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Geography at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 12: Images of a country

QCA
About this unit

This unit aims to improve pupils' understanding of places by helping them to question their initial impressions of a country. They explore how stereotypes are created and how these views can be deconstructed. They learn to identify bias in different sources of information and how to use a framework to analyse information in texts and still/moving images.

This unit shows an unusual way of introducing a country. It can be used to complement unit 11 'Investigating Brazil' or any other place-focused unit. In itself, it is not a complete country study.

The unit is expected to take 4-7 hours.


This unit supports citizenship: 17

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
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?