SUBJECT and GRADE SOCIAL SCIENCES GRADE 8 GEOGRAPHY TERM 3 Week 4 TOPIC ...

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SUBJECT and GRADE SOCIAL SCIENCES ? GRADE 8 GEOGRAPHY

TERM 3 TOPIC AIMS OF LESSON

INTRODUCTION

SKILLS

ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENT CONSOLIDATION RESOURCES (if necessary)

Week 4

TOPIC: SETTLEMENTS - Focus: South Africa

Subtopic: Identify land use on aerial photographs and large-scale maps in urban settlements

You need to know:

? how land use in urban settlements looks like on aerial photographs.

? the difference between features of different land use in urban settlements on aerial photos.

? how to recognise land use in urban settlements on aerial photos and maps.

You should know from previous grades * / current grade ** / previous lesson ***:

? Types of land use on aerial photographs within urban settlements.

? The different land use in urban settlements.

? Vertical aerial photographs and large-scale map features.

You must be able to:

? identify land use in urban settlements on aerial photographs.

? distinguish between various land use characteristics in urban settlements on aerial

photographs and maps.

? Identify different land use on large scale maps.

Complete the:

? activity to this lesson on page 9.

? additional activities in your textbook.

? Identify land uses on aerial photographs and large-scale maps of your own area.

Paper based resources

Digital resources

? Lesson on pages 3 to 8

? Video:

? Activity on page 9

? AERIAL PHOTO INTERPRETATION TECHNIQUES

? Text book *: Land use on aerial photographs

FOR CLASSIFYING URBAN LAND USE

and large-scale maps



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SUBJECT

TEACHER'S ACTIVITIES

PARENT'S ACTIVITIES

LEARNER'S ACTIVITIES

DETAILS OF LESSON

SOCIAL SCIENCES: GEOGRAPHY

GRADE 8

TERM 3

Skills

(WHAT I am going to teach/guide/support...)

? Land use in urban settlements on aerial photographs and large scale maps

Teaching Methodologies/ Approach

(HOW I am going to teach/guide/support...)

Introduce the various land use in urban settlement on aerial photos and large-scale maps.

? How different land use in urban settlement look like on aerial photographs.

Illustrate how different land use in urban settlements are presented on aerial photographs and largescale maps.

? What are the features of the different land use on aerial photos and maps.

Demonstrate the different land use of urban settlements on aerial photos and large-scale maps.

31 Aug ? 04 Sept 2020

Resources / LTSM

(WHAT I am going to use to teach/guide/support...)

Lesson on pages 3 to 8 according to the geography enquiry route

Textbook*: aerial photographs and large-scale maps

Learner task on page 9

? How to apply knowledge of features of land use to interpret aerial photographs

Explain how to recognise urban land use on aerial photos in order for the learners to complete an activity.

? Refer to the above points with Parents should encourage the

? Atlas

regard to the content of the following:

? Internet

lesson.

? Make learners aware of land ? Newspapers and magazines of different

use in their area and how it

aerial and oblique photos

appears on aerial

photographs and large-scale

maps

1. First read through the learner activity on page 9, to see which content and skills are needed to answer the questions.

2. Work through the lesson on page 3 to 8 by asking the questions that geographers ask.

3. Now start answering the tasks without going back to the lesson.

4. Check your answers by referring to the content of the lesson and correct incorrect answers.

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Land use Central Business District (CBD)

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What does it look like

(All images from )

Aerial photo

Map

Major routes City Centre

What are the features?

Heavy Industrial Zone

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CONSOL Glass Bellville

(City of Cape Town map viewer)

Skryscraper building / High buildings and grid-iron street pattern

(Open Street maps ))

Centre of city. Major routes converge here.

Consol

What are the features?

Industrial Zone Light

(City of Cape Town map viewer)

Large buildings, larger plots and cheaper land.

(Open Street maps)

Major route

Railway line

Close to major routes and railway lines.

Major route N2

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Gants Centre ? Somerset West

What are the features?

City of Cape Town map viewer)

Large/ Larger buildings ? larger land space.

Large and smaller (Open Street maps) (). Bakery

Close to a major route can include industrial park

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Highincome Residential areas

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Houses are not visible on a large-

scale map.

What are the features?

Middleincome Residential areas

(City of Cape Town map viewer)

Large plot; relative bigger space between houses; Plot consists of large house, swimming pool and even a tennis court,

Lot of greenery/strees ;normally north facing in South Africa.

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What are the features?

Lowincome Residential areas

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Low cost housing

(City of Cape Town map viewer)

Smaller plots; houses are smaller; some with swimming pools; Surrounded by trees.

(City of Cape Town map viewer)

(City of Cape Town map viewer)

Informal low cost housing.

(City of Cape Town map viewer)

(Open Street maps )

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What are the features?

Shopping centres

7 Cape Gate

Formal houses are very close to each other; Smaller plots with roads and services. Informal: Structures are erected without planning and provision of basic services.

Plots are small to very small.

Canal Walk -Cape Town

Close to major routes, N1 and Okavango Road for accessibility

(Google )

(City of Cape Town map viewer)

Large building

Large area available for parking

What are the features?

Large building which contains many retail stores and services.

Large area available for parking and next to major routes

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Services 8

Service station

Banks

Access road

Large roof

(City of Cape Town map viewer)

Access road

(Google )

What are the features?

(Google earth image)

Bank Building Service Station ? Large roof can be Tshaped with acess roads; Bank Building ? Branch of bank and offices next to road for easy access.

Uaually on a corner next to a road intersection.

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Recreation

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Sport fields

(City of Cape Town map viewer)

Athletic track has a specific form ? oval

Tennis courts ? rectangular

Rugby field

Golf course What are the features?

(Mosselbay map viewer)

Notice shape of fairways

The different shapes are associated with various types of sportfoields, tracks and courses and are usually indicated in green on maps.

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Sport fields and recreation space are indicated in green on a map.

Consolidation Activity: Grade 8 Term 3 Week 4 4.

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

4.1 Study figure A. Which land use is presented in this image?

4.2 Which colour will be used on a large-scale map for this type of land use in Figure A?

4.3 Will the land use in Figure A be associated with a factory or a school?

4.4 Give reasons for your answer in Question 4.2

4.5 Is Figure B part of the CBD or a high-income residential area?

4.6 Give reasons from Figure B for your answer in Question 4.5.

4.7 Identify the land use in Figure C.

4.8 Give reasons for your answer in Question 4.7

4.9 Will this type of land use in Question 4.7 be close to a middle-income residential area or a low-income residential area?

4.10 Draw a simplified street map of a low-income residential area and high-income residential area. Use a square of 3cm x 3cm

for each street map.

Compiled by: Mike Eksteen

Acknowledgments: Wilma McPherson

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