A collection of tailored video clips from the BBC series Race Across the World exploring three of Asia's diverse and fascinating nations - China, Nepal and India.
These clips and additional teacher notes will support teaching around topics relevant for Geography at KS3 and in England and Northern Ireland, Progression Step 4/5 in Wales and 3rd and 4th Level in Scotland.
These films can be used to help teach the following:
- Types of industry
- Regions of Asia
- Population and urbanisation
- Physical characteristics of Asia
- Urbanisation and counter urbanisation
- Types of industry and the importance of agriculture.
Farming in rural China. video
Yin and Gaz experience farming in rural China, staying on a farm and helping to collect lotus roots used in Chinese cuisine.
Rural and urban China. video
Sisters Letitia and Elizabeth stay at someones home in Shuiyuan Village, in a clip exploring the characteristics of rural and urban areas in China.
Travelling through China, India and Nepal. video
Brothers Brian and Melvyn plan a route to their checkpoint in a video clip exploring map-reading skills.
Rural life in India. video
Mother and son, Caroline and Tom, are in Salawas village near Jodhpur in a clip exploring life in rural India.
The Great Indian Desert. video
Brothers Brian and Melvyn, and mother and son Caroline and Tom, explore the largest desert in India and the communities that live there.
Comparing China, Nepal and India. video
Fin and Sioned talk about what the Race Across the World experience taught them about the food, landscape and transport of China, Nepal and India.
