What kinds of jobs do you think the people of this place do?
Key words:
Classification Site Growth Function
Recap
We have studied:
- WHAT is a Settlement (CLASSIFICATION)
- WHERE settlements start-(SITE)
- WHY some settlements grow more than others-(GROWTH)
In this lesson we are going to ask,
4. What are the main activities that take place in a settlement? (FUNCTION)
The function of a settlement is its main economic activity or purpose. Settlements normally have a number of functions but one may be more important than the others.
Types of functions include
- Industrial Towns e.g. Paisley
- Ports e.g. Liverpool
- Market Towns e.g. Lanark
- Seaside Resorts e.g. Largs, Blackpool
- Fishing Ports e.g. Peterhead
- Dormitory Settlements e.g. Carmunock, Eaglesham
- University Towns, eg St Andrew’s
What is Glasgow’s function?
In this lesson we looked at the idea of SITE.
Site is the land that a settlement is built on. It is a description of the physical landscape of a settlement. For example, your street may be built on a slope or close by a river. Your town may lie in a valley or beside the sea.
Here are some of the most common features of site
- near a river
- beside a spring (source of river)
- near dry land
- on a slope
- on high ground
- on low ground
- on flat ground
- near woods
- on fertile soil
- at a crossing point on a river
What kind of site would prehistoric people have chosen?
Homework Task:
1. Worksheet: Complete the exercise on the worksheets about a prehistoric site in South East England.
Interactive: Click here to try the exercise on site in BiteSize Revision
Photo taken from Flickr
A settlement is a place where people live. There are many types of settlement so we group them according to populationsize
single building (eg a farm or a house)
hamlet-small collection of houses, with few if any shops
village-small settlement, with basic shops ans services
town- can be quite a sizeable settlement, with many shops and offices; many roads will meet here.
city: large settlement covering a large area and/or having a very important function (eg caital city)
Homework-Read S1&S2 Geography, pages 118-119 Do questions 1 and 2 on page 119.
