Impacts of Diamond Mining.

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Impacts of Diamond Mining. Today we will be
looking at the environmental and social impacts
of diamond mining. TASK 1 Write the title
above and the date. What do the words
environmental and social mean? TASK 2 Write
two lists of what you think the impacts of
diamond mining might be. Call one list
environmental impacts of diamond mining and call
the other list social impacts of diamond mining
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Environmental Impacts of Diamond Mining.
Most diamond mines in Sierra Leone are large,
like this one in Siberia. TASK 3 Under your
subheading shown above, answer the question
below. You will be shown 3 more photos and you
must answer this question What effect does
diamond mining have on the environment?
This diamond mine is in eastern Siberia
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Look for the tiny red arrow in this photograph
it's pointing to a 220-ton rock-hauling truck
more than 6 metres tall.
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Social Impacts of Diamond Mining.
TASK 4 Under your subheading shown above,
answer the following questions 1. Write down
how you think the men in this photo might feel.
If you could write a caption what would it
say? 2. If diamond mining is so bad, why do
people still do it? 3. Do you think that all
diamond mining in Sierra Leone is like this?
This photo shows men in Sierra Leone who continue
their back-breaking search for diamonds despite
the fact that no gem has been found at this mine
for four years.
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Social Impacts of Diamond Mining.
TASK 5 You will now be given a newspaper
article. You must complete the task at the end of
the article.
" I ask my motherI say mommawhere's my
brother?she say listento all the
cryingn'people dyingfor the jewelsthat mean
everlasting loveshe say 'your brotherworks for
da soldiersan is never coming back..."By a
year 9 pupil at Bury Church of England High
School.
Extension This piece of poetry was written by a
school student. Can you come up with another?
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This film is about the diamond trade in Sierra
Leone. The following page tells the start of the
story
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Solomon has been taken from his family and forced
to work in the diamond fields. He finds a rare
pink diamond and hides it at great risk, knowing
if he is discovered, he will be killed instantly.
But he also knows the diamond could provide the
means to save his wife and daughters from a life
as refugees and also help rescue his son, Dia,
from an even worse fate as a child soldier.
TASK 6 If you were a scriptwriter at Warner
Brothers, how would the story end? What do you
think is likely to happen to the characters
mentioned here? (Use the writing frame to help!)
Archer, who has made his living trading diamonds
for arms, learns of Solomon's hidden stone while
in prison for smuggling. He knows a diamond like
this is a once-in-a-lifetime findvaluable enough
to be his ticket out of Africa and away from the
cycle of violence and corruption in which he has
been a willing player.