Theme 4 – Population and Settlement

Starter Activity – Working in pairs, write down as many adjectives as you can for each photo below : Photo A Photo B Why is this area sparsely populated ? Why is this area densely populated ? Answer the questions below :

Lesson 1 – Population Distribution Key Questions What does population distribution and population density mean ?What does population distribution and population density mean ? Where do people in Britain live ?Where do people in Britain live ? Why are people distributed unevenly across the Earth’s surface ?Why are people distributed unevenly across the Earth’s surface ?

Activity 1 – What does population distribution and population density mean ? Read page 62 of Key Geography Book 1Read page 62 of Key Geography Book 1 Write down what the following key terms mean : Population Distribution Population Density Sparsely Populated Densely Populated - how spread out people are across the Earth’s surface - the number of people living in a given area (km²) - places with a few people living there with a low population density - places that are crowded with a high population density

Describe the population distribution of the UK Use HLGTA H – Highest L – Lowest GT – General Trend A - Anomaly Choropleth map High Low Anomaly General Trend Activity 2 – Where do people in Britain live ?

World Population Density – by country Western Europe and Asia are densely populated North America, South America and Africa have a low population density

Activity 3 - Why are people distributed unevenly across the Earth’s surface ? Physical Factors Human Factors Climate Vegetation Soil Relief Natural Routes Water Supply Natural Resources Political Economic Social

Plenary – what is the question ? Sparsely Densely Uneven From the Northwest to the Southeast How spread out people are across the Earth’s surface The number of people per km² in a country

Homework Explain why some areas of the UK are densely populated and why some areas are sparsely populated.