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Where Will I Live? - Key Stage

These tables show the Schemes of Work and the Key Stages they were originally designed to support. Of course the ability of students varies from location to location, so it's best that you use your own judgement as to how to use these ideas.

Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Post 16

Key Stage 3 Curriculum Ideas

Name of Teachers/School Teaching and Learning Sequences Big Ideas and Key Concepts
Brian Jeffery and Claire Willis
Habergham High School
Burnley
What makes an area good or bad? A key stage 3 enquiry into contrasting areas of Burnley. Place

Sustainable Communities

Geographical Imaginations
John Hargreaves and Rachel Leech
Ivy Bank Business and Enterprise College
Burnley
Opinions about Urban Change into environmental quality and planning change in Padiham, Burnley. Place

Sustainable Communities

Geographical Imaginations
Amanda Alderton, St Bede’s Inter-Church Comprehensive School, Cambridge, and Katharine Hutchinson, Chesterton Community College, Cambridge Year 7 students (this unit was developed as a transition piece of work) were supported in identifying how some of the main features of their local area are connected to other places, and challenged to develop an understanding as to some of the reasons why people have different perceptions of places. Place

Sustainable Communities

Geographical Imaginations

Reasoning with Maps

Nicola Gamble, Hannah Galama and Carol Pearson, Comberton Village College, Cambridge, and Saffron Walden County High School, Saffron Walden Year 9 were encouraged to develop an understanding of regional inequalities within the UK and the effects of these inequalities on Cambridgeshire with a focus on sustainability. Place

Sustainable Communities

Geographical Imaginations

Reasoning with Maps
Andy English, Chesterton Community College, Cambridge This sequence of learning challenges Year 9 students to think beyond their current experiences. It uses geographical thinking to expose the potential of differently designed houses to meet our housing needs. Place

Sustainable Communities

Geographical Imaginations

Key Stage 4 Curriculum Ideas

Name of Teachers/School Teaching and Learning Sequences Big Ideas and Key Concepts
Margaret Foxley and Alan Young
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar
Blackburn
A key stage 4 year 10 geography and citizenship enquiry, Where would you be willing to live within Blackburn-with-Darwen at different stages of your life? Place

Sustainable Communities

Geographical Imaginations

Paul Riches
Colne Primet High School
Colne
A piece of GCSE coursework on investigating the environmental quality and housing price differentials between Colne and the Ribble Valley. Place

Sustainable Communities

Geographical Imaginations

Dave Collinge and Susan Procter
Edge End High School
Nelson
What is all the fuss about? Year 10 consider their own and others perceptions of their area. Place

Sustainable Communities

Geographical Imaginations
David Beresford and Tim Pearce, Coleridge Community School, Cambridge, with Jen Hurst and Laura Lowther, in partnership with Jacqueline Billing, Parkside Community School, Cambridge The proposed housing development on the site of Marshall's Airfield is put in a national and regional context. Year 10 students are encouraged to consider the variety of factors that need to be considered when developing an area for housing. Place

Sustainable Communities

Geographical Imaginations

Reasoning with Maps
Andy Berry and Rob Richmond, Sawston Village College, Cambridge Through fieldwork and a written report, the students were supported in thinking geographically about new housing developments. They were encouraged to consider the kinds of environments that they would realistically like to live and work in. Place

Sustainable Communities

Geographical Imaginations

As part of the GA's support for the OCR Pilot GCSE, a scheme was produced based on the planning related optional unit, also called 'Where will I live?'. This scheme can be downloaded here.

Download Resource 1 and Resource 2 to accompany this scheme.

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Post 16 Curriculum Ideas

Name of Teachers/School Teaching and Learning Sequences Big Ideas and Key Concepts
Annie Woodhouse and Liz Brown
Westholme School
Blackburn
A Geographical Mystery: ‘Why do two similar houses in different areas of Blackburn have such widely differing values?' Place

Sustainable Communities

Reasoning with Maps

Bridget Oeppen and Jane Verity, Hills Road Sixth Form, Cambridge Managing urban environments usefully emphasises issues connected with the future of large urban areas and the limited environmental resources available. Place

Sustainable Communities

Geographical Imaginations

Reasoning with Maps

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