1. What’s In a Place?
Key Idea 1.a: Places are multi- faceted, shaped by shifting flows and connections which change over time.

3. Explaining the Identity of Lympstone and Toxteth
Learning Objective
To examine how the cultural, political and built environment characteristics are shaping the identities of Lympstone and Toxteth.

4. Tasks
Read pages 144 & 145 to answer the questions below on your A3 mind map under suitable sub-headings.
Cultural Characteristics
Is Toxteth likely to have cultural diversity? Why or why not? Give examples.
Is Lympstone likely to have a similar cultural face? Why or why not?
Describe Lympstone cultural face.
Political Characteristics
Compare and contrast the political structure for both Lympstone and Toxteth.
Which place out o the two do you think has greater political power and why?

5. Built Environment Characteristics
What is the built environment in Toxteth shaped by?
Give examples of how the built environment might look here?
What characterises the built environment in Lympstone?
Shifting Flows (of people; ideas & resources)
Why has Toxteth experienced mass unemployment and what shifts did this lead to?
What was one of the major contributory factors to the Toxteth Riots in 1981?
What is meant by the ‘Knowledge economy’?
Why didn’t unemployed people in Toxteth get new jobs in this employment sector?
How did Lympstone benefit from the ‘knowledge economy’? What shifts were witnessed here?
What has happened in Toxteth since the 1980s and the riots? Refer to shifts in resources (people and finance) as well as ideas.
How has EU funding helped Toxteth in the past? What shift is this?

6. Homework Learning Objective
To determine how Heathfield has had its identity shaped by a range of factors.
This HW is designed to be set as 2 HWs and so should take between 2- 3 hours.

7. Now try and explain this profile/identity by investigating:
Investigate your local place and the factors that have helped shaped its identity.
Map and location
Current total population
Present day characteristics to include:
Demographic profile
Socio-economic profile
Cultural and political profile
Built environment profile
Now try and explain this profile/identity by investigating:
Natural characteristics
Past and present connections with other places
Shifting flows
Use the different websites suggested on page 146
History section in local library or google Heathfield’s history