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Geography at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 9: Shopping - past, present and future

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Outcomes

Section 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?
Children:
  • collect, record and evaluate data about shopping changes
  • analyse their findings and suggest reasons for changes in shopping patterns
  • describe the distribution of shopping centres in a settlement they are familiar with
  • explain how out-of-town developments affect service provision in other parts of towns
  • explain how changes of location and function benefit some people/groups more than others locally/within the region

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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?
Children:
  • 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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Section 3: The future - how will the internet affect shopping patterns?
Children:
  • 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)

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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?