Resources to support a Geography lesson based upon recent events in the USA

1. Whose speech is this?
What are the main messages?

2. Barrack to the future – what does it take to be President
of the United States?
Look at the map above. It displays the results of the US election. Which colour
is Barrack Obama’s? Use map evidence.

4. This is the ‘popular’ vote. Is the system still fair?

5. Is this system fair? Why?
What could this system be based on?

7. Use both maps. Suggest ways in which the electoral college system works. Refer to
map evidence.
The maps suggest that the number of electoral point given to
a state is….. For example…..
Barrack Obama won…… electoral points and needed ……. To
win…
However, Barack Obama won ….. Of the popular vote..
I think that this system is fair / not fair because……

8. Where? What? Why? Who?
What are these people up to?

11. Listen
• List the hazards.
• Imagine, what would you be thinking,
feeling, doing if you lived in New Jersey?

12. Imagine this was your
house. Describe how you
would be feeling..
Imagine this is your
house. Describe how
you would be feeling.

13. 5 days later?

14. Haiti
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-
america-20177372

15. • http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-
network/teacher-blog/2012/nov/04/hurrican-
sandy-teacher-resources-news-round-up