Contents

Outcome of learning p.2Expectations for Week 1 p.3Expectations for Week 2 p.4Assessment criteria (Subject NC Levels) p.5Personal learning & thinking skills: Self Manager p.6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tasks for Week One (Sections 1 & 2) pp. 7-15Section One: Introduction

Task 1: Writing your introduction & individual work pp. 11Section Two: Data collection

Task 2: Questionnaire design p.13 Task 3: Drafting a questionnaire p.13 Task 4: Street survey, photographs, internet research p.14 Task 5: Methods writing frame p.15

Tasks for Week Two (Sections 3 & 4) pp. 16-20Section Three: Data presentation & analysis

Task 6: Presenting the results of the street survey p.17 Task 7: Presenting the results from the questionnaire p.17 Task 8: Presenting annotated photographs p.18 Task 9: Presenting internet research p.18

Section Four: Conclusion & evaluation Task 10: Conclusion p.19 Task 11: Evaluation pp.20-21

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Task checklist pp.22-23Personal learning & thinking skills: p.24Self Manager evaluation sheetAssessment grade & teacher comments p.25-26Appendix – Additional writing frames

Homework Extended Project

Subject: GeographyYear: 9Start date: 21st May 2012Hand-in date: 1st June 2012Expected duration of project: 2 weeks / 8 hoursUnit of Study: Geography of Crime

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Title: How safe is my street?

Outcome of learning: Students will have learned about the social, economic and environmental causes of crime; as well as evaluated a range of strategies to prevent crime. To demonstrate their understanding of this topic, students are required to do the following:

Be able to answer the two core questions:‘What are people’s feelings about crime in my local area?’‘What has been done to reduce crime in my local area?’

Identify their own geographical questions Collected a wide range of primary data including questionnaires, photographs

and interviews with either a Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator or a Crime Support Officer.

Independently researched and evaluated a wide variety of secondary data sources about crime in their local area; including ‘Direct Gov’ and ‘Up My Street’ websites.

Use their own initiative in deciding how to present this information (ideally six or more techniques)

Use a variety of ICT skills (internet searches, DTP, graphs using spreadsheets and movie maker)

Extensive and correct use of geographical words to describe and explain patterns found on graphs

Demonstrates an ability to explain links between land use and the opportunities for crime.

Reach substantiated conclusions (use facts and figures) Be able to evaluate their work and how it could be improved. The enquiry is organised in a logical sequence.

Week One

Deadlines: The following work must be completed in Week 1: w/c 21st May 2012

Section 1: Introduction An introduction including individual geographical questions A location map A mind map outlining the social, economic and environmental causes of crime A title page

Section 2: Data collectionPrimary data:

Draft and pilot a crime questionnaire. After piloting, students need to complete 10 questionnaires by asking residents on their street.

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Take photographs showing evidence or the potential for crime (e.g. dark alley ways, graffiti, broken glass) and crime prevention measures (e.g. burglar alarms, double glazing).

Conduct an interview with either a Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator or Crime Support Officer.

Complete a crime prevention survey, environmental quality survey, pedestrian and traffic counts.

Secondary data: Presented labelled newspaper articles on the reporting of crime in Leicester

(Leicester Mercury or neighbourhood free newspapers) Internet research: Aerial photographs (www.multimap.com) / neighbourhood

statistics (to compare crime rates in your area, Leicester, regionally (East Midlands) and nationally (England) http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/Policing.do?ref=neighbourhood www.neighbourhoodstatistics.gov.uk , www.upmystreet.com and www.police.uk

Complete a report about how they collected the information; reflecting upon any problems in collecting the data and how they solved them.

Week Two

Deadlines: The following work must be completed in Week 2: w/c 28th May 2012

Section 3: Data presentation & analysis

Students are expected to present their results to answer the two key questions in a variety of ways. E.g. Using Excel spreadsheets to create a variety of graphs to show the trends from the questionnaire data; transfer photographs on to a Word document to be annotated; produce a power point or movie to show areas where crime and crime prevention takes place.

Students are expected to describe and explain their results using geographical words and place-specific reasons.

Section 4: Conclusion and EvaluationConclusion:

Complete a summary for each of the questions investigated. Ensure to use facts and figures to substantiate the points made.

