Year 8

Assessment Task 2 - 2014

Geography
Global Inequality
Educational Website Assignment

Due date: Monday 2
nd
June, Week 6. Submission is due no later than 8:10am.
Weighting: 30%
Total Marks for Website: 35
Submit via school email to your classroom teacher.

Mr Colyer - scolyer[redlands.nsw.edu.au
Ms Coleman - kcoleman[redlands.nsw.edu.au
Ms !ago - d[ago[redlands.nsw.edu.au
Mr Campbell - bcampbell[redlands.nsw.edu.au
Mr Sasslne - csasslne[redlands.nsw.edu.au


Late submission students lose 10% of total marks per day. Late submission
is considered after 8:10am


Outcomes: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10
TASK OUTLINE

You will design and create a website that could be used as an educational resource, informing
and educating other Year 8 Students about global inequality and life opportunities.
You will need to choose 1 developed and 1 developing country to profile and compare. You
will need to discuss these choices with your teacher.
The website should be at least 6 pages and must provide the reader with the following
information:
Website Page Include
1 Introductory
Page
Website title
Introduction to the purpose of the website (Maximum 50 words)
Links to other pages in your website
Brief description for each link

2 Developed
Country
Profile


Countrys location Map
Population
A table presenting 2 statistics each for
Health
Education
Infrastructure
Economy

3 Developing
Country
Profile


Countrys location Map
Population
A table presenting 2 statistics each for
Health
Education
Infrastructure
Economy

4 Life
Opportunity
Comparison
Using gapminder.org create a graph of health (choose one of your health
indicators) versus education (choose one of your education indicators) for your
chosen countries.
Explain the changing relationship between these 2 indicators over time.

Write a 300 to 500 word response to the following question (include in-text
referencing of your sources).

Why do people in the two countries you have chosen have such different life opportunities based on the
indicators you have studied?

(Hint: Think about conflict, access to resources, technological development, culture
and gender inequality, etc)

5 Family
Story
Board
Create a family based on the statistics you have researched from your developing
country (include name, age and ethnic origin)
In the character of a 13 year old son or daughter complete the following:
Find a photo of your home and explain what it is like to live in your home (100
words).
Describe your parents and their daily jobs (100 words).
Describe your daily life and expectations of the future (100 words).
Include pictures to illustrate your stories.
6 Bibliography. See guidelines below, www.bibme.org is a website that will also help.

Advice

Write the content in your book before you start creating the page. Think of the pictures you will need to
search for. By writing each page out you can be sure that you will not lose your work if the computer
crashes. Computer failure is not an excuse for lateness.
Make sure that you use statistics, facts and examples to support what you are describing in each
section.
Maps, diagrams and graphics are a good way to convey information and make your website more
visually appealing.
If you dont remember how to use the Gapminder graph use the learn to select indicators and
more tab found on the left of the Gapminder World page. A screen shot is the easiest way to
display your final result on your website.



Building your website and submitting

Your website should have 6 pages in total.

To create a live website for free open an account at http://www.weebly.com/
This is an excellent and easy to use website creator. You may then supply your website address to your
teacher on the day your assessment is due.

If you need help, please see your teacher before the due date.



Creating a Bibliography

Failure to include a bibliography with your work will result in it not being marked. A bibliography provides
evidence of where you have found your information. Work submitted without a bibliography may be
considered to be plagiarised.

You must list, in alphabetical order (by author), ALL the sources of your information. This list should
include textbook (s), newspaper articles, internet sources, encyclopaedias, magazine articles or ANY
other source.

You must include the authors name in your bibliography. For example, the class textbook should be
listed.

Bliss, S, Paine, J. 2010. Geoactive 1. John Wiley and Sons Australia, Queensland.

If you are using an internet site, be specific with the location of the site and include the date you found the
information (the internet is updated frequently). For example do not put

Wikipedia

Instead write
Authors Name. (Date internet site was last updated). Title. Publisher (if given) URL
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_business_entity ]

IT IS EASIER TO CREATE YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY AS YOU GO RATHER THAN ONCE YOUVE
FINISHED YOUR WORK!