Where is Lithgow and What is it's character?

Introduction

The last half of the first lesson on the Lithgow case study will be spent researching the location and character of the place.

  1. To successfully complete this lesson students must report Lithgow's location in relation to Sydney, the Blue Mountains, as well as its coordinates.
  2. students will also create a work that details the character of Lithgow today, the population, historical significance, and landscape.
Task

Use your source booklet and independent internet research to report Litghow's location.

Students must provide

  1. Lithgow's location relative to Sydney. 
  2. Relative to the Blue Mountains.
  3. Students must also provide Lithgow's longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates

Use this link to investigate Lithgow's position and distance from the locations asked 

https://www.calcmaps.com/map-distance/

use this site to find Lithgow's coordinates

https://www.latlong.net/

Students must provide a description of the landscape of Lithgow.

Students must provide an explanation of the historical significance of Lithgow.

Students must provide details of the population

  1. Population number.
  2. Male to Female ratio.
  3. Median age. 
  4. Employment statistics of population.
Process

Use your source booklet to report Litghow's location.

Students must provide:

Using figure 3, Lithgow's location relative to Sydney: 

 

Lithgow's distance from Sydney found on the website:

 

Using Figure 3, find Lithgow's location relative to the Blue Mountains:

 

Lithgow's distance from the Blue Mountains found on the website:

 

Lithgow's Coordinates are

 

Using figures 2, 4, 5, and 6 give a description of the landscape of Lithgow.

 

 

 

 

Using figures 12 and 13, answer the following questions:

Population of Lithgow

 

Male to female ratio

 

Median age of the residents

 

What percentage of the population is employed, percentage of full-time and part-time workers must be supplied.

 

 

 

Before the students finish the lesson ask them to collate all the information they have written and use this to provide a brief description of Lithgow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation
Correct, Complete, Detailed Correct, Complete Mostly correct, Complete Somewhat correct, Mostly Complete Mostly Incomplete, Mostly Incorrect

All information is correct.

 

All parts are complete.

 

Details have been incorporated.

All information is correct.

 

All parts are complete.

Most information is correct.

 

All parts are complete

The information is somewhat correct.

 

Most Parts are complete

Information is mostly incorrect.

 

Most parts are incomplete

 

Conclusion

After completing this lesson, students should have an understanding of where Lithgow is, its historical significance, as well as the surrounding landscape.

students should also have an understanding of the population of the inhabitants of Lithgow.