YEAR 8 SCHEME OF WORK
| YEAR 8: TOURISM Scheme of Work - Term: Autumn 2nd Half | |||||
| Lesson | Question Idea / Topic | Suggested Activities | Resources | Skills/ICT/Num & Lit | Assessment Opportunities |
| 1 | What is a Tourist
? Why do people go on holiday ? What do people want ? Different types of tourism What is travel and tourism ? |
OHT – types of
tourist. Where did you last go on holiday ? Trends in tourism in the UK Choosing the best place for certain types of holiday. Need to consider the different reasons people go on holiday: adventure holidays, leisure, business etc. Can also choose a series of locations, such as a mountain resort, a cultural destination and a beach resort, and think about what sort of activities are most likely. Thinking Skills. Could consider the different destinations for people in the UK. |
OHTs Activity picking the best place for a holiday |
Climate Graphs: interpretation | Survey: giving
their own views on different locations Use of climate graphs |
| 2 | What is there to do for tourists in West Norfolk ? | OS Mapwork Identify the tourist attractions in Norfolk – using blue shading used by OS for tourist attractions. Could graph the busiest ones using figures on visitors from Norfolk Council. |
Local OS Maps: 1:
25 000 or 1: 50 000 Leaflets from Tourist Information office ICT: Use websites to find information about the attractions. |
Mapwork: 4 figure
and 6 figure Grid Reference revision Possible use of ICT to create a gatefold leaflet giving details on tourist attractions. |
Graph of most popular attractions using statistics from council. |
| 3 | National Parks of England & Wales | Mapwork : Identify
the parks and label them, using symbols. Why were the National Parks set up ? What were their 3 Aims ? Exercise on a day in the life of a Park Ranger (for lower sets) |
Key Geog for GCSE Interactions Basics |
Mapping exercise: locational knowledge | Holiday Survey Which ones have they visited ? Finding out about places they may have been to when they were younger. |
| 4 | Conflicts | Focus on one
place: ‘honeypot’ of Castleton Cartoon sheet (existing) based on Interactions book. |
Website: looks at
the effects and problems of tourists. Think about the sorts of services provided in a honeypot – which are for locals and which are for tourists? |
ICT Skills: Using
website Empathy: putting themselves in the place of residents and thinking about effects of being a ‘honeypot’ |
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| 5 | Majorca Project: Introduction | Mapwork: map of
the island Location of the Balearic Islands – Atlas work. Think about why Majorca is so popular with British (& German) tourists in particular. |
Videos of Holiday
programme reports on the various parts of the island. Interactions |
Mapwork Note taking from Video |
Need to have
collected a brochure on the island. Data collation. |
| 6 | Majorca Project: Internet / DTP | Collect information on the island | Climate
information sheets Interactions Holiday brochures Instructions on Majorca project work.
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ICT: Use of computer room | Graphing:
producing climate graphs Chance for surveying: questionnaire of people they know who have visited the island. Start to do project. |
| 7 | Majorca Project: Completed | Finish by looking
at Good and bad points How has tourism changed the island of Majorca ? |
Information sheets
to consider good and bad points of tourism. Interactions. |
Continue with project work: data collation / mapwork / ICT skills | Will be producing their Majorca project ready for a specified hand in date. |
| 8 | Tourism in an LEDC 1 | The Good News Kenya What advantages does tourism bring to LEDC’s – Why do people visit them ? |
‘Places’ | ||
| 9 | Tourism in an LEDC 2 | The Bad News: Problems caused by tourism in LEDC’s | Video Interactions Places: Kenya |
Empathy. Think about how tourists would affect your life. |
Written work: the good and the bad of tourism for Kenya |
| 10 | Winter Holidays: Impact on the Environment | Ski-ing in the Alps | ‘Places’: Italian
Alps Video: French Alps |
Written work on the changes that a family who used to farm the valley may have noticed. | |
| 11 | Disneyland Paris | Bonus activity
depending on how time is going. Looking at the issues surrounding the choice of location, and the effect on Marne la Vallee |
Interactions Video: |
Choosing the location for a theme park. Matrix / weighting of locations. Calculation of best site. | |
Textbooks:
Interactions: Chapter on Tourism
Basics: Chapter on Tourism
Places: Chapter on Kenya
There is a QCA Scheme of Work available. This is number 19 in the new QCA SoW, which can be downloaded from the QCA page. Some of the ideas have been added here. I will also be producing some ideas for a different focus for the holiday project. There will be some new Thinking Skills activities too.