Secondary Unit 3 - CASUARINAS AND SAND DUNES: A CASE STUDY IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Major Themes
Place and space, Resources, Natural and social systems
Students explore and evaluate ways of reclaiming and regenerating an area in Vietnam.
Outcomes
- explaining the consequences of modifying places;
- predicting the consequences of implementing particular policies;
- analysing links between resource use, economic growth and ecological sustainability.
To explore additional ideas and resources for using this unit from Vietnam - Young People, Old Country: Secondary, click on the following:
Teaching Ideas | WWW Links | Annotated Bibliography
Teaching Ideas
Here are some additional ideas for using these Resource sheets contained in this unit:
Introductory activity
This unit points out that the production of rice is still the key activity of the large majority of Vietnamese people. Students can be asked to look at the statistics provided in Vietnam and Australia at a glance at the front of the book, and to draw on their likely image of Vietnam as a green, rice-producing nation. They can then be asked: What if the rice failed? What might be the implications?
Having considered this basic idea, students will be in a better position to appreciate the importance of restoring the sustainability of damaged land.
Resource sheet 1 How can this land be more productive
The information given in the 'Problems' column on this Resource sheet can be presented by the teacher and a narrative, setting the scene and telling the story of the area, rather than in list form. Student suggestions about possible solutions can be recorded on the board, or individually in workbooks.
The remainder of the unit provides evidence for students to study the plan implemented and to assess its likely success.
WWW Links
More information on issues of Australian aid to Vietnam
can be explored further through the AusAID site at: http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryId=33
Annotated Bibliography
Downie, Sue 1993, Down Highway One - journeys through Vietnam and Cambodia, Allen and Unwin, Sydney
A family's journey through modern (early 1990s) Vietnam. Good stories, descriptions and musings on the meaning of their experiences.
Hoskin, John and Hopkins, Allen W, 1991, The Mekong, Post Publishing Public Company, Bangkok
A beautiful book with excellent photographs and comprehensive and readable text on the history and course of the Mekong River.
Kamm, Henry 1996, Dragon Ascending, Arcade Publishing, New York
A useful overview of Vietnam's history, concentrating on the modern period. |
