Ethiopia

Year 10s are doing research on Ethiopia, to investigate what factors have meant that this country is an LIDC

Start by listening to this Joni Mitchell track, from an album released in 1985
The first verse:

Hot winds and hunger cries--Ethiopia
Flies in your babies' eyes--Ethiopia
Walking sticks on burning plains
Betrayed by politics
Abandoned by the rains


There are also the famous lyrics of Band Aid's 'Do they know it's Christmas' (spoiler: as they're Christians mostly, they probably do...)
How do these (mis)represent Ethiopia?

Here's the document to guide student presentations.

LIDC Presentation from GeoBlogs