Cultural Geography Blog

Behind the desk in my classroom is one of Richard Allaway 's display posters, with quotes linked to geography. There are several sets of them, and they are recommended for your classroom. They can be downloaded from here. It's the one opposite, featuring Socrates. In a recent speech at the Conservative Party Conference, Theresa May said "...if you believe you are a citizen of the world, you are a citizen of nowhere. You don't understand what citizenship means." Theresa May studied Geography at one of the world's great universities ( rate d number 1 in the world in fact at the moment) and one would expect that she might have come across the idea of scale , and that it is possible to hav e a connection with a place in numerous ways simultaneously, and that all p laces are essentially tran sitory and in constant motion in any case, whether that be by cul tural shift, or the slow crawl of the tect on ic plates on which they sit . We are all citizens of ...

Part of the Cultural agenda is the issue of UK Citizenship and the issue of Multicultural Britain. There are several useful websites in this area. The 'official' site gives details about the areas that are covered in the test. These include the following: Migration to Britain The changing role of women Children, family and young people: families, education and legal ages for activities Population The regions of Britain Religion and tolerance Customs and traditions, including Saints Days How is the UK governed ? Housing and services in and for the home Money and credit Health Education Leisure Travel and transport Looking for work Equal rights and discrimination Childcare and children at work Tony Cassidy has produced some excellent resources on the theme of Citizenship and the issue of British identity. The BBC has produced an interesting trial quiz on CITIZENSHIP . There are 14 challenging questions. To pass the actual test you need to score at least 75% Various companies hav...