Curriculum Making
Primary Handbook Extension Project - Maps and Stories (6-9)
Changing Environments
This page extends the content of Primary Geography Handbook Chapter 21
Citizenship, PSHE and primary geography
by Elaine Jackson (pp.289-299)
'...There is a strong connection between primary geography, its content, teaching and learning strategies, and all aspects of children's lives and experiences. Not only is it difficult to separate them it is also undesirable, as real life does not come in compartmentalised boxes. Our lives intertwine with those of others, both through space (locally, nationally and globally) and through time (past, present and future).' Jackson (2004) p.289
This section focuses on three books by Jeannie Baker:
Where the Forest Meets the Sea (1987) Walker Books, 9780744513059
Window (2002) Walker Books, 9780744594867
Belonging (2004) Walker Books, 9780744592276
www.jeanniebaker.com
www.walkerbooks.co.uk
In all three books, the concept of environments changing over time prompts us to observe our surroundings closely and actively examine how and why change is happening. While the starting point might be to observe and recognise change in our localities, the continuation is to consider some answers to the following key questions:
- How can we explain these changes (why are they happening)?
- What is it to do with me (how do I fit in)?
- What possible futures might there be?
- What changes would we like to see (and how can we plan for them)?
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