Look at the picture – guess what today’s lesson is about!

Learning Objectives

• To explore the changes that are taking place in housing and services

• To know the reasons for these changes

This photograph was taken in St Hilda’s Estate

Middlesbrough.

Read the census data on St Hilda’s

and list 5 problems faced by the

people who live here.

Why do people want to leave this

place?

Background Information

• The areas surrounding Middlesbrough Football Club is some of the most disadvantaged in the country.

• The iron and steel industry has collapsed leaving the highest unemployment in the UK

• Life expectancy is 56 here – the reasons:– High stress – Smoking, poor diet– Hard life in Industry – industrial related diseases– Air pollution – emissions from the chemical industry on

the Tees

Your Task• You have been appointed by Middlesbrough

Council to redevelop the Middlehaven site.• You need to firstly identify the PROBLEMS:• Complete the table prioritising the problems

faced by St Hilda’s.Environmental Social Economic

Next....• Using the base map of the site create a map

and plan of what you would build and where.

• Remember you need to meet the needs of all of the people and solve the priorities you identified on your list.

• You must present your plans to the class with a clear script to explain your thinking.

Review of the Learning

• Read the fact file of what is actually happening at Middlehaven and St Hilda’s.

• How far do you feel the planners have got it right in meeting the needs of the people of St Hilda’s?

• Who is benefitting? Who is being disadvantaged?