Settlement Sim City (Building your own town) www.olliebray.com Ollie Bray Musselburgh Grammar School East Lothian Council

Instructions (1) This activity copies the real life historical development of a settlement from its early days as a small hamlet through to more recent times when it becomes a large and successful industrial town. ?

This activity copies the real life historical development of a settlement from its early days as a small hamlet through to more recent times when it becomes a large and successful industrial town.

Instructions (2) You are responsible for this development and have to design, plan and build your settlement according to the needs of the time.

You are responsible for this development and have to design, plan and build your settlement according to the needs of the time.

Instructions (3) You will find it best to draw everything in pencil. DO NOT use pen. Try to draw your houses roads and other features to the correct scale. They will be very small. Don’t forget to add any new features to the key. You can’t extend your settlement beyond the size of the page.

You will find it best to draw everything in pencil.

DO NOT use pen.

Try to draw your houses roads and other features to the correct scale.

They will be very small.

Don’t forget to add any new features to the key.

You can’t extend your settlement beyond the size of the page.

Instructions (4) Just like in real life you cannot knock down buildings or change land use without careful thought and negotiation. If you need to use an eraser, you must ask your teacher!

Just like in real life you cannot knock down buildings or change land use without careful thought and negotiation.

If you need to use an eraser, you must ask your teacher!

Stage 1 - 1500 On your piece of paper draw a river going on and off the page and two tracks. The tracks must cross at some point. Draw six farmhouses and a watermill. The mill must be next to the river. Draw everything quite small. Don’t forget a map key

On your piece of paper draw a river going on and off the page and two tracks.

The tracks must cross at some point.

Draw six farmhouses and a watermill.

The mill must be next to the river.

Draw everything quite small.

Don’t forget a map key

Stage 2 - 1600 The tracks have developed into popular route ways. The village has become a market town and lots of people have moved into the area. You need to build: At least 60 new houses another four mills a church some shops

The tracks have developed into popular route ways.

The village has become a market town and lots of people have moved into the area.

You need to build:

At least 60 new houses

another four mills

a church

some shops

Stage 3 - 1800 It’s the Industrial Revolution, coal has been discovered near your town and it’s about to expand rapidly. You need to build: a coalmine, some new roads, 500 new houses as well as: shops, Churches schools

It’s the Industrial Revolution, coal has been discovered near your town and it’s about to expand rapidly.

You need to build:

a coalmine,

some new roads,

500 new houses

as well as:

shops,

Churches

schools

Stage 4 – 1860 Your town is going from strength to strength! You need to: expand the coalmine build five more factories. You will need at least: another 500 new homes other services for your population. Also, railways have finally made it to the area from the East. The railway should link all of your factories and the coalmine.

Your town is going from strength to strength!

You need to:

expand the coalmine

build five more factories.

You will need at least:

another 500 new homes

other services for your population.

Also, railways have finally made it to the area from the East. The railway should link all of your factories and the coalmine.

Stage 5 - 1900 Iron Ore has been discovered in your village! Now it’s really going to go from strength to strength! Your town now has about 20, 000 extra people (so work out how many extra houses you will need). Don’t forget you will also need shops and schools.’

Iron Ore has been discovered in your village!

Now it’s really going to go from strength to strength!

Your town now has about 20, 000 extra people (so work out how many extra houses you will need).

Don’t forget you will also need shops and schools.’

Your Town is finished! Give your town a name (you could always name it after yourself) Now think about the problems that you had. Make a list of the most annoying or difficult ones. Do you think that these might have also happened in real life?

Give your town a name (you could always name it after yourself)

Now think about the problems that you had.

Make a list of the most annoying or difficult ones. Do you think that these might have also happened in real life?