1. What strategies can be used to sustain our water supply?
The Three Gorges Dam

2. By the end of the lesson:
All pupils will understand the cost and benefits of a the three Gorges Dam
All pupils will understand how small-scale intermediate technology works and evaluate how sustainable it is in a LEDC.

6. The Chinese government regards the project as a historic engineering, social and economic success. What do you think?

7. Watch the two videos
china-revealed-three-gorges-dam.html
Three-Gorges-Dam-in-China
What are your opinions of it so far?

8. Read page
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the dam? Read page 68 – 69 Read the sheets of information provided. Can you add anymore positives or negatives to the blanks?

9. In your books:
Complete a table of advantages and disadvantages to the ‘Three Gorges Dam’ Select what you believe are the four most negative aspects of the Dam and the 4 most positive.

10. Review
How sustainable do you think a Dam is socially, environmentally and economically?

11. Possible articles to look at!
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12. http://www. ibiblio. org/chinesehistory/cont ents/07spe/specrep01
ents/07spe/specrep01.html#Ship%20lock %20of%20the%20Three%20Gorges%20Pr oject%20works%20well ml