Settlement features
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can name and recognise the key features of villages, towns and cities.
Key learning points
- Settlements are places where people live and work, and often have a distinct community identity.
- Settlements vary in size from small hamlets, to villages, towns, cities and megacities.
- Larger settlements tend to have a wider range of buildings and land uses, and more facilities and services.
- Photos, including aerial photos, show the main features of villages, towns and cities.
Keywords
Settlements - Settlements are places where groups of people live and work.
Services - A service is a system that supplies a public need, for example waste collection.
Facilities - A facility is a building, piece of equipment or place that is used for an activity or purpose.
Population - The population is the total number of people living in a particular area.
Common misconception
Cities are only places where people work.
Remind students that cities are places that people live and work as cities include residential areas.
Teacher tip
It is important to emphasise that these categories are generalisations and sometimes a village might have other services, or a town might be smaller that the population ranges stated. The definitions here are meant to be a guide.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these is not a country in the UK?
Q2.Match the countries of the UK to their capital cities.
London
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Belfast
Q3.Which of these are human features?
Q4.Which of these are physical features?
Q5.What is the main type of land use in the UK?
Q6.Match the OS symbol to the correct label.
PO
sch
P
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Hamlets have a population of...
Q2.Hamlets usually have facilities and services.
Q3._______ have a population greater than 10 million.
Q4.London is predicted to become a megacity by the year...
Q5.Starting with the smallest, order the settlements by size.
Q6.Which settlement has the greatest range of facilities and services?
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