A PowerPoint for Year 9 Perception of Place unit with a Tourism Focus.

1. Connecting People and Places
The value and perception of a place, when
combined with individual and collective
power, will lead to a variety of cultural,
commercial and recreational uses.
3.1 How do people perceive places?

2. Class Task
 Think of a favourite place in:
 your community
 Your town
 In a rural setting
 Find a photograph or image that represents each
image
 Make notes explaining the qualities the place has
and what it means to you
 List the reason you connect to your place
 Exchange your images with another student.
Consider if his/her favourite place have the same
meaning for you.

3. Class Task...
 Answer the following questions:
 Are your places and reasons unique to you?
 Did someone else list similar places?
 If so, what were their reason for doing so?
 Discuss the different places chosen and the
reason why they were picked.
 Will these places change significance throughout
your life?

4. What is place?
 Somewhere that you identify with and attach
meaning to.
 Places are: parts of the Earth’s surface that are
identified and given meaning by people.
 A place can be small as your bedroom or as large
as continent.
 It can be a constructed feature , such as a
building, or a naturally existing feature such as a
lake or forest.

5. What are spaces?
 Space refers to the way in which features are
arranged on the Earth’s surface.
 The shapes and patterns in which things are
arranged on the earths surface.
 Geographers often use maps to explore and
explain the arrangement of the Earth’s surface.

6. Interconnections between places
 We all create places of our own by defining them
and giving them meaning, and all of these places
are interconnected.
 No place exists in isolation. Not even a rock in a
mountain riverbed or a single tree is isolated.
Every place is interconnected with another.
 The place you live is connected to a
neighbourhood, the road outside the school
connects it with different suburbs and entire
continents are connected to each other in many
ways.
 Natural features, human activities (trade,
transport, communication) which move services

7. Work Sheet 1....
 Answer the question on the sheet in your books.

8. The different ways we connect with
places.
 Geographers use different models, tools, and
strategies to understand and explain some of the
ways people perceive place. There are three
main methods:
1. Asking Questions: Ask question about the
location. Why does it exist? Is it a sacred site?
Perception can lead to different opinions about
what might be a suitable way to treat or use the
place.

9. The different ways we connect with
places.
 Geographers use different models, tools, and
strategies to understand and explain some of
the ways people perceive place. There are three
main methods:
2. Using geographical models: to explain patterns
and analyse their significance. Bus timetables etc.

10. The different ways we connect with
places.
3. Applying a set of geographical criteria: to
understand the reasons by grouping them into
similar categories, including:
 Spiritual: factors related to a person’s belief
 Economic: factors related to employment and
income
 Cultural: factors related to the shared
characteristics of a group of people
 Historical: factors related to the past experiences
and events
 By classifying places we can better understand
important interconnections to place.

11. Work Sheet 2...
 Work through the sheet.

12. Connecting People and Places
4.3 What effects does international tourism
have on people and places?
Class Activity: What types of tourism exist?

13. Class task – visiting places
 What kind of life experience do you think travel is
(direct or indirect)?
 Think of 5 places you have not been to but you
know something about
 What is your perception of each place?
 Considers the source of your knowledge of each
 Think of 5 places you have travelled to on holiday
 What is your perception of each place?
 Consider the source of your knowledge for each

14. Different types of tourism
 It is estimated that tourists spend around $A1
trillion annually. This revenue makes a valuable
contribution to the economies around the world.
Examples of the different types of tourism include:
 Recreational
 Historical
 Wilderness
 Ecotourism

15. What are the negative and positive
effects of tourism?
 Class task – What are the impacts of different
types of tourism?
 Recreational
 Historical
 Wilderness
 Ecotourism

16. The effects of tourism in the
future
 Trend 1. More people travelling more often
 Trend 2. Increased awareness of environmental
issues
 Trend 3. Travellers want ‘real’ experiences
 Trend 4. Trips are becoming shorter but spending
more money
 Trend 5. People using internet rather than travel
agent

17. Major Assignment – Part 1
Festivals and events in Australia are common place
and range from music festival to cultural festivals
and everything in-between.
 Your task is to research any festival or event in
Australia and compile a list of locations nationally
and globally. (use the sheet provided)
 Make a list of locations, their purpose, their
management, and the impact they may have on the
environment and local communities.
 Use Google earth/maps to mark locations they use.
 Create a promotion package or brochure
advertising the festival