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LessonPresentationWhereWouldYouSettle

1. Geography

Somewhere to Settle
Year One
Geography | Year 4 | Somewhere to Settle | Where Would You Settle? | Lesson 2

Aim
• I can explain why settlements develop in certain locations.
Success Criteria
• IStatement
can list the
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• IStatement
can identify
2 features of a good settlement site.
• Sub
statement
• I can
give
reasons why a settlement site might be unsuitable.

4. What Do Settlers Need?

Write down as many things as you
can that settlers might look for
when choosing a settlement site.
Can you remember which ones
were essential and which ones
were desirable?
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5. What Do Settlers Need?

shelter
food
water
fuel
defence
materials
farmland
transport
links
power supply
healthcare

6. What Makes a Good Settlement Site?

Site 1
Is this a good settlement site?
What features does it have?
What features does it lack?

7. What Makes a Good Settlement Site?

Site 2
Is this a good settlement site?
What features does it have?
What features does it lack?

8. What Makes a Good Settlement Site?

Site 3
Is this a good settlement site?
What features does it have?
What features does it lack?

9. Choosing a Site

In your group, compare the settlement sites you have been given.
Which one would you choose to build your settlement on? Decide on
your reasons and be ready to tell the class.

10. What Did You Decide?

Which site did you choose?
What features does it have?
What limitations does it have? How can you minimise these?

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