The resourced scheme of work we are co-creating will be based on the Inspirational Landscapes module taught at Keele University by Peter Knight and colleagues, shaped to 'fit' the Changing Places modules in the 'A' level Geography specifications produced by awarding bodies for first exams in 2018, particularly the Edexcel Specification (which is taught at the author's school)

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Draft structure (subject to change)

10 sessions - 9 introductory units and an 'assessment' piece and optional FIELDWORK visit(s) depending on selection of locations.

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1. What’s it all about? – (re)presentation of Place

Definition(s) of place

• Types of place(s)

2. We begin by being lost.

• Rebecca Solnit and the role of maps

• Mental maps / Hugh Brody

• Atlas of Experience

3. Temporary (created), 'natural' and cultural places

• Temporary places: Glastonbury Festival

• 'Natural' places: Cley Marsh

• Created places: Northumberlandia

4. Place and space in art, music and film

• Representations of landscape in culture 

• Gamespaces - Minecraft and other games

• 'Isle of Dogs' - Megasaki and Trash Island

5. The idea of North (and South)

• North-South Divide(s)

• Simon Armitage and the idea of the North

• Midlands

6. Highs and Lows 

• Mountain Landscapes (the highs)

• The Fens (and the lows)

7. Edgelands

• Boundaries - urban and rural border including Green Belts

8. Wet and Dry

• Islands - George Mackay Brown, St. Kilda

• Dry spaces

9. A place of safety – risky and protected places

• ​Risky places

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Fieldwork visit - some guidance will appear here linked to the NEA

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10. Your place – final project as an assessment

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Click the links to see the pages, and return as they take shape.

These are all 'works in progress' until the Summer of 2018

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If you have any thoughts, please contact the author on a.parkinson@gmail.com or via Twitter @GeoBlogs