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

Environmental Impacts of Diamond Mining.

This diamond mine is in eastern Siberia 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?

Look for the tiny red arrow in this photograph; it's pointing to a 220-ton rock-hauling truck more than 6 metres tall.

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.

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?

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?

This film is about the diamond trade in Sierra Leone. The following page tells the start of the story…

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.

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 find—valuable 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.

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!)