Settlement

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Lesson 1: Introduction to where we live

To know where people live around the world and where the world’s fastest growing cities are.
To understand some of the factors affecting population
To be able to describe distribution on maps and explain why

Using Goolge Timelapse of the world. Examine how parts of the world have developed.

What can you see?
How have they changed?

Google Timelapse of the world

Watch the following YouTube. Explore the 10 most populous cities in the world

Using the Slideshare and the documents below. Complete the map showing the major cities in the world and also go through the article on cities.

Map handout
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World's biggest cities - Article
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Where does everyone live?
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Settlements: Where people live around the world from Steven Heath

Go through the SlideShare and try to guess where the places are in the world.

Where are these places in the world guess from Steven Heath

Lesson 2 & 3: How do settlements start?

To know and understand why humans began to settle in places (agriculture, religion, conflict etc)
To know the difference between site and situation
To understand how these influence settlements

Watch the following video and discuss the reasons for the establishment of settlements.

Use the SlideShare to define the key points and complete the exercises on the worksheet.

How did settlements start? from Steven Heath

Settlements
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Settlement Worksheet
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Complete the Kahoot knowledge review on settlements.

Kahoot Settlements

Lesson 4: Shape & Function of settlements

To understand what settlement functions are.
To be able to categorize settlements into functions
To know and identify the shapes of settlements.

Review the key factors that determine settlement location. Can you remember them all? Brainstorm the ideas.

Using the handouts identify the different settlement shapes and complete the activities on the Foundations worksheet.

Settlement shape card
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Foundations map and activities
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Settlement: Function and Layout from Steven Heath

Layout and Function of Settlements
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Can you guess the concept?
Play a short game of Pictionary to review the key ideas and settlement shapes.

Lesson 5: Urban land use

To know what a land use model is.
To understand the Burgess Model.
To be able to recognize and describe the different zones in a city.

Note down (swiftly!) any changes you see happening to the environment. (In particular, think about: Land use, types of building and building height.)

Complete the activities on the PowerPoint.
Using the worksheet out line create a cartoon outlining all the different sectors of Burgess' model.

Cartoon outline - Handout
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Urban Land use from Steven Heath

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Review your knowledge using the Settlement Kahoot

Settlement Kahoot

Lesson 6: How settlements have changed (Rural-Urban Fringe)

To know the characteristics of rural and urban areas
To understand the links between them
To be able to describe their change over time – using China as example

Using the image below, see if you can spot all the differences in the two images. What are they? Can you think of reasons why they have changed?

Rural change - spot the difference

Rural change - Spot the difference
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How settlements have changed (Rural - Urban) from Steven Heath

How have settlements changed?
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Beijing map annotation worksheet
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Review of lesson:
Create a spider diagram listing all the possible changes that we have seen during the class.

Lesson 7 & 8: Rural to Urban Migration

To know what rural to urban migration is and push/pull factors are
To understand why people have moved
To be able to describe the change over time using China as example

Use the following video as a stimulus to begin thinking about the causes of Rural to Urban Migration

City growth in China Animation

Review the following PowerPoint to examine some of the PUSH and PULL factors that encourage people to migrate from rural areas to urban areas.

Rural to Urban Migration
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Video task

You are going to be starting a video animation project. The task is to create a short 2 minute video explaining why people from Rural areas want to migrate to Urban areas. Because it is an animation you will be using a combination of different props such as hand drawn models and also PlayDoh. Watch the following YouTube for inspiration on the types of ideas you can use.

Possible choices of Video:

PowerPoint: You can take photos of each stage in your animation and then place them into PowerPoint and either export to video or screen-capture your presentation.
iMovie: Your photos can be imported into iMovie and then produced as a video.
iMotion: You can create a stop motion animation using this software on your iPads.

Lesson 9 & 10: Settlement Hierarchies & out of town shopping

To know what a settlement hierarchy is
To understand the main characteristics of different types of settlements
To know what an Out of Town Shopping Centre is
To understand why they have developed

Complete the 19th Vs. 21st Century Shopper worksheet

Shopping Trends
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Settlement Hierarchies and shopping from Steven Heath

Task:
Using the image to the right complete all the questions in the exercise. (taken from Geog.1 page 41)

What services can be found in each settlement?

Test the students knowledge on service location

Using the information found in Geog.1 pages 57 & 58 create a poster to advertise the advantages of out of town shopping centers and the internet. Task should be completed for homework.

Lesson 10: Sustainable - Houses of the future?

To understand the meaning of the word 'sustainability'
To be able to describe and explain ways in which homes can become more sustainable

What is the meaning of the word 'SUSTAINABLE'? Discuss, what do you think? Why is it important?

'Meeting the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.'

Test your Carbon Footprint

How much do I pollute?

Using the YouTube below, you will be investigating ways that homes can become more sustainable. You will need to make notes on the following areas:

What technology is used?
How can we change how we live?

Remember this will be linked to a bigger project later, so the quality of your notes will help you with your assessed work in a future lesson.

Review what we have learnt from the video. Together go through some of the key ideas. What can we do, and why do they help our homes be more sustainable?

Lesson 11,12&13: Sustainable Urban environments

To understand why it is necessary for cities to become more sustainable
To be able to explain methods that could be used to make our cities more sustainable

Explore how a city can become more sustainable. Make a note of the key ideas.

Task:
How can Hegezhuang be more sustainable?’

Brainstorm ideas on what we could do in our local Hutong to make it more sustainable?
In teams, imagine you have been hired to make a proposition to the Hutong council. You should prepare a presentation outlying how to make the settlement more sustainable.

Some areas you might want to think about are:
* The needs of the community and the villagers.
* The climate – be realistic with energy generation. Is the area windy, sunny or near the sea?
* Transport.
* Procurement of resources.
* Water.
* Waste.
* Leisure areas.
* Accommodation.
* Food production.
* Energy production.
* Conservation of existing environment.