Scheme of work Human geography: Changing places This resource is a scheme of work for our accredited AS and A-level Geography specifications (7036, 7037). This scheme of work is not exhaustive or prescriptive, it is designed to suggest activities and resources that you might find useful in your teaching. 3.2 Human geography Core topic 3.2.2 Changing places Specification content Subject-specific Learning outcomes Suggested learning activities Resources Week number skills development (including ref to differentiation and extension activities) Week 1 Use of key subject An overview of the Small group discussions followed by The first three resources specific and technical concept of place. Students feedback - what is place and what detailed here would be useful Introduction to topic terminology. will learn that place is does it mean to different people? to read before starting to The concept of place and the more than just a location What is the difference between teach this module: importance of place in human life Core and ICT skills. but also incorporates the space and place? Why does place and experience notions of locale and matter? Introduction on defining Insider and outsider perspectives on sense of place. pp. 1-21, in Cresswell, T. place; categories of place: near and Use photographs of a range of places (2015) Place: an introduction, far, experienced and media places Students will understand (local-global scale) to illustrate how second edition, Blackwell. the terms and different places mean different ‘insider’ in relation to things to different people, eg Old ‘outsider’ on the RGS website. It place and the different Trafford (Man Utd v Man City fan); provides a useful introduction categories of place. Kos (seen through eyes of tourist or to the different aspects of refugee); Jerusalem (seen through Students understand the eyes of people from different difference between sense religions). of place and perception of about places’, ‘Teaching place. How do people develop a sense of Freeman, D. and Morgan, A. place? This can be linked to the
Scheme of work Human geography: Changing places This resource is a scheme of work for our accredited AS and A-level Geography specifications (7036, 7037). This scheme of work is not exhaustive or prescriptive, it is designed to suggest activities and resources that you might find useful in your teaching. 3.2 Human geography Core topic 3.2.2 Changing places Specification content Week number Subject-specific skills development Learning outcomes Suggested learning activities (including ref to differentiation and extension activities) Resources Week 1 Introduction to topic The concept of place and the importance of place in human life and experience Insider and outsider perspectives on place; categories of place: near and far, experienced and media places Use of key subject specific and technical terminology. Core and ICT skills. An overview of the concept of place. Students will learn that place is more than just a location but also incorporates the notions of locale and sense of place. Students will understand the terms ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ in relation to place and the different categories of place. Students understand the difference between sense of place and perception of place. Small group discussions followed by feedback - what is place and what does it mean to different people? What is the difference between space and place? Why does place matter? Use photographs of a range of places (local-global scale) to illustrate how different places mean different things to different people, eg Old Trafford (Man Utd v Man City fan); Kos (seen through eyes of tourist or refugee); Jerusalem (seen through eyes of people from different religions). How do people develop a sense of place? This can be linked to the The first three resources detailed here would be useful to read before starting to teach this module: Introduction on defining pp. 1-21, in Cresswell, T. (2015) Place: an introduction, second edition, Blackwell. on the RGS website. It provides a useful introduction to the different aspects of ‘Teaching about places’, Freeman, D. and Morgan, A.