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Contents

Outcome of learning p.2

Assessment criteria (Subject NC Levels) p.3

Expectations for Week 1 p.4

Expectations for Week 2 p.5

Personal learning & thinking skills: Self Manager p.6

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Tasks for Week One (Sections 1 & 2) pp. 7-14

Section One: Introduction

• Task 1: Writing your introduction & individual work pp. 10

Section Two: Data collection

• Task 2: Questionnaire design p.11

• Task 3: Drafting a questionnaire p.12

• Task 4: Street survey, photographs, internet research p.13

• Task 5: Methods writing frame p.14

Tasks for Week Two (Sections 3 & 4) pp. 15-21

Section Three: Data presentation & analysis

• Task 6: Presenting the results of the street survey p.16

• Task 7: Presenting the results from the questionnaire p.18

• Task 8: Presenting annotated photographs p.19

• Task 9: Presenting internet research p.19

Section Four: Conclusion & evaluation

• Task 10: Conclusion p.20

• Task 11: Evaluation pp.20-21

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Task checklist pp.22-23

Appendix – Additional writing frames

Homework Extended Project

Subject: Geography

Year: 9

Start date: 9th May 2016

Hand-in date: 16th May 2016

Expected duration of project: 2 weeks / 8 hours

Unit of Study: Geography of Crime

Title: How safe is my street?

Outcome of learning:

Students will have learned about the social, economic and environmental causes of crime; as well as evaluated a range of strategies to prevent crime. To demonstrate their understanding of this topic, students are required to do the following:

• Be able to answer the two core questions:

‘What are people’s feelings about crime in my local area?’

‘What has been done to reduce crime in my local area?’

• Identify their own geographical questions

• Collected a wide range of primary data including questionnaires, photographs and interviews with either a Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator or a Crime Support Officer.

• Independently researched and evaluated a wide variety of secondary data sources about crime in their local area; including ‘Direct Gov’ and ‘Up My Street’ websites.

• Use their own initiative in deciding how to present this information (ideally six or more techniques)

• Use a variety of ICT skills (internet searches, DTP, graphs using spreadsheets and movie maker)

• Extensive and correct use of geographical words to describe and explain patterns found on graphs

• Demonstrates an ability to explain links between land use and the opportunities for crime.

• Reach substantiated conclusions (use facts and figures)

• Be able to evaluate their work and how it could be improved.

• The enquiry is organised in a logical sequence.

Students will have the opportunity to complete the following Subject Levels:

|EMS Level |Bloom Skills |What do I need to do to achieve my EMS Level? |SOLO Learning |

|8-9 |SYNTHESIS: |I can also: |Extended Abstract: |

| |Critically evaluate |critically evaluate a wide range of evidence and present in new and creative ways | |

| | |evaluate how sustainable crime prevention is in my local area. | |

|7 |EVALUATING: |I can also: | |

| |Systematically analyse & |interview my neighbours and represent a range of views on criminal activity and crime prevention in my local area. | |

| |draw conclusions |categorise the causes and impacts of crime as social, economic or environmental. | |

|6 |ANALYSING: |I can also: |Relational: |

| |Analyse with a thorough |explain (give 3 or more reasons) why I believe certain crime prevention methods should be used in my local area, or | |

| |understanding |explain why no further crime prevention is needed in my local area. | |

| | |carry out further research into crime in my local area by collecting primary and secondary data using a site like | |

| | |police.uk and mapping where crimes have taken place. | |

|5 |APPLYING: |I can also: | |

| |Apply, review and provide a|annotate a photo or sketch to describe & explain why I feel safe or unsafe at a particular location in my local area. | |

| |secure understanding |explain (give 1 or 2 reasons) why certain crime prevention methods have been used in my local area. | |

| | |recommend ways of preventing or managing crime in my local area. | |

|4 |UNDERSTANDING: |I can also: |Multistructural: |

| |Describe and provide secure|describe 3 or more crime prevention methods | |

| |understanding | | |

|3 |REMEMBERING: |I can also: |Unistructural: |

| |Identify and recall |include 1 or 2 annotations on a photo or sketch to describe why I feel safe or unsafe at a particular location in my | |

| | |local area. | |

|2 - 1 |REMEMBERING SOME FACTS: |I can: |Prestructural: |

| |Identify and recall some |label a map to show where I feel safe and unsafe in my local area. | |

| |facts |label a photo or sketch to show what makes me feel safe or unsafe in a particular location in my local area. | |

