Tourism - duration 7/8 weeks

General aim: To introduce the topic of tourism and explain that it can bring both benefits and problems. To show that tourism is an important industry and that both physical and human factors affect its development.

ICT: Pupils can use the internet, word processing and graph packages to display their extended study during this topic.

Key Topic Content/Skills

Guidance Notes

Literacy/Numeracy
Introduction

Glossary and title page

Pupils design a title page to illustrate this topic.

Pupils write a glossary of key words to be used in this topic.

Glossary at beginning of topic will familiarise the pupils with the keywords to be used, their meanings and spellings.

Keywords can be displayed around the classroom.

Tourist industry

What is the tourist industry?

Interactions p.52 Qu. 1 – 6 Summary

 

Definitions. Some of this is revision from Years 7 & 8. Sort out examples.

Define tourist industry.

Brainstorm tourist jobs.

Tourist growth – graph interpretation.

Problems

 

Sustainable tourism

What problems does tourism cause?

Interactions p.54 Qu. 1 – 3 Summary

Extension work – Extras p.55 and Activity sheet 3.1

Video – Wish you were not here

Green Tourism

Problems caused by tourism:

  • Photo interpretation
  • Sort problems money/jobs/environment
  • Problems with cartoon
  • Compare tourist island before/after tourism
National Parks

What are National Parks?

Interactions p.56 Qu. 1 – 4 Summary

Extension work – Extras p.57 and Activity sheet 3.2

National Parks as a means of conserving:

  • Define aims
  • Describe locations/features
  • Reasons for conflict.

Sketch and labelling work.

 
Conflict

What is conflict?

Interactions p. 58 Qu. 1 – 3Summary

Extension work – Extras p.59 and Activity sheet 3.3

Park user opinion.

Land use map.

Conflict matrix.

Group work/role play opportunities – problems and solutions.

Europe

Tourism in Europe

Interactions p. 60 Qu. 1 - 4 Summary

Extension work – Extras

Map and flow map of Europe- tourist patterns.

Compare with classes own results from the holiday enquiry.
Enquiry

 

Holiday Enquiry

Holiday project based loosely on sheet 3.4 and other guidance sheets.

Questionnaire for homework.

Rest of project to be researched for homework and completed in class. – See handout sheets.

 

Enquiry – collect, research, present and analyse holiday data.

Classify reasons for popularity.
Assessment

Self assessment sheet and target setting

Assessment based on sheet 3.2a & 3.2b

Use of self-assessment sheets to highlight gaps in the pupils learning and set targets for the next topic.

Assessment sheet 3.2a & 3.2b

Pupils to record their test scores against the class average.