Why is the population declining in some parts of the UK?

Key Questions:•Where do people live in the UK? •Why are some parts of the UK more densely populated than others?

Learning Objectives

• To understand why some parts of the UK have a declining population.

• To know the push factors that make people leave an area

STARTER

Read the news story about a little girl at the smallest school in Britain on the Isle of Canna.

This small island, in the Hebrides, is advertising for new families to boost its dwindling population of 15 people.

PUSH FactorsRead the story again, this time underline

all the factors that would make someone want to leave Canna.

Make a list in your book of the PUSH factors.

Look at the following slides and add more to your list.

Where would you live?Would you prefer to live in the Hebrides

or Stockton on Tees? Give reasons.

Task:Produce an advert to attract people to

the place you would prefer to live.

PlenaryWhen Canna advertised for families to

move to island in 2006, hundreds of people responded.• Why do so many people want to move

to the Hebrides? • If it is so popular, why have so many

people left?• Does it matter if some communities in

the UK, like Canna, disappear?

Homework

Comparing Stockton with the rest of the UK, do you think the UK is a crowded country or not?