A design is a drawing or plan of something before it is made or built.

The future is a period of time that is yet to come.

Features are definable aspects of the landscape and may be natural or human-made.

To reflect is to think very carefully about something.

Designing a new settlement

Geography

Settlement features

Villages, towns and cities in the UK

Location and growth of settlements

Change in our local area

Our local town

This unit provides a foundation for Local area: How is it changing?', which involves a detailed case study of change in the school’s local area, and 'UK region: Why is the Lake District a National Park?', which investigates settlements, land use and change at a regional scale. 

This builds on 'Land use: how diverse are local and UK landscapes?', which focuses on land use locally and in the UK as a key aspect of human geography, extending and deepening pupils' understanding of human geography processes by investigating the characteristics of different types of settlement and the reasons why settlements are initially established and then change over time.

This unit explores different types of settlements, from villages to cities. Pupils learn about settlement features, growth and location, and use their local area to understand how places change. They apply what they’ve learned by designing a new settlement.

Settlements: where do people live and why?

True or false? Hamlets have a lot of shops and services.

Which settlements are likely to have a hospital?

Which feature are you likely to find in a village?

True or false? Villages are bigger than hamlets but smaller than towns.

True or false? Towns are bigger than villages but smaller than hamlets.

True or false? Megacities are bigger than villages and cities.

True or false? Villages, towns and cities have different features.

How many capital cities does the UK have?

True or false? All settlements change and develop over time.

Designing a new settlement

Lesson outcome