Children walking in current term
| Week | Kids walking |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5877 |
| 2 | 6326 |
| 3 | 5806 |
| 4 | 5925 |
| 5 | 5551 |
| 6 | 3914 |
Social Science - Exploring people and places
Social Science - Exploring people and places
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Key Competency
Thinking.
Inquiry Taster
You can download the document above for the comprehensive inquiry and context but below is a taster of what it offers.
View YouTube: Sidewalk Memories. Memories from growing up in Boston.
Invite a town planner to share stories about the present of an identified local place.
Sequence the significance of this place to people over a day, e.g how it is used by people over 24 hours.
Compare the significance of this local place to different people, e.g how important a local park is to young families, teenagers, the elderly etc.
Generalise about the significance of places to people.
Predict the significance of this local place to people in the future.
Create an online resource where you can share an identified place (a natural or man-made feature) you walk past in your local area. Use digital images, video, drawings, local history, stories, interviews, links to articles in local media latitude and longitude etc, to bring in information that captures the identified place. [Blog, wiki, web page]. For ideas on how this resource could develop refer BBC: The Seven Man-Made Wonders of the North West. BBC report on the top seven man-made wonders of North West England.
