BIG PICTURE: Would the 1995 Kobe earthquake be the same if Kobe was

located in a poorer country?

• Know what caused the Kobe 1995 earthquake.

• Be able to describe what the effects were.

• Suggest how economic position may impact the effects of an earthquake.

Connect: What was the Kobe earthquake?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKZ-IKeG5k

• As you watch the clip write down what you think the key terms for today’s lesson will be.

Background Information

• January 17th 1995. • Japan suffered a

severe earthquake registering 7.2 on the Richter Scale .

• The city of Kobe seriously damaged.

• Kobe is part of an MEDC (more economically developed country) or a richer country

Key terms for today's lesson:

• MEDC: More economically developed country (a richer country).

• LEDC: Less economically developed country (a poorer country)

• Short term: Refers to something that immediately happens. Is not long lasting.

• Long term: Refers to something that happens over a prolonged period of time. Is usually long lasting.

• Response: The ways in which something is reacted to.

Please copy down any definitions you don’t already have in your glossary.

Activate: What happened during the Kobe earthquake?

• Task: Read the information resources to complete your table.

Causes of the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan.

Short term impacts

Long term impacts

Responses (how did the situation improve?)

Extension: Colour code your table to show social, economic and environmental impacts.

DEMONSTRATE: Why do you think Kobe earthquake could be responded

to so well?

In no more than 30 words write down your answer to this question.

Reflect: Would the 1995 Kobe earthquake be the same if Kobe was

located in a LEDC?

I think that if Kobe was located in a LEDC that the responses would be better/ worse/ the same.

This is because ………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………

HOMEWORK: GCSE PRACTISE QUESTION

2012 Paper: 8 marks

‘How do the effects of earthquakes differ in MEDCs to LEDCs?’

Top tip! Effects- not responses!

Extra help? Use the MEDC/LEDC comparison resource to help support your

answer