1. Exam practice
Work though the sheet on questions related to the climate of the desert.
2 songs will be played. Once they have finished you need to stop writing and we will mark your answers.
Thoughts on these questions? Any issues you want raised? Are you happy with the climate graph?
Fact: revising in silence is most beneficial to helping you remember things- if you must have music then it should be instrumental!

2. How do people use hot deserts
How do people use hot deserts? Case study: The Bedouin People, Sahara Desert
Learning Objective:
To gain an understanding of how the Bedouin people survive in the desert and what challenges they face.

3. Key words Bedouin- Desert-dweller.
From the Arabic word ‘Bedu’ which refers to someone who lives out in the open desert.
Indigenous
People who have lived in an area for a very long time.
Nomadic
People who move about rather than living in one place all the time.

4. Annotate this picture to show how the Bedouin lifestyle is adapted to the desert.

5. Bedouin Fact file Read the information on each of the cards.
20mins
Bedouin Fact file
Read the information on each of the cards.
Sort them out into the following headings/colour code and stick into your book:
-Location -Religion -shelter
-Jobs done by men -jobs done by women
-sources of income -clothing -threats to their culture
Compare your way of life with the nomadic Bedouin way of life. What are the advantages of the traditional Bedouin way of life?
Challenge: Why do you think some Bedouin are giving up their nomadic lifestyles and living in the cities? What could be the economic, social, political and environmental impacts of this?

6. What challenges do hot deserts pose?
Can you unravel the
following words?
AIFMEN
OGRHUDT
XERTMESE OF
EPATUTREREM

7. What challenges do hot deserts pose?
Can you unravel the
following words?
Answers.
FAMINE
DROUGHT
EXTREMES OF
TEMPERATURE
Can you think of any others that the Bedouin’s face?

8. How do the Bedouin people over come these challenges?
Solution
Transport
Drought/ lack of water
Extremes of temperature
Famine
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9. Survival guide Write a top 10 tips for surviving the desert.
Do it in a presentation style in your scrape books.
Consider how you will travel around and why.
What will you pack in your rucksack?
What essential clothes will you take?
Sand dunes are the most dangerous landform in the desert-why should you be careful if you are camping near one?
Complete for homework.