Week One

Deadlines: The following work must be completed in Week 1: w/c 9th May 2016

|Section |You MUST: For Level 4/5 |You SHOULD also include ….: For Level 6 or GCSE Grade C |You COULD also include …: For Level 7+ or GCSE Grade B-A |

| |or GCSE Grade D | | |

| |An introduction |Your own geographical questions and expectations |A mind map outlining the social, economic and environmental |

|Introduction |A location map | |causes of crime |

|(Pages |A title page | | |

| |Complete a report about how you collected the |Complete a report about how you collected the information; |Complete a report about how you collected the information; |

| |information |reflecting upon any problems in collecting the data. |reflecting upon any problems in collecting the data and how you|

| |Primary data: |Primary data: |solved them. |

| |Complete a crime prevention survey, environmental |Draft and pilot a crime questionnaire. After piloting, you need |Primary data: |

| |quality survey, pedestrian and traffic counts. |to complete 10 questionnaires by asking residents on your |Conduct an interview with either a Neighbourhood Watch |

| |Take photographs showing evidence or the potential for |street. |Coordinator or Crime Support Officer. |

| |crime (e.g. dark alley ways, graffiti, broken glass) and|Secondary data: |Secondary data: |

|Methods for Collecting |crime prevention measures (e.g. burglar alarms, double |Presented labelled newspaper articles on the reporting of crime |Internet research: Aerial photographs neighbourhood statistics |

|Data |glazing). |in Leicester (Leicester Mercury or neighbourhood free |(to compare crime rates in your area, Leicester, regionally |

| | |newspapers) |(East Midlands) and nationally (England) |

| | | |.uk and police.uk |

Week Two

Deadlines: The following work must be completed in Week 2: w/c 16th May 2016

|Section |You MUST: For Level 4/5 |You SHOULD also include ….: For Level 6 or GCSE Grade C |You COULD also include …: For Level 7+ or GCSE Grade B-A |

| |or GCSE Grade D | | |

| |Include a presentation and analysis of your crime |Include a presentation showing your questionnaire results e.g. |Annotated photos with evidence of crime or crime prevention |

| |prevention street survey. |‘feelings about crime’ with an analysis which gives 3 or 4 |strategies and / or short video clip. |

| |Label photos with evidence of crime or crime prevention |reasons for the trends. |Typed interview with a Neighbourhood watch co-ordinator and / |

| |strategies. |Presented any relevant newspaper articles with labels. |or Community Support Officer (CSO); with a summary linked to |

| | | |‘How safe is my street?’ |

|Presentation & Analysis | | |Internet research from police.uk and / or neighbourhood |

| | | |statistics; with a summary linked to ‘How safe is my street?’ |

| |Complete a summary for each of the questions |Ensure to use facts and figures to substantiate (with facts & |How crime and crime prevention might change in the future |

| |investigated. |figures) the points made. |Evaluate (S)trengths, (W)eaknesses, (O)pportunities & (T)hreats|

|Conclusions & Evaluation|Evaluate the strengths of your project |Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your project |(SWOT analysis). |

| | | |Reflect upon how you can use these skills in your chosen |

| | | |subjects for GCSE |

Students are expected to practise the following skills:

Personal Learning & Thinking Skills: Reflective Learner

This means that students should demonstrate that they can –

• Set goals based on the Level Descriptions for the tasks.

• Review progress using the teacher feedback sheet and acting on the advice given.

• Evaluate the experience of completing an enquiry and how the skills learned can be used for GCSE Controlled Assessments.

Week One

Deadlines: The following work must be completed in Week 1: w/c 9th May 2016

|Section |You MUST: For Level 4/5 |You SHOULD also include ….: For Level 6 or GCSE Grade C |You COULD also include …: For Level 7+ or GCSE Grade B-A |

| |or GCSE Grade D | | |

| |An introduction |Your own geographical questions and expectations |A mind map outlining the social, economic and environmental |

|Introduction |A location map | |causes of crime |

|(Pages |A title page | | |

| |Complete a report about how you collected the |Complete a report about how you collected the information; |Complete a report about how you collected the information; |

| |information |reflecting upon any problems in collecting the data. |reflecting upon any problems in collecting the data and how you|

| |Primary data: |Primary data: |solved them. |

| |Complete a crime prevention survey, environmental |Draft and pilot a crime questionnaire. After piloting, you need |Primary data: |

| |quality survey, pedestrian and traffic counts. |to complete 10 questionnaires by asking residents on your |Conduct an interview with either a Neighbourhood Watch |

| |Take photographs showing evidence or the potential for |street. |Coordinator or Crime Support Officer. |

| |crime (e.g. dark alley ways, graffiti, broken glass) and|Secondary data: |Secondary data: |

|Methods for Collecting |crime prevention measures (e.g. burglar alarms, double |Presented labelled newspaper articles on the reporting of crime |Internet research: Aerial photographs neighbourhood statistics |

|Data |glazing). |in Leicester (Leicester Mercury or neighbourhood free |(to compare crime rates in your area, Leicester, regionally |

| | |newspapers) |(East Midlands) and nationally (England) |

| | | |.uk and police.uk |

Project outline:

You are going to produce a project about crime in your local area. Your project has 3 aims:

a) To investigate crime rates in your local area

b) To identify some of the problems caused by crime in your local area

c) To think of strategies to reduce the potential for crime in your local area.

