentration of expensive housing and areas of lower cost housing
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To begin this unit we are going to carry out an investigation of some of the areas within Hong Kong. We will use Real estate agents websites to find out where the most expensive and cheapest houses for sale are in Hong Kong. This should give us a good example of the wealthier and less well off areas of Hong Kong. Use this investigation sheet to conduct your research.
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Objective 2: ASSESSMENT!!! Understand the areas of low cost housing in Hong Kong by researching and then building a model
This is a group assignment where you will need to work together as a team to allocate tasks and responsibilities to come up with a good finished project. You will carry out research first and then attempt the assessment. You will be assessed on Criteria A, B and D, but play special attention to Criteria B at the very start of your project. Good planning as a group will help you score well in Criteria B and also gives your project the best chance of being great!.
Objective 3: Understanding poverty in Hong Kong |
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In this section we will be investigating the term "Wealth Disparity" and applying our understanding of this to the situation in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a very well developed and wealthy area, but how evenly is that wealth spread around? We will investigate this by looking at the average incomes in Hong Kong. |
Objective 4: Communicating the nature of poverty in Hong Kong
In this section you will be working on your communication skills by producing an infographic about the poverty situation in Hong Kong. Firstly you will need to understand what an infographic is. An infographic is a visual representation of information, often based on statistics or numerical information (but not always), they are usually a way to simply express complicated information. We will talk about these further in class, however here is a website that shows some of the best infographics made in 2015 - the link is on the right.
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Your task will be to produce an infographic that communicates the key data and statistics on the poverty situation in Hong Kong. You will be given the data that you have to enter in to your infographic but we will first be watching a series of videos to give you ideas and inspiration about how your infographic will look. The first video we will watch together as a class and the others you can watch yourself. Work on the research and infographic for this section will make up your homework. You will have a full week of lessons to work on this.
Infographic websites
Have a look at the following websites, these will help you to build your infographic. Choose one and start adding in the details and information that you want to show.
Objective 5: Investigating the link between wealth
and education in Hong Kong
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Objective 6: What are charities and how could they help in
addressing the issues of wealth disparity in Hong Kong
We will be looking at the role of charity organisations. How can they help with social issues like wealth disparity? Can they find a way to make the city more equal? Is it their responsibility alone? In this section you will investigate the role of charities and engage your creative side in producing an advert to highlight the work of a charity.
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