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QCA

Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 5)

Unit 20: Local traffic - an environmental issue

QCA

Objectives

Section 1: What are the issues involved in constructing the by-pass?
Children should learn:
  • about the issues involved in a change in the local environment
  • to locate features on a map
  • to relate maps to photographs
  • to carry out an interview

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Section 2: Where is the by-pass located?
Children should learn:
  • to use maps at a variety of scales
  • to identify key physical and human features
  • how features influence the location of human activities

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Section 3: Why is the construction of the by-pass an issue?
Children should learn:
  • about recent or proposed changes in the locality
  • about a particular issue arising from the way land is used

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Section 4: How did the issue arise?
Children should learn:
  • to use secondary evidence to compare before and after

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Section 5: What are the groups involved in the issue and what are their views?
Children should learn:
  • how people affect their environment
  • that different people hold different views about an issue

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Section 6: How might the issue be resolved?
Children should learn:
  • how and why people seek to manage and sustain their environment

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Section 7: General
Children should learn:

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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