Urban Settlements: Wellington

• Early functions of the city
• Constraints to the growth of the city
• Changes that led to the expansion of Wellington

Learning Intentions: Students are learning to

• Identify the key reasons for Wellington’s growth as a city in the C19th and the key functions that the growing urban settlement fulfilled.
• Complete a cloze activity with key information on Wellington’s early function
• Understand some of the constraints to the growth and expansion of the city and how these were overcome.
• Answer a series of questions based on the DVD footage: What Lies Beneath: Under Wellington

Success criteria (How do students know they have achieved success?)

• Students will be able to list 5 key functions that Wellington had in its early days as a capital city.
• Students will be able to identify the key constraint to Wellington’s spatial growth

Relevant Film Archive Footage

Disk Three: Future Directions: Changing Image:

1966: Toehold on a Harbour

Disk One: Growth of Wellington: History and Settlement Patterns: History

An Overview: Notes on a New Zealand City.

Under Wellington: What Lies Beneath

Activities

• View introductory footage Toehold on a Harbour – general discussion on images of Wellington and reasons people gave for living there
• Students view DVD footage Notes on a New Zealand City Part 1
• Students use and complete cloze activity handout What is an urban settlement and why do they form? Reasons for Wellington’s early growth (lesson1 Handout 1). This then forms notes for the students to file. Teacher's Copy
• Students view DVD footage Notes on a New Zealand City, Part 2 and answer a series of questions Constraints to Wellington’s early growth (handout 2) and how these were overcome. Teacher's Copy
• Students view DVD footage What Lies Beneath and answer a series of questions on the Te Aro area of early Wellington. Teachers could then examine how this reveals land use characteristics similar to the Burgess concentric zone model. Teacher's Copy

Handouts

1. Cloze activity What is an urban settlement and why do they form? Reasons for Wellington’s early growth. (Student Copy)
2. Cloze activity What is an urban settlement and why do they form? Reasons for Wellington’s early growth. (Teacher’s Copy)
3. Questions Constraints to Wellington’s early growth (Student Copy)
4. Questions Constraints to Wellington’s early growth (Teacher’s Copy)
5. Questions on Te Aro area of early Wellington (Student Copy)
6. Questions on Te Aro area of early Wellington (Teacher’s Copy)

Notes for Teachers

Lessons 14-20 cover the growth of Wellington in more detail, particularly the role of transport in the city’s expansion.