Note: You may live in an area that has a very low crime rate. DON’T PANIC!

– Your project should then focus on the social, economic & environmental reasons why the crime rate in your area is low.

Skills: Being a Reflective learner

Remember: Your teacher will also be looking at how you:

✓ Set goals based on the Level Descriptions for the tasks.

✓ Review progress using the teacher feedback sheet and acting on the advice given.

✓ Evaluate the experience of completing an enquiry and how the skills learned can be used for GCSE Controlled Assessments.

What you need to include:

Your project will be split into 5 sections and include:

1. Introduction.

2. Data collection: Primary & secondary data

3. Data presentation & analysis

4. Conclusion and evaluation.

How to do it

The booklet contains task sheets for each section, these will:

• guide you through the chapter

• give you instructions on how to set out your work

• help you think of some of your own ideas

Resources

Booklet

Internet websites

Video notes

Photos

Interviews: Neighbourhood watch co-ordinator & Crime Support Officer

Section 1 - Introduction

Introduction

The purpose of the following tasks is to help you write an introduction to your crime enquiry.

Task 1: Writing your introduction

1. Open a word document and put the title ’How safe is my street?’ on a piece of lined paper.

2. Use the writing frame below to help you write an introduction to your enquiry…

Introduction and aims

Crime happens all over the world – in cities, in towns and in the countryside. In this enquiry I will investigate …

I will attempt to answer the following questions:

1. What do people feel about crime in my area?

2. What is being done to reduce crime in my area?

The location of my enquiry

The maps below shows the area that I will be investigating. This area is found in____________ (name street and area of Leicester). The houses on this street are mainly______. The types of people that live in the area include _______. My perception of this area is that it is a (safe / unsafe) place to live because ___________.

3. Log on to and type in your postcode. Copy and paste the map into your word document. Click on the ‘Aerial Photograph’, copy and paste this next to your map.

4. Homework: Draw a sketch map of the street you live on.

Remember: Add a title, a north point and some indication of scale to your map

Section 2 – Data collection

Introduction

The purpose of the following task is to help you design a questionnaire to survey attitudes about crime in your local area and enable you to answer question 1 of your enquiry.

What are the different kinds of data?

Match the heads with the tails.

|Primary data |This is data that has been put together by someone else, for example a bus |

| |timetable. |

|Secondary data |This is information you collect usually in numbers or categories. |

|Quantitative data |This is data that you have collected for yourself for example, questionnaires |

| |and traffic counts. |

|Qualitative data |This doesn’t involve numbers. It deals with peoples opinions. |

Quantitative questionnaires are those which allow only a number of responses. In most cases, these are more useful to your enquiry

Qualitative questionnaires are those which are open ended and allow people to give their personal opinions and thoughts.

How to write a questionnaire...

1. Don’t make it too long (8 to 10 questions).

2. Make sure the questions you ask are short and relevant.

3. The questions will need to be written so that the respondent will:

a. Understand the question.

b. Know how to respond.

4. Consider how you could use the information you collect (charts or graphs).

5. Avoid asking people for personal information.

6. The best questions either:

a. Give people a choice of how they could answer or

b. Require a short or even one word answer.

Task 2

Below is an example of a questionnaire; part of it hasn’t been done very well. Read through it carefully.

1. Find questions that would be useful and explain why.

2. Find poor questions and explain why they would not work.

3. Rewrite the poor questions so that they can be more useful.

Questionnaire on crime in your local area.

1. Are you male or female ?

____________________

2. How old are you ?

_____________________

3. What is the first half of your post code ?

4. What types of crime take place in your area?

5. Have you been a victim of crime? If so what?

6. How safe or unsafe do you feel in each of the following areas?

| |Very safe |Safe |A bit unsafe|Very unsafe |Never visit |

| | | | | |at this time|

|Your local area during the day | | | | | |

|Your local area at night | | | | | |

|City centre during the day | | | | | |

|City centre at night | | | | | |

|The bus station during the day | | | | | |

|The bus station at night | | | | | |

Task 3 – data collection

1. Design a ‘fear of crime’ questionnaire using a word processing package.

2. Need help? – Look in the Appendix for a further example

3. Homework: carry out your questionnaire by asking 10 people that you know who live in your local area.

Introduction

The purpose of the following task is to help you collect information about crime prevention in your local area – question 2 of your enquiry.

