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Settlement Patterns from Space

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📚 Part 1: Observe & Identify

WALT: Analyse satellite images to identify different settlement patterns and how people inhabit environments.

Success Criteria: I can describe features in an image and name the settlement pattern (clustered, linear, dispersed).

1. Look at Satellite Image A. Which settlement pattern best describes the layout?

Clustered

Linear

Dispersed

No settlement / natural area

2. Check all features you would expect to see in a clustered settlement:

Many houses close together

Houses spread far apart with large fields

Short roads between buildings

Buildings aligned in a single line along a road or river

3. If houses follow a single road or river, the settlement pattern is called:

Linear

Clustered

Dispersed

Grid

4. Which of these features in a satellite image most clearly shows human settlement?

Regular rectangular shapes (fields, buildings)

Dense forest canopy

Natural river curves

Clouds and shadows

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Activity

5. Look at Satellite Image B. In 2–3 short sentences, describe three things you can see (use geographic words like road, building, field, clustered, linear, dispersed).
6. Match the short description to the correct pattern. Write the word (Clustered / Linear / Dispersed).

a) Houses grouped tightly around a town centre with short roads between them: ___________

b) Buildings and homes spaced widely apart with large open land between: ___________

c) Houses arranged mainly along a single road or river: ___________

7. Give one reason why a settlement might develop in a clustered pattern (one sentence).
8. Drawing task: Sketch a simple top-view of a dispersed settlement showing at least 4 houses, one road and one farm area. Label your drawing.

Extension: Prepare a short presentation about one settlement pattern and include a satellite image showing that pattern.

Differentiation support: Use sentence starters like "I see..." and "This pattern is called..." or work with a buddy for help.

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