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Learning objectives

• To recognise how landscape features may influence the location of settlements – NC Level 4c-5c

• To describe some differing locations of settlements – NC Level – 5c-5a

• To justify your decisions with reasons – NC Level – 5b-6c

• Keywords: site factor, defensive, wet/dry point

Your task

• You are going to work in groups of three or four• You will be given a sheet of paper• There are five possible sites labelled A to E– Score 3 if the site is good for a factor (e.g. Very

sheltered)– Score 2 if the site is OK for a factor (e.g. Quite

sheltered)– Score 1 if the site is poor for a factor (e.g. No

shelter at all)

Things to consider

• Dry land• Water supply• Defence from attack• Shelter• Aspect• Food supply• Resources• Transport

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Your task

• You are Vikings that have visited the magical land of Britain

• You have come back to the chiefs in your village and you need to convince the chiefs that your site is the best

Success Criteria – You have 12 minutes to create your speech in

pairsLevel Level Criteria

6 Explain the good points of your site in detailSay why other sites are not very good`Use lots of persuasive languageDescribe how the bad points can be overcome

5 Explain the good points of your site Use some persuasive languageDescribe how the bad points can be overcome

4 Describe the good points of your siteUse a little persuasive language

The Grading!!

• 32-40 – Level 6• 26-31 – Level 5• 19-25 – Level 4• Less you will be

beheaded