Scheme of work for Component 1, 3: Challenges of an urbanising world Lessons Learning Content Place Integrated Teaching activities and resources objective (vocabulary, exemplification skills concepts, processes, ideas) 1 lesson Key idea 3.1: 3.1a World Use of Starter (1 hour) The world is Past (since 1980) and tabulated Teacher explanation of an urbanised world: 60% of the World Regions becoming current global trends in data and line population live in urban places and more in the future. increasingly urbanisation, how it graphs. Megacity growth. Provide series of statements some true – urbanised. varies between global some false and discuss which ones students think are true – Calculations regions, and future and which ones false. of rates of Suggested projections of global change (index learning urbanisation. and Main objectives: percentages). Show multiple line graph of urbanisation rates (e.g. World To know and Key words: Bank data) by continent or world region. Discuss what the understand the graph shows and then students write a description of the growth rates of Urbanised changes in Europe and Asia. cities around the Urbanisation world. Teacher provides an incomplete table of data (1980 to Global region present) of urbanisation by world region and selected cities Megacity in developing and developed countries. Students calculate the missing rates of growth and complete the table. Discuss why there has been rapid growth rates and where, comparing say China and the EU. Students write an explanation from notes built up on the board from student contributions and teacher input. Teacher provides a summary sheet with possible reasons for the different growth rates. Plenary What will cities of the future look like? Why will they look like this? Show dramatic night shots of urban landscapes. Which one factor has caused the most urbanisation? Justify your answer. 1 lesson Key idea 3.1: 3.1b The global pattern World Interpretation Starter (1 hour) of megacities (size, of world maps
Scheme of work for Component 1, 3: Challenges of an urbanising world Lessons Learning objective Content (vocabulary, concepts, processes, ideas) Place exemplification Integrated skills Teaching activities and resources 1 lesson (1 hour) Key idea 3.1: The world is becoming increasingly urbanised. Suggested learning objectives: To know and understand the growth rates of cities around the world. 3.1a Past (since 1980) and current global trends in urbanisation, how it varies between global regions, and future projections of global urbanisation. Key words: Urbanised Urbanisation Global region Megacity World World Regions Use of tabulated data and line graphs. Calculations of rates of change (index and percentages). Starter Teacher explanation of an urbanised world: 60% of the population live in urban places and more in the future. Megacity growth. Provide series of statements – some true some false – and discuss which ones students think are true and which ones false. Main Show multiple line graph of urbanisation rates (e.g. World Bank data) by continent or world region. Discuss what the graph shows and then students write a description of the changes in Europe and Asia. Teacher provides an incomplete table of data (1980 to present) of urbanisation by world region and selected cities in developing and developed countries. Students calculate the missing rates of growth and complete the table. Discuss why there has been rapid growth rates and where, comparing say China and the EU. Students write an explanation from notes built up on the board from student contributions and teacher input. Teacher provides a summary sheet with possible reasons for the different growth rates. Plenary What will cities of the future look like? Why will they look like this? Show dramatic night shots of urban landscapes. Which one factor has caused the most urbanisation? Justify your answer. 1 lesson (1 hour) Key idea 3.1: 3.1b The global pattern of megacities (size, World Interpretation of world maps Starter
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