Task 4 - data collection

Street survey (homework)

1. Use the survey street below to complete a security survey for 10 houses in your street.

2. Each house scores each 1 if the security measure is present 0 if it is not.

3. Add up the values to give a total score out of 7.

|House |1 |2 |3 |

| |Include a presentation and analysis of your crime |Include a presentation showing your questionnaire results e.g. |Annotated photos with evidence of crime or crime prevention |

| |prevention street survey. |‘feelings about crime’ with an analysis which gives 3 or 4 |strategies and / or short video clip. |

| |Label photos with evidence of crime or crime prevention |reasons for the trends. |Typed interview with a Neighbourhood watch co-ordinator and / |

| |strategies. |Presented any relevant newspaper articles with labels. |or Community Support Officer (CSO); with a summary linked to |

| | | |‘How safe is my street?’ |

|Presentation & Analysis | | |Internet research from police.uk and / or neighbourhood |

| | | |statistics; with a summary linked to ‘How safe is my street?’ |

| |Complete a summary for each of the questions |Ensure to use facts and figures to substantiate (with facts & |How crime and crime prevention might change in the future |

| |investigated. |figures) the points made. |Evaluate (S)trengths, (W)eaknesses, (O)pportunities & (T)hreats|

|Conclusions & Evaluation|Evaluate the strengths of your project |Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your project |(SWOT analysis). |

| | | |Reflect upon how you can use these skills in your chosen |

| | | |subjects for GCSE |

Section 3 – Data Presentation & Analysis

Introduction

The purpose of the following tasks is to help you present and analyse your collected data.

Task 6 -Presenting the results of the street survey

1. Open an excel document.

2. Create a table like the one below.

|Type of security |Total |

|Burglar alarm |6 |

|External light |5 |

|Double glazing |4 |

|Gates to house |3 |

|Garden Wall |2 |

|Open view of house |1 |

|Off street parking |2 |

3. Enter your results in the table.

4. Click on the chart wizard and select column graph.

5. Click on next. Step 2 click on next.

6. Step 3, select titles. Create a title and label your axes on the graph.

7. Click on next. Step 4, as an object in sheet 1.

8. Copy and paste your document into word.

9. Describe what your graph shows.

10. Try to explain why your results have turned out like this.

See the writing frame on the following page:

Use the writing frame below and the instructions in brackets to help you complete the analysis for your crime graphs.

Step 1

In order to find out the different crime prevention methods used on my street I …… (outline how you collected this information).

Step 2

The most common types of crime prevention used by people on my street were … (state area and quote a figure).

The least common type of crime prevention was … (state area and quote a figure).

Step 3

The reason why _________ was the most common type of prevention was ….

The reason why _________ was the least common type of prevention was…

(think about the age of the houses on your street, how much each crime prevention method costs, the type of area you live in).

Step 4

In order to answer the question ‘How safe is my street?’ my results tell me that ….

(consider the extent to which the results you have just analysed can now help you answer the question).

Task 7 – presenting questionnaire results

1. In a similar way to the street survey, input your results (1 question at a time) into excel.

2. Click on chart wizard and select an appropriate graph to display your results. Don’t forget to add titles and labelled axes.

3. Describe what your graph shows.

4. Try to explain why your results have turned out like this. (See writing frame below for help)

Use the writing frame below and the instructions in brackets to help you complete the analysis for your crime graphs.

Step 1

In order to find out how safe people feel in my local area during the day / at night I …… (outline how you collected this information).

Step 2

The area where people feel most safe is … (state area and quote a figure).

The area where people feel the least safe is … (state area and quote a figure).

Step 3

The reasons why people feel safe in …..

The reasons why people feel less safe in …

(think about the type of area you live in, the age groups of the people you asked, the gender of the people you asked).

Step 4

In order to answer the question ‘How safe is my street?’ my results tell me that ….

(consider the extent to which the results you have just analysed can now help you answer the question).

Task 8 – presenting photographs

1. Photographs should be used to support the data either in the questionnaire or the street survey.

2. Each photo should have a title and labels or annotations should be added to highlight what the photograph shows.

A photograph to show crime prevention measures on my street

Task 9 – presenting internet research

1. This will depend on the data you have collected.

2. A good idea is to use the websites listed above and find crime figures in your local area and compare with the national averages.

