Topic 6: Settlements - AS Geography Unit Pack (CIE)

**Full Unit pack for CIE AS Physical Geography Unit 6: Settlement Dynamics

**!!! UPDATED FOR 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR !!!

Major Updates to Powerpoints - Included more case study information - some more activities and past exam question breakdowns integrated into the lessons as Plenaries/ warm ups and discussion activities

Features of this full Unit plan

• 19 Powerpoints covering all key content all made using official Cambridge SOW
• All Powerpoints contain a Warm up, Main content with pictures/ graphs and plenary’s
• Integrated in Powerpoints are exam question breakdowns and discussion topics
• Major Case study information sheets for The Isle of purbeck rural settlement, Heliopolis, Cairo Transport Network and Residential segregation in London

Taught comfortably with time for essay writing and assessment in approximately 21 class periods. I will be teaching this using these materials in the 2025-26 school year again, any reviews, messages or notes for what you would like will be appreciated, I plan on updating this by the end of the 2026 year and adding even more material, so check back after purchase.

Full Contents

6.1 - Changes in rural settlements

6.11 - Changing Rural environments in the UK
6.12 - Issues with Rural settlements
6.13 - Issues of Rural settlements in LICS
6.14 - Rural settlement characteristics & issues - Isle of Purbeck Case Study
6.15 - Causes of Rural decline
6.16 - Attempted solutions to rural decline

Worksheets

Introduction to key concepts in Settlements
Isle of Purbeck Case Study Section B 30 Mark Essay
Issues faced in rural settlement activity
The_Settlement_Hierarchy

6.2 - Urban trends and issues of urbanisation

6.21 - The development of the urban environment
6.22 - The cycle of Urbanisation - Counter & re-urbanisation
6.23 - Competition for land and changes
6.24 - Global World Cities

Worksheets

Example student response essay - residential segregation
Suburbanisation questions sheet for image analysis
Urbanisation and World city activity

6.3 - Changes in urban settlements

6.31 - Changes to the CBD
6.32 - Location of manufacturing & retail
6.33 - Changes to urban services and the CBD
6.34 - Residential Segregation in Urban settlements

Worksheets

Changing CBD and Residential Segregation
Changing location of services in the urban area
Homework PPT - Urban models
Residential segregation in urban areas review sheet
Sector Model Worksheet
Settlements exam question review PPT - Urban land use change

6.4 - Management of urban settlements

6.41 - Introduction to Squatter settlements
6.42 - Issues Faced in Heliopolis
6.43 - Attempted Solutions to issues faced
6.44 - Provision of Transport in Cairo Case study
6.45 - Provision of transport in Shanghai

Worksheets

Heliopolis case study guided review sheet
Heliopolis Review notes and questions to answer
Settlement Dynamics case study presentation