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Tuesday, September 14, 2010 The Westfield Centre has a Positive Effect on the Local Area Learning Objectives: To use secondary data to research the reasons why Westfield chose Shepherd’s Bush as a location To identify and recognise bias in secondary sources of data Starter:
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010 • The Westfield Centre has a Positive Effect on the Local Area • Learning Objectives: • To use secondary data to research the reasons why Westfield chose Shepherd’s Bush as a location • To identify and recognise bias in secondary sources of data • Starter: • Read through the Wikipedia article about the Westfield Centre. Explain why the following words or terms are significant: • Extension: Can you suggest any problems with using this source of evidence?
The Westfield Centre has a Positive Effect on the Local Area In order to evaluate whether or not the Westfield Centre is having a positive impact, we need to know a little bit about what the area was like before the shopping centre opened. Have a look at the sources of secondary data below, and suggest how each one may be able to help you in your fieldwork. The first one has been completed for you as an example:
The Westfield Centre has a Positive Effect on the Local Area • Task 1: • In your groups look through your Secondary Evidence pack. • For each piece of data, you will need to say what it is, and what it tells you about the reasons why Westfield Chose Shepherd’s Bush as the location for their Shopping Centre. • The more reasons you can come up with, the better. • Task 2: • Group the reasons you have given into categories. • Social Reasons • Economic Reasons • Environmental Reasons
The Westfield Centre has a Positive Effect on the Local Area Plenary: Create a mind map to show the reasons why Shepherd’s Bush was chosen as a location Why was Shepherd’s Bush Chosen?
The Westfield Centre has a Positive Effect on the Local Area House Prices in Shepherd’s Bush Green Source: www.home.co.uk