3. Describe and explain similarities and differences between the data.

Use the websites below to add detail to your project. For instance;

Website: police.uk

➢ Aerial photo showing the pattern of crime in your local area

➢ Aerial photo showing the pattern of individual crimes in your local area

➢ Transfer to a word document, add titles and writing to describe and explain the pattern and causes of crime in your area

Website: neighbourhood..uk

➢ Type your postcode in the Neighbourhood summary field on the right-hand side.

➢ Scroll down & copy & paste the ‘Total Deprivation’ graphic into a word document and describe and explain what it shows.

➢ Click on the other tabs at the top e.g. housing, crime etc and use the statistics in Excel to create graphs, transfer to word and describe and explain what it shows.

Section 4 – Conclusion & Evaluation

Introduction

The purpose of the following tasks is to help you write a conclusion and evaluation to your enquiry.

Task 10 – Conclusion

1. Put the title ‘Conclusion’ at the top of your page.

2. Refer back to the 2 questions you wrote in your introduction.

3. Type out each question and underneath it summarise what you have found out about in your local area.

4. Finally refer back to your main enquiry question and consider ‘how safe is your street?’

5. Need help?: See detailed writing frame in the Appendix

Task 11 – Evaluation

Evaluation means being able to look at:

- What you did well?

- What didn’t work out & why?; and most importantly,

- What are you going to do differently next time?

- How will the skills learnt & developed during this project help you next year with your GCSE controlled assessments?

In all subjects, to be able to evaluate is really important, if you are going to improve as a leaner and always achieve high marks.

To help you do this, you can complete a SWOT analysis – that is, for you to look at:

(S)trengths (what went well?)

(W)eaknesses (what problems did you come across?)

(O)pportunities (If you did it again, what will you do differently?)

(T)hreats (If you did it again, what problems might there still be?)

Use the SWOT analysis table on the following page.

It includes key words to help you write a paragraph about the progress you have made.

Complete this after your enquiry has been marked..

SWOT analysis

|Strengths |Weaknesses |

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| | |

| | |

| | |

| | |

| | |

| | |

|Keywords: organisation, creativity, independence, geographical questions & key terms, geographical |Keywords: organisation, creativity, independent work, geographical questions & key terms, geographical |

|theory, planning, report writing |theory, planning, report writing |

|Opportunities |Threats |

| | |

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| | |

| | |

| | |

| | |

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|Keywords: geographical questions, interviews, comparisons, websites |Keyword: biased websites, |

|geographical key terms, variety of presentations, independence, | |

|controlled assessment | |

Task checklist:

|Task |Completed? |Targets / improvements |

|Chapter 1: Introduction | | |

|Introduction / purpose | | |

| | | |

|Where are you studying and what is it like? | | |

|Location maps for Leicester. | | |

| | | |

|Theory. | | |

| | | |

|Geographical questions (including your own) & | | |

|expecations | | |

|Chapter 2: Data collection | | |

|Method. | | |

|How you collected the information (including | | |

|problems & solutions) | | |

|Summary of data collection in the form of tables. | | |

|Chapter 3: Data presentation and analysis | | |

|Primary data: | | |

|Questionnaire results presented using different | | |

|techniques | | |

| | | |

|Analyses | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|Crime prevention survey results | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|Analysis | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|Labelled photos showing evidence of crime & crime | | |

|prevention | | |

|Analysis | | |

| | | |

|Environmental survey – (Optional) | | |

|bipolar chart | | |

|Analysis. | | |

|People counts. – (Optional) | | |

| | | |

|Analysis. | | |

| | | |

|Traffic count – (Optional) | | |

| | | |

|Analysis. | | |

| | | |

|Interview with Neighbourhood Watch & / Or Crime | | |

|Support Officer | | |

|Secondary data: | | |

|Presented labelled newspaper articles on the | | |

|reporting of crime in Leicester (Leicester Mercury| | |

|or neighbourhood free newspapers) | | |

|Internet research: Aerial photographs | | |

|() / neighbourhood statistics (to | | |

|compare crime rates in your area, Leicester, | | |

|regionally (East Midlands) and nationally | | |

|(England) .uk | | |

| | | |

|police.uk | | |

|Obtained and used Neighbourhood Watch leaflets / | | |

|leaflets from your CSO | | |

|Chapter 4: Conclusion and Evaluation. | | |

|Planning and organisation | | |

|Front cover (with title of project and name). | | |

|Contents page. | | |

|Page numbers. | | |

Appendix:

Additional writing frames

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Garden walls create a ‘defensible space’. This means a clear boundary between properties that makes it more obvious if someone is trespassing.

How safe do you feel in your local area during the day / night?

What are the different crime prevention methods used on my street?

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