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Evaluation: Complete the evaluation sheet provided by your teacher. You may also

complete a (S)trengths, (W)eaknesses, (O)pportunities & (T)hreats (SWOT) analysis to gain a higher level.

Students will also need to reflect upon how they can use these skills in their chosen subjects for GCSE.

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Students will have the opportunity to complete the following Subject Levels:

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Students are expected to practise the following skills:

Personal Learning & Thinking Skills: Reflective LearnerThis means that students should demonstrate that they can –

Set goals based on the Level Descriptions for the tasks. Review progress using the teacher feedback sheet and acting on the advice

given. Evaluate the experience of completing an enquiry and how the skills learned

can be used for GCSE Controlled Assessments.

Week one:

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Deadlines: The following work must be completed in Week 1: w/c 21st May 2012

Section 1: Introduction An introduction including individual geographical questions A location map A mind map outlining the social, economic and environmental causes of crime A title page

Section 2: Data collectionPrimary data:

Draft and pilot a crime questionnaire. After piloting, students need to complete 10 questionnaires by asking residents on their street.

Take photographs showing evidence or the potential for crime (e.g. dark alley ways, graffiti, broken glass) and crime prevention measures (e.g. burglar alarms, double glazing).

Conduct an interview with either a Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator or Crime Support Officer.

Complete a crime prevention survey, environmental quality survey, pedestrian and traffic counts.

Secondary data: Presented labelled newspaper articles on the reporting of crime in Leicester

(Leicester Mercury or neighbourhood free newspapers) Internet research: Aerial photographs (www.multimap.com) / neighbourhood

statistics (to compare crime rates in your area, Leicester, regionally (East Midlands) and nationally (England) http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/Policing.do?ref=neighbourhood www.neighbourhoodstatistics.gov.uk , www.upmystreet.com and www.police.uk

Complete a report about how they collected the information; reflecting upon any problems in collecting the data and how they solved them.

Project outline:You are going to produce a project about crime in your local area. Your project has 3 aims:

a) To investigate crime rates in your local areab) To identify some of the problems caused by crime in your local areac) To think of strategies to reduce the potential for crime in your local area.

Note: You may live in an area that has a very low crime rate. DON’T PANIC!– Your project should then focus on the social, economic & environmental

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Skills: Being a Reflective learnerRemember: Your teacher will also be looking at how you:

Set goals based on the Level Descriptions for the tasks. Review progress using the teacher feedback sheet and acting on the

advice given. Evaluate the experience of completing an enquiry and how the skills

learned can be used for GCSE Controlled Assessments.

What you need to include:Your project will be split into 5 sections and include:

1. Introduction.2. Data collection: Primary & secondary data3. Data presentation & analysis4. Conclusion and evaluation.

How to do itThe booklet contains task sheets for each section, these will: guide you through the chapter give you instructions on how to set out your work help you think of some of your own ideas

ResourcesBookletInternet websitesVideo notesPhotosInterviews: Neighbourhood watch co-ordinator & Crime Support Officer

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Section 1 - Introduction

IntroductionThe purpose of the following tasks is to help you write an introduction to your crime enquiry.

Task 1: Writing your introduction

1. Open a word document and put the title ’How safe is my street?’ on a piece of lined paper.

2. Use the writing frame below to help you write an introduction to your enquiry…

Introduction and aimsCrime happens all over the world – in cities, in towns and in the countryside. In this enquiry I will investigate …

I will attempt to answer the following questions:1. What do people feel about crime in my area?2. What is being done to reduce crime in my area?

The location of my enquiry The maps below shows the area that I will be investigating. This area is found in____________ (name street and area of Leicester). The houses on this street are mainly______. The types of people that live in the area include _______. My perception of this area is that it is a (safe / unsafe) place to live because ___________.

3. Log on to www.multimap.com and type in your postcode. Copy and paste the map into your word document. Click on the ‘Aerial Photograph’, copy and paste this next to your map.

4. Homework: Draw a sketch map of the street you live on.Remember: Add a title, a north point and some indication of scale to your map

Section 2 – Data collection

IntroductionThe purpose of the following task is to help you design a questionnaire to survey attitudes about crime in your local area and enable you to answer question 1 of your enquiry.

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What are the different kinds of data?

Match the heads with the tails.Primary

dataThis is data that has been put together by someone else, for example a bus timetable.

Secondary data

This is information you collect usually in numbers or categories.

