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QCA

Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 5)

Unit 20: Local traffic - an environmental issue
Section 4: How did the issue arise?

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to use secondary evidence to compare before and after

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Ask the children to investigate how the land was used and what the area was like before construction began. They could use maps, photographs, old newspapers, documents and oral history in their research.
  • identify environmental changes arising from the construction of the by-pass

Sections in this unit

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1. What are the issues involved in constructing the by-pass?
2. Where is the by-pass located?
3. Why is the construction of the by-pass an issue?
4. How did the issue arise?
5. What are the groups involved in the issue and what are their views?
6. How might the issue be resolved?
7. General