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Is  M

adagascar  Like  th

e  Movies?  Critical  ana

lysis  

of  prior  kno

wledge  ab

out  M

adagascar.    

Why  is  M

adagascar  the  World’s  W

orst  Econo

my?  

Wha

t  makes  M

adagascar  a  Biod

iversity  hotspot  

Wha

t  hap

pens  whe

n  po

verty  an

d  biod

iversity  

occur  together?    

Wha

t  is  more  im

portan

t  social  issue

s  or  

environm

ental  con

servation?    

Who

 is  to

 blame  for  illegal  logging  in  

Mad

agascar?    G

oogle  Earth  en

quiry  into  th

e  

Rosewoo

d  Crisis.  

Hitting  th

e  Right  N

ote:  W

riting  a  cam

paign  song  

against  the

 illegal  trade

 in  Rosew

ood  

A  Sustainab

le  Alte

rnative?  A  Decision  Making  

Exercise  based

 on  three  futures.    

Assessm

ent:  W

hy  doe

s  Mad

agascar  face  an  

uncertain  future?    

Disjuncture  from  existing  knowledge  (from  Schwartz)  

Core  knowledge  regarding  location,  development  and  biodiversity.  Human  and  physical  geography  kept  separate.    

Content  knowledge.  Linking  key  concepts.  Lesson  bringing  human  and  physical  aspects  together  requiring  deeper  understanding  

Procedural  knowledge  through  the  Rosewood  logging  enquiry  and  sustainable  decision  making  exercise.    

Application  and  assessment  of  knowledge  in  Guitar  lesson,  decision  making  and  assessment  based  on  futures  

  Acquisitio

n  of  kno

wledge  

Lesson  Number  

Analysis  of  the  knowledge  Content  of  the  Year  9  Inquiry  Based  Unit  of  Work  “Why  Does  Madagascar  Face  an  Uncertain  Future?”