Topic 6: Settlements - AS Geography Unit Pack (CIE)

Full Unit pack for CIE AS Physical Geography Unit 6: Settlement Dynamics

!!! UPDATED FOR 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR !!!

Teaching using these materials gives you a solid foundation to improve your practice and focus more on aiding students with exam skills and essay writing required for high level CIE AS Exams.

Features of this full Unit plan

• 20 Powerpoints covering all key content all made using official Cambridge documents and guidance
• All Powerpoints contain a Warm up, Main content with pictures/ graphs and plenary’s
• Integrated in Powerpoints are exam question breakdowns and discussion topics
• Major Case study information sheets for The Isle of purbeck rural settlement, Heliopolis, Cairo Transport Network and Residential segregation in London

Taught comfortably with time for essay writing and assessment in approximately 24 class periods. I will be teaching this using these materials in the 2024-25 school year again, any reviews, messages or notes for what you would like will be appreciated, I plan on updating this by the end of the 2025-26 year and adding even more material, so check back after purchase.

Full Contents

6.1 - Changes in rural settlements

6.11 - Changing Rural environments in the UK
6.12 - Counterurbanisation and the rural landscape
6.13 - Issues with Rural settlements
6.14 - Issues of Rural settlements in LICS
6.15 - Rural settlement characteristics & issues - Isle of Purbeck Case Study
6.16 - Causes of Rural decline
6.17 - Attempted solutions to rural decline

Worksheets

Introduction to key concepts in Settlements
Isle of Purbeck Case Study Section B 30 Mark Essay
The_Settlement_Hierarchy

6.2 - Urban trends and issues of urbanisation

6.21 - The development of the urban environment
6.22 - The cycle of Urbanisation - Suburbs
6.23 The cycle of urbanisation
6.24 - Competition for land and changes
6.25 - Global World Cities

Worksheets

Example student response essay - residential segregation
Suburbanisation questions sheet for image analysis
Urbanisation and World city activity

6.3 - Changes in urban settlements

6.31 - Urban Models
6.32 - Factors affecting the location of urban activities
6.33 - Changes to the Central Business District
6.34 - Residential Segregation in Urban settlements

Worksheets

Changing CBD and Residential Segregation
Changing location of services in the urban area
Residential segregation in urban areas review sheet
Sector Model Worksheet

6.4 - Management of urban settlements

6.41 - Introduction to Squatter settlements
6.42 - Issues Faced in Heliopolis
6.43 - Attempted Solutions to issues faced
6.44 - Provision of Transport in Cairo Case study

Worksheets

Heliopolis case study guided review sheet
Heliopolis Review notes and questions to answer
Settlement Dynamics case study presentation