Tourism scheme of work

Here is an example of a tourism scheme of work. It is ideally aimed at Year 3, to be covered after a topic on Weather.

The impact of tourism

The tourism strand in the Geography curriculum provides good opportunities to discuss the impact of tourism on an area studied. There is a BBC Schools programme about the Alps which contrasts the life of a farm and ski resort, and would be a good introduction. This is the link to the listings page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078kn1

It would be good to introduce the idea of what an area might have been like if people didn't visit it; how different the economy might be, or what sort of jobs people have. Photographs of a tourist spot before and after renovation would be ideal here.

There are also links here to environmental issues; for example, you could have a class debate about whether to build hotels on a beach, and what impact this would have on the area.

QCA schemes of work

In the Geography syllabus, there are 2 units which relate to tourism (there is some overlap with travel)

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/geography/geo7/?view=get
Unit 7 covers weather around the world and discusses weather as a reason for travel and tourism

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/geography/geo24/?view=get
Unit 24 is called passport to the world and is ongoing throughout primary school. This provides good opportunities to discuss tourism and how it can change an area, with good or bad results.

Key Stage 2

Here is the Primary Resources website link to their section on weather and tourism:

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/geography/geography1.htm#weather

Some of this is aimed at KS1, but I would recommend the link titled Weather&Tourism as a idea for KS2. The Weather chart could also be used in KS2.

Sparklebox

Here are some Early Years/Key Stage One resources from Sparklebox, to do with holidays and tourism. They have some good basic role play resources to print out, for pretend hotels and campsites, etc:

http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/topic/roleplay/hols.html

When discussing tourism, the weather often comes up as a reason for travelling, so here is the link to some similar resources regarding the seasons:

http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/topic/season/other.html

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This blog is for developing knowledge of Primary Geography, specifically the tourism strand. Contents to follow soon.