The post lunch slump

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The post lunch slump?
Just make sure you stay awake!
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Creative Curriculum planning David Cousins -
Downend School
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4 varied approaches to designing an engaging and
challenging Geography curriculum.

• Discovering a sense of wonder about places that
  are unknown to students.
• Challenging students to begin to make sense of
  the 7 NC geographical concepts.
• Extending knowledge and understanding about
  world events that will affect students lives.
• Explaining reasons for the diversity of
  lifestyle and wealth in different parts of the
  world.

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example 1 Fantastic Places!

• SVALBARD

• Lesson aims
• To know the location of Svalbard.
• )To have knowledge of the main human and physical
  characteristics of the area.

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How would you translate this road sign? This is
a sign found in many areas of Svalbard. On your
world map take your road sign and put it where
you think Svalbard is located. Before we visit
Svalbard, describe to the person next to you what
you will expect the place to be like.
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Example 2 What makes a Real Place?

• Learning Objective
• Can humans create or change places that can be
  considered to be "impossible?

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Where are these 2 photos located?
The first image is The Venetian Resort in Las
Vegas, USA - a hotel and casino with a Venice
theme - situated in the Nevada Desert.
The second image is taken in Venice, on the
north eastern coast of Italy.
Which place is more "real"? Why are some places
more "real" than others"?
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The Skywalk

• ... a step too far?

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Recap.What do we mean by a sense of place?

• How can we define place?
• What factors (human and physical) lead to a place
  having an identity?
• Can only real places have a sense of
  identity?

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example 3. The plan for the 2012 Olympics

• Lesson Objective To map where and understand how
  sites in the UK will be used for the Olympics.

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The Olympic park site, east London.
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How Londons Olympic stadium will look when it is
built.
Click on the bbc news clip to the left, (about 5
minutes long) to see the structure of the Olympic
stadium being pieced together.
What happens to the stadium at the end? What long
lasting effect does it leave for the young boy in
the future after 2012? The key term here is LEGACY
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Inside the Olympic stadium.
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Outside the Olympic stadium.
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The Olympic village for athletes to live in.

• Describe the artists impression that you see.
• What do you think are the needs of the
• athletes during the games?
• Do you think that this village would be a
• pleasant place to live for several weeks?
• Give your reasons why.
• The future
• How might this area be used once the
• games are over?

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Aquatics centre during the games, part of the
Olympic park.
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The other sites for Olympic sports around the
city of London.
12 sites around London away from the Olympic
park will hosts events for the Olympics. These
include Hyde Park for the triathlon and Lords
Cricket ground for the archery. Draw up a table
for the positives and negatives of hosting the
Olympics across the whole city. Now explain
whether you think this is a good idea or a
problem for London.
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National venues for the Olympics away from London.
Hampden Park, Glasgow
St James Park, Newcastle
Old Trafford, Manchester
Villa Park, Birmingham
Millenium Stadium, Cardiff
(Olympic Park, London)
Weymouth Bay and Portland
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Wembley stadium, north west London, football
venue.
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Wimbledon, south west London, tennis venue.
What advantages are there to Wimbledon being used
as the tennis venue? How do you think
the athletes feel using this venue and not being
20 miles away in the Olympic park? What are the
benefits and problems for local residents when
the tennis is running?
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Eton, west of London, rowing and kayaking venue.
This lake is man made. By looking at the photo,
list reasons that prove that it is not a natural
lake. The British rowers are hoping to win lots
of medals here. Why do you think that they might
have a advantage to racing on their home
lake? Think of as many factors as you can.
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Weymouth and Portland, Dorset sailing venue.
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Weald country park, north east London, mountain
biking course.
The officials for the Olympics have chosen a park
north of London to host the mountain biking. Why
do you think that the organisers chose a site
close to London and not a hilly rural area such
as the mountains of Wales or the Lake
District? This course is very flat. Do you think
this will affect the riders and who wins?
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example 4. Diversity in India

• Learning Objective
• To understand the inequalities that exist in
  India today.

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Why are there inequalities if India is thought to
be one of the next super powers??
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You are going to take a tour around Asia's
largest slum, Dharavi, which lies on prime
property right in the middle of India's financial
capital, Mumbai (Bombay). A slum is an area
which has poor housing and living conditions,
over crowded, and will often have lots of disease
and crime.
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• Background information
• It is home to more than a million people.
• It is one unending stretch of narrow dirty lanes,
  open sewers and cramped huts.
• Rents here can be as low as 185 rupees (2.20)
  per month
• Many residents have a small colour television
• Dharavi also has a large number of thriving
  small-scale industries that produce embroidered
  garments, export quality leather goods, pottery
  and plastic.