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Schemes of Work
QCA

Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 5)

Unit 20: Local traffic - an environmental issue
Section 5: What are the groups involved in the issue and what are their views?

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • how people affect their environment
  • that different people hold different views about an issue

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • With the children's help, devise and carry out a questionnaire survey of the main groups involved.
  • know the views of different people about the issue
  • know who are likely to gain and lose from the issue

Points to note

Environmental education: this work links to conflict resolution.

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