Quantitative data

This is data that you have collected for yourself for example, questionnaires and traffic counts.

Qualitative data

This doesn’t involve numbers. It deals with peoples opinions.

Quantitative questionnaires are those which allow only a number of responses. In most cases, these are more useful to your enquiry

Qualitative questionnaires are those which are open ended and allow people to give their personal opinions and thoughts.

How to write a questionnaire...1. Don’t make it too long (8 to 10 questions).2. Make sure the questions you ask are short and relevant.3. The questions will need to be written so that the respondent will:

a. Understand the question.b. Know how to respond.

4. Consider how you could use the information you collect (charts or graphs).5. Avoid asking people for personal information.6. The best questions either:

a. Give people a choice of how they could answer orb. Require a short or even one word answer.

Task 2Below is an example of a questionnaire; part of it hasn’t been done very well. Read through it carefully. 1. Find questions that would be useful and explain why.2. Find poor questions and explain why they would not work.3. Rewrite the poor questions so that they can be more useful.

Questionnaire on crime in your local area.

1. Are you male or female ?____________________

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2. How old are you ?_____________________

3. What is the first half of your post code ?

4. What types of crime take place in your area?

5. Have you been a victim of crime? If so what?

6. How safe or unsafe do you feel in each of the following areas?Very safe Safe A bit

unsafeVery unsafe

Never visit at this time

Your local area during the dayYour local area at nightCity centre during the day City centre at night The bus station during the dayThe bus station at night

Task 3 – data collection1. Design a ‘fear of crime’ questionnaire using a word processing package.2. Homework : carry out your questionnaire by asking 10 people that you know

who live in your local area.

IntroductionThe purpose of the following task is to help you collect information about crime prevention in your local area – question 2 of your enquiry.

Task 4 - data collection

Street survey (homework)1. Use the survey street below to complete a security survey for 10 houses in your

street. 2. Each house scores each 1 if the security measure is present 0 if it is not. 3. Add up the values to give a total score out of 7.

House 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Burglar alarm                  External light                  Double glazing                  Gates to house                  Garden wall                  

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Open view of house                  Off street parking                   Total                  

PhotographsIf possible take photos of houses in your street to show: How safe the area is… The range of security measures in place.

Internet researchUse the websites below to find out how crime your area compares with the national average.www.neighbourhoodstatistics.gov.ukwww.upmystreet.comwww.police.uk (type in your post code)

IntroductionThe purpose of the following task is to help write up a methodology for your enquiry.

Task 5Copy and complete the writing frame.

MethodologyIn order to find out the answer to the questions in my investigation I collected a variety of primary and secondary data.

QuestionnaireI conducted a questionnaire by asking..I recorded these results.. It was important to collect this data because…The problems I encountered were..I overcame these problems..Street surveyI completed a security survey for 10 houses in my street. For each house I recorded 1 in the chart if a security measure was present and 0 if it was not.I added up the values to give a total of 7.It was important to collect this data because..The problems I encountered were..I overcame these problems..Photos and sketchesI took photos of ..It was important to collect this data because..The problems I encountered were..I overcame these problems ..Internet researchI visited the following websites..

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It was important to collect this data because…The problems I encountered were..I overcame these problems..

Week two:Deadlines: The following work must be completed in Week 2:

w/c 28th May 2012

Section 3: Data presentation & analysis

Students are expected to present their results to answer the two key questions in a variety of ways. E.g. Using Excel spreadsheets to create a variety of graphs to show the trends from the questionnaire data; transfer photographs on to a Word document to be annotated; produce a power point or movie to show areas where crime and crime prevention takes place.

Students are expected to describe and explain their results using geographical words and place-specific reasons.

Section 4: Conclusion and EvaluationConclusion:

Complete a summary for each of the questions investigated. Ensure to use facts and figures to substantiate the points made.

Evaluation: Complete the evaluation sheet provided by your teacher. You may also

complete a (S)trengths, (W)eaknesses, (O)pportunities & (T)hreats (SWOT) analysis to gain a higher level.

Students will also need to reflect upon how they can use these skills in their chosen subjects for GCSE.

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Section 3 – Data Presentation & Analysis

IntroductionThe purpose of the following tasks is to help you present and analyse your collected data.

