Learning Objective Explain the positive and negative factors that encourage or discourage people from living in a place

Starter: What would you look for if you were choosing a place to live?

Negative and Positive Factors What affects Population Distribution? Negative and Positive Factors Factors that discourage people from settling in an area are called Negative Factors. Factors that encourage people to live in area are called Positive Factors.

Positive Factors and Negative Factors Water supply Food supply How easy it is to defend Supply of building material Flat land Pleasant climate Access to firewood Gentle slope Industry and jobs Good communications Open grassland Very cold Steep slopes Poor soils Dense forests Very hot Very dry Poor water supply Few raw materials Little industry Not many jobs

Classroom Distribution Look at the board. Choose which area you are going to live in the classroom If you want you can stand between two or three areas you want to live in. Why do you want to live there? Think about the different resources you will need.

Where will you live? Ready?

Where will you live? Flat land Mountains Why?

Where will you live? Open grass land Dense Forest Why?

Where will you live? Flat land Building Materials Why?

Where will you live? Open grass land Dense Forest Flood plain Why?

Stone Building Materials Open grassland Where will you live? Stone Building Materials Open grassland River Hill Top Dense Forest Why?

Good soils Industry and jobs Pleasant climate Lowland Why? Where will you live? Good soils Industry and jobs Pleasant climate Why? Lowland

Where it is – general overview of the location, weather and map. Dream Home Each group will be given an area. Your task is to research and design the typical type of house found there ready to present back to the class. Your presentation should include: Where it is – general overview of the location, weather and map. What resources do they use? – sticks, mud, ice? Why do they use these resources? What is available and why? Poor/rich? What is it like? – colour, shape, big, small? Include a picture.

Your Group is… Arctic Massai Mara Philippines Kazakhstan Germany Australia Extension; consider why the houses are built a certain shape or colour.