Form 2 world's biggest companies

Have a look at the data below which the top 20 companies in terms of the amount of money they earn in year. I have added the location for the headquarters of each company and what they actually do.

Revenues($ billions)
Wal-Mart Stores ARKANSAS / RETAIL
351

Exxon Mobil TEXAS / OIL
347

Royal Dutch Shell THE HAGUE / OIL
318

BP LONDON / OIL
274

General Motors DETROIT / MOTOR VEHICLES
207

Toyota Motor TOKYO / MOTOR VEHICLES
204

Chevron CALIFORNIA / OIL
200

DaimlerChrysler STUTTGART / MOTOR VEHICLES
190

ConocoPhillips HOUSTON / OIL
172

Total PARIS / OIL
168

General Electric CONNECTICUT / MOTOR VEHICLES
168

Ford Motor MICHIGAN / MOTOR VEHICLES
160

ING Group AMSTERDAM / BANKING
158

Citigroup NEW YORK CITY / BANKING
146

AXA PARIS / INSURANCE
139

Volkswagen WOLFSBURG, GERMANY / MOTOR VEHICLES
132

Sinopec BEJING / OIL
131

Crédit Agricole PARIS / BANKING
128

Allianz MUNICH / INSURANCE
125

Fortis BRUSSELS / BANKING
121

Globalisation of Television

Have a look at the following site from Yale. It's excellent for many different topics that we cover as part of IB .

http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/about/history.jsp

Carbon footprint

Hi everyone

Please complete a survey using the following website to see how big (or small) your Carbon Footprint is.

http://www.zerofootprintkids.com/kids_calc.aspx?q_id=12

Come and find me in school and we'll paint your score on the wall.

Form 3 debate - should Africa be allowed to use fossil fuels to develop?

Here are a selection of websites to help the team that is arguing that Africa should be able to burn fossil fuels:

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/bashir_goth/2007/02/climate_change_why_now.html

http://www.criticalopinion.org/articles/72

http://www.acp-eucourier.info/Fossil-fuels-Africa-s-in.182.0.html

http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/04.07/11-charcoal.html

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6a63200-cad7-11dc-a960-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=8bed9962-cad2-11dc-a960-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1

http://www.kenyaimagine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=392&Itemid=141

Form 3 exams

Hi form 3.

I just wanted to clarify the dates for your exams this week:

3H = Wednesday
3S = Thursday
3M = Thursday

You only need to revise development (development indicators, population and development, why are countries rich and poor, aid and debt, charities and G8)

Food Crisis!

One of the main news stories at the moment is about a worldwide food crisis that is affecting many countries. What I would like you to do is produce a 1 page poster (Word/Powerpoint/Publisher) which includes the following:

• Why is there a problem with food at the moment?
• What is happening in individual countries?
• What is the solution?

Form 5 IGCSE exam Industrial Systems

Please revise Industrial Systems for an exam on Monday morning. You also need to watch the following video about an industrial disaster:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz-BfXLjQ9c&feature=related

The video has some upsetting scenes but it is very effective in demonstrating how companies can cause environmental and human disasters.

Form 3 Inequality presentations

Your task in your groups is to produce a presentation about one of the following organisations. I want you to show me how each organisation is trying to solve problems of poverty and inequality in the world. The organisations differ and it is up to you how you wish to present your research. I would like you to produce a 1 page handout for me also.
The list of organisations are as follows:

• Make Poverty History / Live8
• Live Aid ./ Band Aid
• G8
• Oxfam
• Christian Aid
• CAFOD

Groups must be equal and you do not have much time so work smartly as a team.