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QCA

Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 5)

Unit 20: Local traffic - an environmental issue

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Outcomes

Section 1: What are the issues involved in constructing the by-pass?
Children:
  • understand the nature of the issue

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Section 2: Where is the by-pass located?
Children:
  • understand how human and physical features in the area affect the bypass construction

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Section 3: Why is the construction of the by-pass an issue?
Children:
  • summarise and categorise the range of views involved

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Section 4: How did the issue arise?
Children:
  • identify environmental changes arising from the construction of the by-pass

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Section 5: What are the groups involved in the issue and what are their views?
Children:
  • know the views of different people about the issue
  • know who are likely to gain and lose from the issue

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Section 6: How might the issue be resolved?
Children:
  • play a role in a simulation of a public meeting
  • suggest ways in which the issue might be resolved
  • express and justify their own views on the issue

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Section 7: General
Children:

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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