Settlement
Grade Level Focus: China
Unit Question: What are the consequences of development?
Area of Interaction: Human Ingenuity
Concept: Place and space
Key vocabulary for the settlement unit
Unit Question: What are the consequences of development?
Area of Interaction: Human Ingenuity
Concept: Place and space
Key vocabulary for the settlement unit
1. Site & the early development of settlements
Find out why people began living in settlements and how early sites were chosen. 2. Settlement concepts Important settlement vocabulary and concepts. 3. Urban land use models - MEDCs A study of the patterns common to many towns and cities. 4. Benefits and problems of urban places - MEDCs Evaluating the urban environment in MEDCs. |
5. Urbanisation and land use models in LEDCs
The reasons why people migrate to cities in LEDCs and how land use compares with typical towns and cities in MEDCs. 6. Problems of urban places in LEDCs The difficulties faced by many urban dwellers in LEDCs and how these problems are being tackled. 7. Shanty Town Assessment What is it like to build and live in a makeshift dwelling? |