SOCIAL STUDIES WORKSHEET

Date: Week Beginning June 1st, 2020

Grade: 10

Objectives

1. Review concepts related to individual and family

2. Discuss aspects of human and physical resources
3. Examine Task 3 of SBA component.

Review

Students will summarize information gathered from previous assignment on individual and
family.

Lesson Topic: The Individual and Society

Activity 1 Students will complete the following and submit answers.

1. Define the term ‘group.’

2. State TWO types of social groups other than formal groups.
3. State two characteristics of a government that will help to classify it as a formal group.
4. Outline TWO functions of the government of a country.

Activity 2: Students will examine task 3 of SBA component

Lesson Topic: Human Resources

Activity 3 Answer the following questions below

1. What is meant by the expression ‘a country’s human resources?’

b. Educational institutions assist in developing the human resources of a country. State TWO
other factors that contribute towards the development of human resources in the region.
c. Explain TWO ways educational institutions help to develop the human resources of a country.
 2. The World Bank estimate of migration from Jamaica is 80% of university graduate. But
it is Suriname and Guyana which leads the region, with losses of 90% and 68% respectively,
according to IMF data.

a. What is meant by the term ‘brain drain?’

b. List TWO push factors which may have influenced the migration of university graduates
from countries mentioned above.

c. Explain TWO ways in which a host country may benefit from migration.

d. Suggest to Caribbean countries TWO strategies which they may use to reduce the migration of
graduates from the region. Explain why each will be effective.

Lesson Topic: Physical Resources

Activity 4 Answer the following questions below

1. Identify TWO non-renewable physical resources found in the Caribbean.

b. For each of the resources you identified above, name a CARICOM country in which it is
found.
c. Give THREE reasons why Caribbean countries develop their physical resources.
d. Suggest to a Citizen’s Association ONE measure that it may take to promote the use of
physical resources for sustainable development of your country. State why the measure
you have suggested would assist in the sustainable development of your country.

2. Water is an important natural resource but it is easily polluted.

a. State TWO ways in which water can become polluted.

b. State TWO uses of water other than for agricultural purposes.

c. Describe TWO ways in which water pollution affects the residents of a community.

d. State TWO actions that farmers in a community may take to help reduce water pollution.
Explain why each action is likely to be successful.