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Geography at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 9: Shopping - past, present and future
Section 3: The future - how will the internet affect shopping patterns?

QCA

Objectives
Children should learn:
  • to explore the concept of progress/development
  • how the distribution of an economic activity may change in the future, and the effects of such changes
  • to explore the ideas of environmental change and sustainable development in an urban environment

Activities

Outcomes
Children:
  • Discuss with pupils whether things are getting better in the shopping world. Consider with them the concept of change/progress as development and discuss the possibilities of internet shopping, referring to well-known examples, eg books, large supermarket chains.
  • In groups, using school computers or individually at home using personal computers, pupils could research one particular internet shopping facility, finding out what it offers and how it works. They should discuss the impact this might have on the use of transport and what types of people will use the facility.
  • In class help pupils to pool findings and ask them to draw up a list of the likely effects of internet shopping on local shops, city-centre shops and out-of-town superstores. Which are most likely to resist the internet threat and why?
  • Help pupils to plan a piece of extended writing entitled 'How and why has shopping changed in Britain over the last 30 years? How is it likely to change in the future?' Weaker writers may need structured support to help them group sentences into paragraphs which have a clear focus, and in linking ideas and paragraphs into continuous text.
  • describe how 'development' may favour some people more than others
  • successfully access up-to-date information about shopping via the internet
  • describe and explain the likely impact of internet shopping on local and regional provisions, referring to specific examples
  • describe and explain how and why shopping has changed in Britain in a 30-year period, in a piece of extended writing with related points grouped into paragraphs, linked coherently into continuous text (minimum 300 words)

Points to note
  • Citizenship: this activity provides pupils with the opportunity to reflect on topical and social issues.
  • ICT: this activity provides pupils with the opportunity to reflect on the effects of technological innovation.
  • Language for learning: this activity provides the opportunity for pupils to organise what they have learnt into a piece of structured writing.

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    • all off-site visits must be carried out in accordance with LEA and school guidelines

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1. The past - how and why does the provision of goods and services change? How are different groups affected (who wins and who loses) when there is change?
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?
3. The future - how will the internet affect shopping patterns?