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Year 3

Recording local views

I can use enquiry to find out what people think about local changes.

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Year 3

Recording local views

I can use enquiry to find out what people think about local changes.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Good enquiry questions will help find out what opinions other people have about current changes.
  2. Interviews and surveys are useful tools, and good questions will get answers that allow patterns to show.
  3. Surveys or questionnaires with yes / no answers or scores can be easily analysed.
  4. It is possible to graph the survey results, making it easier for people to understand the findings.

Keywords

  • Enquiry questions - Enquiry questions set out what you want to find out in your geographical investigation.

  • Analyse - To analyse is to study something in close detail.

  • Interview - An interview means talking to people to gather information.

  • Survey - A survey is a way of collecting information by asking a set of questions.

Common misconception

Children may require some support to generate their own yes/no questions.

You could play the yes/no game to get children thinking about how to elicit answers of just two words.

Children could create a survey using Google Forms. You can create a QR code for this then share with the school community for a larger survey. Google Forms will also graph responses for you so children can view patterns more clearly.
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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
What can we use to measure changes in settlement size?
Correct answer: historical maps
Correct answer: census data
the age of the buildings
Q2.
Match the keywords to their definitions.
Correct Answer:annotate,text or notes added onto a map or image to add more detail

text or notes added onto a map or image to add more detail

Correct Answer:developed,when something has changed from how it was in the past

when something has changed from how it was in the past

Correct Answer:census,the official collection of data about a whole population

the official collection of data about a whole population

Q3.
Order these settlement types according to their size, from largest to smallest.
1 - megacity
2 - city
3 - large town
4 - small town
5 - village
6 - hamlet
Q4.
Will all settlements grow equally in all directions?
Correct Answer: no, No, they won't, they will not
Q5.
Which of these are barriers to settlement growth?
Correct answer: roads
Correct answer: rivers
Correct answer: historical sites
flat land
Q6.
Choose the correct order in which St Albans has grown.
village, city town
town, village, city
Correct answer: village, town, city

6 Questions

Q1.
What is a survey?
a person's belief or thoughts about a subject
Correct answer: a way of collecting information by asking a set of questions.
a map of a place in the past
Q2.
__________ questions set out what you want to find out in your geographical investigation.
Correct answer: enquiry
survey
interview
Q3.
To analyse is to ...
read maps.
find out people's opinions.
Correct answer: study something in close detail.
Q4.
Which methods could we use to find out about recent changes in our local area?
Correct answer: using Google Street View
historical maps
Correct answer: talk to local people
Q5.
The answers to which survey question types are easier to analyse?
open-ended questions
Correct answer: yes/no questions
Correct answer: 1-5 scale score questions
Q6.
Why are yes/no questions easier to analyse?
Because they can be answered by all age groups.
Because they require less time to answer.
Correct answer: Because it is easier and quicker to spot patterns in the data.