Task 6 - Presenting the results of the street survey

1. Open an excel document.2. Create a table like the one below.

Type of security TotalBurglar alarm 6External light 5

Double glazing 4Gates to house 3

Garden Wall 2Open view of house 1Off street parking 2

3. Enter your results in the table.4. Click on the chart wizard and select column graph.5. Click on next. Step 2 click on next.6. Step 3, select titles. Create a title and label your axes on the graph.7. Click on next. Step 4, as an object in sheet 1.8. Copy and paste your document into word.9. Describe what your graph shows.10. Try to explain why your results have turned out like this.

Task 7 – presenting questionnaire results 1. In a similar way to the street survey, input your results (1 question at a time) into

excel. 2. Click on chart wizard and select an appropriate graph to display your results.

Don’t forget to add titles and labelled axes.3. Describe what your graph shows.4. Try to explain why your results have turned out like this.

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Task 8 – presenting photographs 1. Photographs should be used to support the data either in the questionnaire or

the street survey. 2. Each photo should have a title and labels or annotations should be added to

highlight what the photograph shows.

Task 9 – presenting internet research 1. This will depend on the data you have collected.2. A good idea is to use the websites listed above andfind crime figures in your

local area and compare with the national averages. 3. Describe and explain similarities and differences between the data.

Section 4 – Conclusion & Evaluation

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The purpose of the following tasks is to help you write a conclusion and evaluation to your enquiry.

Task 10 – Conclusion1. Put the title ‘Conclusion’ at the top of your page.2. Refer back to the 2 questions you wrote in your introduction.3. Type out each question and underneath it summarise what you have found out

about in your local area.4. Finally refer back to your main enquiry question and consider ‘how safe is your

street?’

Task 11 – EvaluationEvaluation means being able to look at:

- What you did well?- What didn’t work out & why?; and most importantly, - What are you going to do differently next time?- How will the skills learnt & developed during this project help you next year

with your GCSE controlled assessments?

In all subjects, to be able to evaluate is really important, if you are going to improve as a leaner and always achieve high marks.

To help you do this, you can complete a SWOT analysis – that is, for you to look at:

(S)trengths (what went well?)

(W)eaknesses (what problems did you come across?)

(O)pportunities (If you did it again, what will you do differently?)

(T)hreats (If you did it again, what problems might there still be?)

Use the SWOT analysis table on the following page.

It includes key words to help you write a paragraph about the progress you have made. Complete this after your enquiry has been marked..

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SWOT analysisStrengths

Keywords: organisation, creativity, independence, geographical questions & key terms, geographical theory, planning, report writing

Weaknesses

Keywords: organisation, creativity, independent work, geographical questions & key terms, geographical theory, planning, report writing

Opportunities

Keywords: geographical questions, interviews, comparisons, websites geographical key terms, variety of presentations, independence,controlled assessment

Threats

Keyword: biased websites,

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Task checklist:

Task Completed? Targets / improvementsChapter 1: IntroductionIntroduction / purpose

Where are you studying and what is it like?

Location maps for Leicester.

Theory.

Geographical questions (including your own) & expecations

Chapter 2: Data collectionMethod.How you collected the information (including problems & solutions)

Summary of data collection in the form of tables.

Chapter 3: Data presentation and analysisPrimary data:Questionnaire results presented using different techniques

Analyses

Crime prevention survey results

Analysis

Environmental survey –bipolar chart

Analysis.

Labelled photos showing evidence of crime & crime prevention

Analysis

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People counts.

Analysis.

Traffic count

Analysis.

Interview with Neighbourhood Watch & / Or Crime Support Officer

Secondary data:Presented labelled newspaper articles on the reporting of crime in Leicester (Leicester Mercury or neighbourhood free newspapers)

Internet research: Aerial photographs (www.multimap.com) / neighbourhood statistics (to compare crime rates in your area, Leicester, regionally (East Midlands) and nationally (England) www.neighbourhoodstatistics.gov.ukwww.upmystreet.comwww.police.uk

Obtained and used Neighbourhood Watch leaflets / leaflets from your CSO

Chapter 4: Conclusion and Evaluation.

Planning and organisationFront cover (with title of project and name).

Contents page.

Page numbers.

How well have you developed your team work skills?

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What Subject Level do you think you’ve achieved?

Task: Tick the Level you think you’ve achieved overall for this project

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Assessment Grade

Level achieved: _______________

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Appendix:Additional writing frames

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