Urban Change in the UK: Transport and Urban Greening in London

AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 2A: In this lesson we look at how London’s transport strategy and urban greening have improved the quality of life for people living in London.

We start with a retrieval practice grid based on previous learning from this section.

We then look at the green transport strategies London is adopting. Using an information sheet the pupils fill in sections on an A3 worksheet. We next look at Crossrail, the pupils consider the reasons why Crossrail was needed and the arguments for and against Crossrail before answering some questions on how it will improve quality of life in London. We move onto urban greening, using a video clip we consider the benefits of urban greening and then the pupils create a “London Eye” pie chart which they annotate to show how London is a green city and how it is continuing its urban greening.

Once we have completed the diagram we tackle a 6-mark question on how environmental change have led to an increase in the quality of life for people in a HIC city. The pupils do have some help with some points to get them going if they need it.

In a nutshell lesson includes:

Retrieval practice starter
A3 worksheet on transport in London and Crossrail
Two urban greening activities.
Video clips where appropriate
GCSE-style question with guidance

Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.

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