Year 11 Coursework

ASSESSMENT 1: BOSCASTLE FLOODS

A case study, with your personal viewpoints, of the Boscastle floods, using any media and focusing on the short and long term causes of the flood and its impacts

FORMAT
· PowerPoint with notes to the side of each slide. Your teacher will show you how to do this.
· 30 words maximum ON THE SLIDE.

What should you include?

A brief introduction, locating Boscastle using an annotated map.


A section on CAUSES:
Long Term
Short Term
Physical or Human?

which EXPLAINS how each factor contributed to the flood.


A section on IMPACTS:
The Economy
People
The Environment (built and natural)


“Personal response”. This may include:
What do YOU think should have been done to avoid Boscastle?
Were any of the causes avoidable?
Why do you think these things weren’t done?
How could the impacts have been reduced?
What lessons can be learnt?

YOU SHOULD INCLUDE MAPS, GRAPHS AND PHOTOS WHERE RELEVANT TO SUPPORT YOUR WRITING.

USEFUL WEBSITES

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boscastle_flood_of_2004
http://www.tintagelweb.co.uk/BoscastleFlood.htm
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/acrobat/living_with_the_risk_1111062.pdf
http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupRenderCustomPage.asp?GroupID=11155&ResourceId=72869 (Wycombe High School website)
http://www.geographyalltheway.com/ib_geography/ib_drainage_basins/lynmouth_boscastle/boscastle_images/boscastle.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/uncovered/stories/august2004/boscastle_floods.shtml
http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?tab=av&q=boscastle&recipe=all&scope=all&edition=d is a list of relevant audio and video clips from the BBC