Desertification Learning Quest: Organise

As part of this Global Learning Quest, you are going to take part in a forum and represent the herders, environmentalists, government officials, mining companies and tourism companies affected by desertification in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. Those presenting at the forum are affected by, and concerned about, the impact of desertification on the region. Each group will present their ideas about protecting the environment and traditional cultures while generating income for survival and development of the region. People at the forum will then have to agree to a list of actions which address all the perspectives. Once all the information has been collected and analysed for your role, you will need to prepare a list of proposed actions that will address the issues of desertification from your point of view. You will need background information for each issue so you can explain this to others. Check that everything you record to use in the presentation is backed up by evidence. When your team meets to discuss their presentation each team member will present and explain their proposals and other team members should ask questions to make sure everything is understood by each member of the team. As a group you now need to consider your answer to the global question and develop a short list of actions that you will propose at the class forum. How will the people of Inner Mongolia deal with the threat of desertification and create a sustainable future?

This is where you need to sort, sift, arrange and analyse your information and decide what to use in your presentation What is the best information we have? Where are the gaps in our findings? Do we need more information? How will we find this? Which of our information needs deleting? What needs re-checking? Can we answer the question? How could we organise our information? How will we organise our information?