Should the high street be closed to traffic?
Investigate the issue of traffic management in a specific area and use the evidence to make a reasoned decision about the outcome.
Teaching Resources
 PDF Adapted unit - Problems Parking (QCA)
 Traffic Issues ICT Link Units 4D and 5D
Visit the local high street and collect data about traffic issues e.g. volume of traffic, parking problems, varying needs of different high street users like shopkeepers, children, senior citizens, businesses. etc. Collate data on return to classroom, enter it into a spreadsheet and produce graphs to represent data.
 High Street Survey worksheets
 Local Area Newsletter ICT Link Units 4A
Children create a newsletter with interviews from people giving reasons for and against the issue and images taken with digital camera.
Making Decisions
Lesson plan and resources from UK Department for Transport
Settlements
Lesson plan and resources from UK Department for Transport
Write a report to the local council ICT Link Units 4A
Identify an area in the locality that has not been cared for, in groups use WP software to write a report to send to the local council describing how the environment is being affected and asking if there are any plans to improve the area. A writing frame such as a Clicker Grid or a Textease wordbank could be used to help structure the report and help with vocabulary.
Role Play - Who is affected by the traffic? ICT Link
Divide the class into groups and allocate a range of roles to each e.g. shopkeeper, parent, delivery driver, fireman etc. Ask each group to debate the issue of traffic on the high street and arrive at a solution. The debate could be videoed and shown to whole school for a whole school debate.
Design a survey - Should the high street be closed to traffic?
With the children’s help, design and carry out a survey of the views of people in the town, taking care to find out what people think are the benefits and drawbacks of closing the high street to traffic. Children could fill in their survey as if they were shopkeeper, parent, delivery driver, fireman etc.
Multimedia Presentation ICT Link Units 4A
Ask each Character group to prepare a presentation of its views on traffic on the high street. When each group has made its presentation to the class, take a vote to determine the best plan for the high street.
 Design a graphical model of what the high street could look like without traffic
ICT Link Unit 5A
Children consider what could be made of the High Street once it has been closed.
Show the children how to create objects to represent buildings, street furniture etc. Ask them to produce plans for the High Street development.
Investigate Maps ICT Link
Look at the local map with the children and discuss routes the traffic could take instead of using the high street.
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