Change
Change is something that happens to everyone of us. What causes change and how do changes affect people?
Task 1- When populations grow what has to change? Brainstorm your responses to this question.
Task 2- What were the causes of population change?
Drivers of change are those things that cause change, or accelerate change. Population growth has definitely caused changes to take place to our world.
Task 3- Working with a partner identify five other possible drivers of change and give examples of the changes that result.
Watch the video 'How the Potato Changed the World'
Task 4- Discuss the causes and consequences of changes shown in the video. What was the main driver of change and what accelerated the changes?
How can war be a driver of change?
Task 5 - In pairs read through the document about war and change below and answer the questions in the activities sheet.
War and change document
War and change activities sheet
In what ways other than medicine can wars cause change?
Read this article from the BBC about how British ideas about Americans changed during the Second World War.
Task 6 - Question sheet
Task 7 - Find some examples of technological developments that came about as a result of the first world war. For all of these: what was the role of war? What is is about war that has forced these changes? Would these changes have taken place without a war?
Task 8 - Can ideas be a factor for change (political ideas such as communism?)
Task 1- When populations grow what has to change? Brainstorm your responses to this question.
Task 2- What were the causes of population change?
Drivers of change are those things that cause change, or accelerate change. Population growth has definitely caused changes to take place to our world.
Task 3- Working with a partner identify five other possible drivers of change and give examples of the changes that result.
Watch the video 'How the Potato Changed the World'
Task 4- Discuss the causes and consequences of changes shown in the video. What was the main driver of change and what accelerated the changes?
How can war be a driver of change?
Task 5 - In pairs read through the document about war and change below and answer the questions in the activities sheet.
War and change document
War and change activities sheet
In what ways other than medicine can wars cause change?
Read this article from the BBC about how British ideas about Americans changed during the Second World War.
Task 6 - Question sheet
Task 7 - Find some examples of technological developments that came about as a result of the first world war. For all of these: what was the role of war? What is is about war that has forced these changes? Would these changes have taken place without a war?
Task 8 - Can ideas be a factor for change (political ideas such as communism?)