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This is a movie to introduce the topic of population, helping pupils to recap prior knowledge and get a taste of the topic. To enlarge the movie, click on the tab in the bottom right hand corner.
Read moreThese resources get pupils thinking about where people live around the world and the reasons why. This is a presentation looking at examples of places, and whether they are densely populated or not. The presentation includes a little match up quiz to get pupils thinking straight away!
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These resources get pupils thinking about where people live around the world and the reasons why. This is a population distribution worksheet.
This presentation provides pupils with a visual stimulus highlighting the alarming rate at which the world's population is growing.
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These resources help pupils to think about the reasons that people have settled in certain places. This is a movie to introduce the concept of settlement sites. To enlarge the movie click the tab in the bottom right hand corner.
This settlement sites presentation puts pupils in the shoes of the Romans, as they have to analyse a selection of sites, filling in their worksheets in order to decide on a good location to settle.
This worksheet accompanies the settlement sites presentation. It gets pupils thinking about settlement sites and the reasons for them.
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This presentation looks at the different shapes of settlements whilst also focussing on the settlement hierarchy.
There is a movie to introduce the different parts of a settlement are used. It also looks at the issue of changing land use in settlements. This leads into a skills based task looking at the impacts of the Cardiff Bay developments, where docklands have been converted into more modern developments.