Scheme of work Human geography: Changing places This scheme of work for AS Geography specification (7036) suggests possible activities and resources that you find useful in your teaching. 3.2 Human geography 3.2.1 Changing places Week 1 Specification content Subject Learning Suggested learning activities (including ref Resources specific skills outcomes to differentiation and extension activities) development Introduction to Use of key An overview of the Small group discussions followed by feedback The first three resources detailed The concept of place subject concept of place. what is place and what does it mean to here would be useful to read before – and the importance of specific and different people? What is the difference starting to teach this module: Learn that place is place in human life and technical between space and place? Why does place more than just a experience. terminology. matter? Introduction on defining pp1–21, location but also Insider and outsider in Cresswell T, Place: an introduction, Core and ICT incorporates the Use photographs of a range of places perspectives on place; second edition, Blackwell, 2015. skills. notions of locale (local/global scale) to illustrate how different categories of place: and sense of place. places mean different things to different near and far, on the RGS website. It provides a people, for example Old Trafford (Man Utd v Understand the experienced and useful introduction to the different Man City fan); Kos (seen through eyes of terms and media places. aspects of place. ‘insider’ tourist or refugee); Jerusalem (seen through in relation ‘outsider’ eyes of people from different religions). to place and the places’, Freeman D ‘Teaching different categories How do people develop a sense of place? and Morgan A, Teaching Geography, of place. This can be linked to the notions of 39:3, 2014. experienced place and near place. Get Understand the students to think of a place special to them and Cultural Geographer Jon Anderson difference between write down a number of words to describe their has written a good book on sense of place and feelings about that place. They might want to entitled Understanding Cultural
Scheme of work Human geography: Changing places This scheme of work for AS Geography specification (7036) suggests possible activities and resources that you find useful in your teaching. 3.2 Human geography 3.2.1 Changing places Week 1 Specification content Subject specific skills development Learning outcomes Suggested learning activities (including ref to differentiation and extension activities) Resources Introduction to 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. Learn that place is more than just a location but also incorporates the notions of locale and sense of place. Understand the terms ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ in relation to place and the different categories of place. Understand the difference between sense of place and 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, for example 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 notions of experienced place and near place. Get students to think of a place special to them and write down a number of words to describe their feelings about that place. They might want to The first three resources detailed here would be useful to read before starting to teach this module: Introduction on defining pp1–21, in Cresswell T, Place: an introduction, second edition, Blackwell, 2015. on the RGS website. It provides a useful introduction to the different aspects of place. ‘Teaching places’, Freeman D and Morgan A, Teaching Geography, 39:3, 2014. Cultural Geographer Jon Anderson has written a good book on entitled Understanding Cultural
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