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Humanities and social sciences / Year 2 / Knowledge and Understanding / Geography

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The influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places (ACHASSK051)

Elaborations
  • investigating the places they and their families visit for shopping, recreation, religious or ceremonial activities, or other reasons
  • suggesting what their pattern of visits to places might have been one or two generations ago and comparing this to their current pattern
  • investigating how peoples connections with places are affected by transport and information and telecommunications technologies
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Environmental influences,  Travel,  Transport

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