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The Geography Department

7-3 Settlement

1 Site and situation

Geog123 new book 1

pages 28-29 3.1 Settling down

pages 30-31 3.2 Example: settling in Aylesbury

pages 20-21 2.6 Drawing a sketch map (Warkworth)

some Aylesbury ducks - the town's emblem!

2 lessons

weblinks:

St Edmunds Council on West_Stow some good information and pictures.

Angelcynn site - a magnificent site about West Stow - one of many sites on this recreated village resources on West Stow.

Choosing a site for a settlement

Why did people settle in one place? .. geog1 page 28
Qn.1 spider/circle diagram of factors - do in pairs.
Qn.2 glossary words - do as an individual.
Qn.4/5 photo work - do in pairs.

The siting of Aylesbury - Saxons
page 30 Qn.3 Describing site – use map and sketch and a description of the way the Saxons lived in their settlement - work in pairs.
Copy diagram from Qn.4 and do Qn.5 on shapes of settlements
sheet 3C Different types of site homework

2 lessons

Sketch map of a settlement - Warkworth (Northumberland)

geog1 page 19 Make a sketch of the settlement of Warkwork, with a key and labels showing Warkworth's advantages as a settlement.
sheet 3D Settlement function homework

weblinks:

Multimap on Warkworth

Streetmap on Warkworth

UK heritage site on Warkworth castle

freefoto on Warkworth

Warkworth some photographs of the village, castle and fortified bridge.

3-D mapview of Warkworth - 1:50,000 map

7-3 Settlement 1 Site and situation

7-3 Settlement 2 The growing settlement Aylesbury

7-3 Settlement 3 Urban land-use patterns

7-3 Settlement 4 Urban redevelopment - Greenwich Peninsula

7-3 Settlement 5 The new homes debate

Year 7 work

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