decrease in london pop essay practice

Would you want to live here?

Or here?

Why did Population of

London fall after 1939?

The smog.

Closure of Ports.

Greenbelt

The Blitz

Counter Urbanisation

What – To describe why the population of

London decreased and to practise writing an essay answer.

Why – In preparation for the Internal Assessment.

How – By examining techniques for essay writing.

Aim

Migration – People moving from one are to another. Immigration – People moving into a country. Accessibility – How easy an area is to reach. Location – Where something is sited in relation to other

areas. Perspectives –The way people view and interpret

environments. Perspectives and values may be influenced by culture, environment, social systems, technology, and economic and political ideology.

Counter-Urbanisation = when people move away from urban areas to live in the countryside or more rural areas.

Keywords and Ideas.

Point 

Is there a point of view that needs sharing?

Is there an important piece of the puzzle that you can share?

Do you need to define a term?

Evidence 

What information do you have to support your point?

Are there quotes that you can use to illustrate the point that you are making?

Are there examples that you can include that show what you mean?

Explanation

  What effect does

this evidence have?

How important is the evidence that you have shared?

Link 

What does this point and evidence have to do with the question?

To begin with…Moving on to…As well as…

For example…This is shown in…Such as…

As a result of…This means that…This caused… 

In conclusion…This tells us that…This helps answer the question because…

A Writing Strategy…

Answer the following question using the PEEL strategy.

Explain why the population of London declined between 1939 and the mid 1980s.

You have 20 minutes to answer. Make sure you plan your answer before beginning to write!

Achieved

Identified at least three valid points. Explained each point and provided some evidence to back

up each point.

Mark you own work.

Merit Identified at four valid points. Explained each point in detail and provided detailed

evidence to back up each point.

Excellence Identified at least five valid points. Explained each point in detail and provided detailed

evidence and case study examples from their own knowledge and not just from the resource material.

Relevant ones for this project

Change Perception Location Accessibility Process

Applying Geographical Concepts

An Idea

About geography

Explain how a geographical concept

can be related to the decline in the population of London between 1939 and the mid 1980s.

Plan your answer! 1. Explain which Geographical

concept you think applies and state what it means. E.g. Accessibility describes how easy

an area is to reach. 2. Explain how this concept applies to

population in London. How has it affected population

growth? Did it make it increase or decrease? Give specific examples of how it

affected the population.

Answer the following question – use the PEEL strategy.

Create a mind map to illustrate all the factors

that have influenced population change in London in the last 100 years.

Don’t forget, Migration, immigration, counter-urbanisation,

industrial revolution, cumulative causation, transportation, pollution, technological developments……

Mind Map