Look at the picture guess what todays lesson
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Look at the picture – guess what today’s lesson is about!
Learning Objectives • To explore the changes that are taking place in housing and services • To know the reasons for these changes
This photograph was taken in St Hilda’s Estate Middlesbrough. Read the census data on St Hilda’s and list 5 problems faced by the people who live here. Why do people want to leave this place?
Background Information • The areas surrounding Middlesbrough Football Club is some of the most disadvantaged in the country. • The iron and steel industry has collapsed leaving the highest unemployment in the UK • Life expectancy is 56 here – the reasons: – High stress – Smoking, poor diet – Hard life in Industry – industrial related diseases – Air pollution – emissions from the chemical industry on the Tees
Your Task • You have been appointed by Middlesbrough Council to redevelop the Middlehaven site. • You need to firstly identify the PROBLEMS: • Complete the table prioritising the problems faced by St Hilda’s. Environmental Social Economic
Next. . • Using the base map of the site create a map and plan of what you would build and where. • Remember you need to meet the needs of all of the people and solve the priorities you identified on your list. • You must present your plans to the class with a clear script to explain your thinking.
Review of the Learning • Read the fact file of what is actually happening at Middlehaven and St Hilda’s. • How far do you feel the planners have got it right in meeting the needs of the people of St Hilda’s? • Who is benefitting? Who is being disadvantaged?
