Geography at key stage 3 (Year 8)

Unit 12: Images of a country
Section 4: Who has chosen these views? Why these views?

Objectives

Children should learn:

to clarify and develop their own values and attitudes
how to examine carefully the material they use
to apply new ideas in a familiar context
to use fieldwork equipment

Activities		Outcomes
		Children:
Discuss with pupils who selects the information used in books, brochures, websites, moving images (film and documentary programmes), etc, and what they hope to achieve by that selection. This introduces pupils to the idea of interest, bias, implicit values, etc, and can lead on to a small research project in which the class identifies some questions with which to examine the material they use, eg Where has it come from? Who wrote/assembled it? Is it the work of an individual or a group, eg corporation, government, pressure group? Where does the money come from? What are the underlying messages? Ask pupils, in groups, to share the answers from their research and identify three or four points they have learnt about 'information providers'. Ask pupils to apply the ideas from the discussion to select still/moving images of the local area which would be appropriate for a variety of events/situations, eg town's celebration of 150 years, school website, local tourist board, a lottery bid to improve school's sports facilities, to receive EU funding to improve residential areas.		explain why a particular image is chosen, in relation to interest, bias and implicit values select images of their own locality for a specific purpose

Points to note

Homework activity: ask pupils to analyse at least three sources (textbook, website, brochure) on the same topic and answer the questions for each one.
Language for learning: this activity provides pupils with an opportunity to understand information which is not explicitly stated or that the reader is assumed to understand.
ICT: this activity provides pupils with an opportunity to use an ordinary camera/digital camera/video camera to produce an information pack/video on the local area.
Media studies/moving image: helpful information on 'becoming cineliterate' is published in a report by The Film Education Working Group (see 'Resources').

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	1. What are these places like?
	2. What feelings does the photographer create in the observer?
	3. What messages are given?
	4. Who has chosen these views? Why these views?
	5. Do the photographs tell the whole story about a place?

Geography at key stage 3 (Year 8)

Objectives

Activities

Outcomes

Points to note

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