1. 2 mins to list ideas (back of books)
Geographically speaking, what makes Sherburn in Elmet a good location for a settlement?
2 mins to list ideas (back of books)

2. What are you going to be learning?
Settlement Change
What are you going to be learning?
In today’s lessons you are going to study the factors that affect the location of a settlement By the end of the lesson you will be able to Describe and explain reasons for different settlement sites. So you can annotate these factors on maps/aerial photos

3. Settlement Change
Settlement = a community where people live Mega City, Conurbation, City, Town, Village, Hamlet....

4. Settlements do not happen accidently or grow by chance
Their location, shape and growth is affected by physical, human and economic factors
SITE – land on which a settlement built on
The original decision on choosing the site would have been influence by many factors
You need to be able to recognise these features on maps and photos

5. Look at the following 8 maps and
photos, and decide what the main
reason(s) for locating a settlement
there was.
BE READY TO GIVE
REASONS WHY!!!!!!!!!
(‘which means that...’)

6. On a river - (which means that) water supply, transport, defence
BESANCON - FRANCE

7. TADCASTER

8. Planned salt mine with workers’ housing – only half built
ARC ET SENANS - FRANCE

9. ELY

10. DURHAM

11. WHITWELL

12. KINNAIRD

13. SOUTHAMPTON

14. HARROGATE

15. 5 key settlement factors????

16. 5 key settlement factors
Water Supply
Defence
Communications
5 key settlement factors
Aspect and Shelter
Resources

17. Water Supply – drinking, food, cleaning, transport
WET POINT SITES – sites located near rivers, lakes or springs
DRYPOINT SITES – sites located above the floodplain

18. Aspect and Shelter South facing slopes receive more sun > warmer
South facing slopes more sheltered from cold northern winds
Most settlements began as agriculatural

19. Defence Very important in centuries past
High ground, surrounded by river, mouth of river

20. Communications
Settlements grew where rivers could be crossed (BRIDGING POINT) – London, Oxford, Paris
Junctions of valleys, gaps through hills
Good communications > good trade > markets

21. Resources Early settlers needed timber, stone. Later on Coal, Oil
Also food and precious materials

22. Explains why factors important Uses key terms Range of factors
TASKS
Castle located on highest ground for defence
Add notes, detail, examples and explanations to your spider diagram to show why the factors are important
Info to help on p if required
2. Annotate the photo of Warkworth to locate and explain the settlement factors
Success Criteria
Explains why factors important
Uses key terms
Range of factors
Links related factors
Correct spelling and grammar

23. What are you going to be learning?
Settlement Change
What are you going to be learning?
In today’s lessons you are going to study the factors that affect the location of a settlement By the end of the lesson you will be able to Describe and explain reasons for different settlement sites. So you can annotate these factors on maps/aerial photos

24. Top 3 settlement factors?