Saturday 15 December 2012

Exchange Rates

Continuing our work on currency's.........

Learning Objectives: 
Using your knowledge gained from last lesson - you need to: 
1) Watch this video and/or read through the articles on Tokyo as one of the 'World's most expensive cities'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18408616
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18398005
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9326784/Tokyo-named-worlds-most-expensive-city.html

2) You need to comment on this blog and explain why you think Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities (Hint: Exchange Rates)

3) Working in pairs - here are your groups:

Luke, Sam: Angola
Micheala and Aara: Geneva
Lydia and Jake: Zurich
Declan, Yas, Delton: Singapore
Sam and Jay: Moscow
Rahim, Huzafia: Sao Paulo

You need to prepare a short presentation (4 minutes max) on why your country is considered 'expensive' to live in.

You need to include: 

Some facts on your country.
Some discussion on the exchange rates.
Some discussion on Exports/Imports.
Impacts on the standard of living.

You will have 2 lessons to complete this.
The most innovative and creative presentation will get a prize