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Assessment Task
Deserts - The San of the Kalahari
Due Monday 7th November - Week 5 Term 4
Students must each submit an information report as per the template provided below.

This will be your lucky last assessment for this subject.
Deadline is set in concrete as I will need to complete your reports by the end of Week 5.

Assessment tasks ask you to demonstrate your knowledge on a topic.

+ For each question you will need to provide at least 4 sentences in a PEEL paragraph (It is difficult to demonstrate your knowledge in 1 or 2 sentences).
+ Marks will be awarded on how well you can demonstrate your knowledge. Show me what you have learned about this topic. 




deserts_kalahari.pdf
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Remember Your Bibliography!
Provide a reference for all your sources: Information, images, maps etc
Also don't forget to paraphrase.


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​A Desert Community - The San of the Kalahari

Please note if you use any information from the document below ensure to reference it in your bibliography as:

Handley, R., McIsaac, H., Trethewy, G., & Van Zuylen, S. (2007). Geography focus 1. South Melbourne: Pearson Education. Retrieved from http://www.costellohsie.info/deserts---the-san-of-the-kalahari.html
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​Map showing Kalahari Desert in southern Africa
Picture
Map reworked from:
​Google Maps,. (2016). Map of the Kalahari. Google Maps Retrieved from

https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Kalahari+Desert/@-19.8292523,25.5241948,4908955m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x1c10f4cc16b50455:0xaa87e0b6c073e175!8m2!3d-25.5920214!4d21.0937311

Costello, C. (2016). Map Showing Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa reworked from Google Maps. costellohsie.info. Retrieved from http://www.costellohsie.info/deserts---the-san-of-the-kalahari.html


Ways you can submit:
1. By handing a hard copy to Ms Costello on Monday 7th - Before school, Recess or Lunch, or in class period 6.

2. Emailing your task as an attachment or send me the link if on google docs: 
cathy.costello@det.nsw.edu.au

3. Use the submit form below and upload your document file.

    You can submit your task using this form

    Your DET email. firstname.lastname@education.nsw.gov.au
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Suggested Information Sources


Africa Facts. (2013). KALAHARI DESERT FACTS. Interesting-africa-facts.com. Retrieved from http://interesting-africa-facts.com/Africa-Landforms/Kalahari-Desert-Facts.html

Africa Point. (2015). The San People - Botswana's Last Bushmen. AfricaPoint. Retrieved from http://www.africapoint.com/blog/article/the-san-people-botswana-s-last-bushmen.html

IRIN. (2004). Culture under threat - Special Report on the San Bushmen. IRIN. Retrieved from http://www.irinnews.org/report/48901/botswana-culture-under-threat-special-report-san-bushmen-i

Kalahari Meerkat Project,. (2014). Kalahari Bushmen. Kalahari Meekat Project. Retrieved from http://www.kalahari-meerkats.com/fileadmin/files/guides/Bushmen_light.pdf

Lee, R., Hitchcock, R., & Biesele, M. (2002). Foragers to First Peoples: The Kalahari San Today. Cultural Survival. Retrieved from https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/botswana/foragers-first-peoples-kalahari-san-today

Novillo, A. (2006). Bushmen at Kalahari Desert. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gC4IpoRAEw

Popovic, M. (2011). San people. Traditionscustoms.com. Retrieved from
http://traditionscustoms.com/people/san-people

Siyabona Africa. (2014). San Bushmen. Krugerpark.co.za. Retrieved from http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_bushmen.html


Survival International. (2014). Bushmen. Survivalinternational.org. Retrieved from http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/bushmen

Tribal Life. (2016). San People (Bushmen) Show How To Find Water in the Kalahari Desert. YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU3kJghHORo

World Nomads. (2009). Shifting Sands: Climate Change in the Kalahari. Journals.worldnomads.com. Retrieved from https://journals.worldnomads.com/shrummer16/story/52708/South-Africa/Shifting-Sands-Climate-Change-in-the-Kalahari


​Zijlma, A. (2012). The San Bushmen (Basarwa): Kalahari Desert, Namibia and Botswana. About.com Travel. Retrieved from http://goafrica.about.com/od/southafrica/fl/The-San-Bushmen-Basarwa-Kalahari-Desert-Namibia-and-Botswana.htm



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