Geography at key stage 3 (Year 8)
Unit 9: Shopping - past, present and future
Section 2: The present - what types of goods and services are found in different settlements today, in the local area/region? Why does the provision of goods and services vary between settlements?
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Objectives |
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- to draw a map with symbols and a key
- how and why the provision of goods and services in settlements varies
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Activities |
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Children: |
- Use pupils' understanding of convenience and comparison goods to develop the concepts of settlement function and how to place settlements in a rank order (hierarchy).
What can we buy where, and why? Rank local centres for shopping purposes. Then ask pupils to write a paragraph to identify the main centres and explain why some are more important than others.
- Take the largest shopping centre in the area and discuss with pupils how they might try to identify the extent of its importance/influence. A generalised map can be drawn based on a number of agreed indicators. Reasons for its extent and shape will need to be considered.
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- describe and explain where the main goods and services can be obtained in the local area
- map the general 'sphere of influence' pattern in the local area/region and account for it
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Points to note |
- The teacher will need to have some resources to facilitate this activity,
eg bus/train timetables, circulation area of a local newspaper, delivery area of a furniture store.
- Mathematics: pupils collect, represent and interpret data.
- ICT: a mapping package could be used to plot shops, services and sphere of influence, using the distance people are willing to travel.
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