Year 9 Homework Project China

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Produce a ‘Follow the Thing’ route and impact report for a Chinese product

Part 1: Find out how a product has come from China to the UK (route, transport etc.)

Part 2: Research the impact your product has had socially, economically and environmentally in China, and across the globe.

How can you start?

You can use anything that was manufactured in China from a light bulb, to a shoelace, to a handbag! For ideas on products, go to the website 
‘Follow the Things’ (www.followthethings.com)

There are tabs at the top for different products. E.g., select ‘electrical’ on the top tab and you will all the products that were made in China.

What to include?

1. Describe the product
2. Locate the origin of the product
3. Explain who was involved in the manufacturing
4. Describe the route and transport it took to get to the UK
5. Explain the social, economic and environmental  impacts of the product (China&UK)
6. If you have identified problems, suggest sustainable solutions

Use images, maps, data, and quotes as evidence. Reference all sources of info.

Use Microsoft Word to present this project, write no more than 2 sides of A4.

Useful websites:

Follow the Things: here

Made in China: here

Chinese light bulbs: here or here

BBC news report ‘made in china’: here