This lesson was about what Stratford was like before the Olympics and what impact the Olympics has had on the areas. It is a year 8 lesson. Note that materials are not included, which may explain why the slides don't seem to contain enough information!

1. Resource list
Las vegas handout
Test revision handout
EQS tables handouts
Newspaper task
Newspaper G+T task
Information sheet for newspaper (LA and HA)
Writing frame
Start up Google Earth
Start up London Profiler
Resource prompt
Times and timers

2. Aim: How did the 2012 games regenerate the Stratford
area?
Learning Outcomes
6/7: I will evaluate issues faced by Stratford in the past and give
detailed positive and negative impacts from the Olympic games
both on the area and the people living there.
5: I will explain issues faced by Stratford in the past and provide
positive and negative impacts from the Olympic games both on the
area and the people living there.
4: I will describe issues that have affected Stratford in the past and
how the Olympic Games will aim to improve this area.
Mini-starter: What do you think urban regeneration means? Write
your idea onto your whiteboard
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Urban Regeneration: The planned improvement of an urban area
(city or town)
Vegas + revision guide next

3. You have an assessments on Monday!
Monday 20th May – Make a note in your planner.
Your homework is to revise. I need evidence of your revision.
There will be 2 assessments.
Assessment 1 will be 10 minutes long, and includes topics
from the start of this year. This test will include
lots of shorter answers.
Assessment 2 is about London’s Olympic bid. This will be an
extended piece of writing
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Vegas + revision guide

4. London’s mayor at the time – Ken Livingstone
"I didn't bid for the Olympics
because I wanted three weeks
of sport. I bid for the Olympics
because it's the only way to get
the billions of pounds out of
the Government to develop the
East End - to clean the soil, put
in the infrastructure and build
the housing. It's exactly how I
plotted it, to ensnare the
Government to put money into
an area it has neglected for 30
years. I am delighted that there
will be billions of pounds from
the Government”
Starter: Based on this quote,
what do you expect the east
end of London to be like?
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EQSs next + google earth + london profiler

5. Where is the Olympic site?
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6. 2001
How has the Olympic site changed in 10 years?

7. My Life Is Not For You To Take Is It?
‘You wanna take my life and get nothing out of it’
I beg them to not take my life, while I’m on my knees with their gun to my head
and knife to my throat
You watch me suffer,
But for what?
What have I got that you want?
I have nothing for you
You just wanna take my life and call your self a ‘DON’ call yourself a ‘wasteman’
you took my life and didn’t care
Yeah I’m from a different area but is that really a good enough
Is that the reason you get out of bed every morning because that’s just sad
‘You slit my throat, you pull the trigger, I’m in the alleyway and you just don’t
quit
I stand and watch myself die
‘See the tears run from my eyes down my face
See my soul jump out of place’
Are You Mad?
My life was not for you to take so y did you take it.
Did it bring you happiness? , did it bring you joy? What about wealth?
NO…So was my life really worth taking? By Letetia Brown, 15, who lives in Stratford

8. ¡Bienvenue à Stratford!
Willkommen in Stratford
Welcome to Stratford!

9. Environmental Quality Survey
A survey to measure of the standard of the built
environment and the natural environment.
This will enable us to compare aspects of the Olympic
site before and after the Olympics.
These are completed when you’re at a site. However,
as I can’t physically take you there, you will be doing
your best to fill some out based on the following
pictures.
Don’t forget to give each survey a title at
the top of the table¡ !
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10. 1

11. 2

12. 3

13. 4

14. 5

15. 6

16. What did you notice about those
pictures?
Add up the overall scores for each of the
pictures. How do the scores for pictures 1,2 and 3
compare with those of pictures 4, 5 and 6?
In what ways did the Olympics alter the
environmental quality of the area?

17. Stratford is in the London Borough of Newham. It is the second most
deprived local authority in England.
What was Stratford like?
What does the information here tell
you about Newham?
Write down information as we look
at some indicators of deprivation!

18. On your information sheets…
Highlight and annotate information which shows:
• Issues faced by Stratford in the past
• Positive impacts of the games on the area and
people living there
• Negative impacts of the games on the area and
people living there
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19. You are the lead writer for a newspaper on the
impacts that the Olympics have had on Stratford
6/7: Evaluate issues faced by Stratford in the past. Provide detailed positive and negative
impacts from the Olympic games both on the area and the people living there. At the
end, include the opinion of your chosen paper on why you think the Olympics was/wasn’t
good for Stratford – use evidence to back up your opinion.
5: I will explain issues faced by Stratford in the past and provide positive and negative
impacts from the Olympic games both on the area and the people living there. At the
end, include your opinion on why you think the Olympics was/wasn’t good for Stratford –
use evidence to back up your opinion.
4: I will describe issues that have affected Stratford in the past and how the Olympic
Games will aim to improve this area. At the end, include your opinion on why you think
the Olympics was/wasn’t good for Stratford – say why you think this
Your information sheets contain census information, and 2 pieces of research
from assistants. It is your job to write the article! Make sure you do the
following:
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Sentence starter: “In the past, Stratford faced many problems such as…”

20. Let’s hear some of your articles!