Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through Welcome to the Bangladesh Delta…. What do you think about your new holiday destination? Oh my crops Are ruined! Why did I build my house here? Have I got Any insurance?

Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through Most of Bangladesh lies less than 10 metres above sea level. The DELTA and the FLOODPLAIN of the Ganges and Brahmaputra cover 97,000 square miles. Over 90 million people live within this area. Floods in 1987 covered 40% of Bangladesh and in 1988 they covered 62%. Would you like to change places with me? Read the article, on the 2003 floods… What are the risks of living here? Try to list 5

Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through Look at the next 10 slides which show images of life on the Bangladesh Delta. Some images show ways people use the river and others show how they cope with/manage the river Put the slide Number in the Appropriate Column of Your Table. Using the riverCoping with the river

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Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through Look at the 10 slides again. Match the words with the most appropriate slides. living devastation shelter transport farming washing communication fishing harvesting flooding drought salinisation water source/irrigation Some words might go with more than one slide

Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through You have seen the issues and the ways people use this river. What do you think the local people think of their river? Oh, my river Of unfathomed water, I am floating in you for ever; Your tidal bore Has swept away my shore. On a shoal I try To settle in vain I am swept away again. A broken homestead May be rebuilt again ; A broken heart Shall never regain. The heart that ebbs out Seldom flows in again. When the river erodes, It strikes one shore; When the heart breaks, It shatters all the cores. 1.What does this poem mean? 2.Identify the river language eg. erodes. 3.How difficult is the river to control?

Thanks to Sarah Todd and her colleagues at Stanchester High School, Somerset made available through Now write your own poem… Try to use language from last lesson about the Delta sediment, silt, floodwaters, brackish, turbulent, tidal, estuarine, deposition, old age Include how people use the river and manage the river – remember the images and your list of words. living, devastation, shelter, transport, farming, washing, communication, harvesting, flooding, drought, salinisation, fishing, water source, irrigation BE PREPARED TO SHARE YOUR POEM….