Political+Geography-+Tasks+and+Resources

=//**Activities and Resources for your use**//= toc media type="youtube" key="oGjt0J1BIIo?version=3" height="360" width="640" align="right"
 * Throughout your lessons on Political Geography, you will be directed to complete some of the following activities after the following syllabus dot points.
 * Some of the points are resources you can use for tasks assigned to you.
 * Contents**
 * ===//**The changing role and nature of the nation state**//===
 * Look at the two following resources to answer the questions in the following document: [[file:WhatIsNationState.docx]]
 * What is a nation state?[]
 * Youtube Video: What is a nation state (note particularly the final minute)

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 * The Changing Role of the nation state: Article by a rookie.[]
 * ===//**The increasing influece of international governace, transnational corporations and non government organisations as challenges to national sovereignty.**//===
 * A contemporary example- KONY- Invisible Children: how an NGO has increasing influence on international governance.
 * Ensure you familiarise yourself with the organisation and the personality of KONY.
 * Exciting Task to complete.
 * Role of NGO's: A simple youtube clip
 * The Australian Government and NGO's- Particularly Ausaid
 * Role and Imacpts: TNC's and NGO's. Discussion Forum. Click HERE to complete.


 * ===//**GThe causes of political tensions and conflict, economic instability and miration and mobility of people.**//===
 * The Causes of political Tension: Case Studies (Complete Task)
 * Nationalism:
 * Natural Resource Use (See also Natural Resource Use)
 * Politics and Ideology.
 * Land, People & Space
 * Migration and mobility of people
 * Push and Pull Factors:
 * What is a push factor? Give examples
 * What is a pull factor. Give examples? media type="youtube" key="WXQd21to6xg" height="315" width="560"
 * Migration Activity
 * Use [|World Mapper] to explore migration and population patterns.
 * ===//**The various consequences of these challenges on national soveriegnty, and the various paths towards resolving issues and these challenges.**//===
 * Consequences:
 * How does conflict affect Geography: WWI (Redrawing Borders)
 * How does Geography Impact Conflict: Iraq
 * Case Study: Sri Lanka
 * Paths towards resolving issues and challenges.
 * United Nations: Peace and Security (Scroll along the right hand side to see various initiatives)
 * Global Peace Index from Vision of Humanity.

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