Landmarks: World Environmental Changes
World Environmental Changes is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Landmarks from the 1990s & 2000s, covering geography for primary school pupils.
Two case studies in each programme look at how humans use and have influenced their environment.
A companion unit examined Using the Land in the geography of Britain.
Managed wetlands
Map
Landmarks Shorts
Edited versions of individual case studies were presented in shorter 10-minute episodes, which were presented as Landmarks Shorts.
Primary Geography
From 2003-04 onwards both this original World Environmental Changes unit and the Shorts version were shown as part of Primary Geography, with the Primary Geography opening titles added to the start of each episode followed by the original Landmarks opening titles, and otherwise unchanged.
Episode List
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wetlands | 11 Jan 1999 |
| 2. | The Sea | 18 Jan 1999 |
| 3. | Cities | 25 Jan 1999 |
| 4. | Woodlands and Forests | 1 Feb 1999 |
| 5. | Drylands | 8 Feb 1999 |
Broadcasts
| Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-99 | Spring 1999 | Monday, 11:40am | Friday, 11:10am | BBC2 | from 11 Jan | |||
| 1999-2000 | Autumn 1999 | Monday, 12:10pm | BBC2 | from 25 Oct | ||||
| 2000-01 | Summer 2001 | Monday, 12:10pm | Friday, 12:10pm | BBC2 | from 23 Apr | |||
| 2001-02 | Autumn 2001 | Thursday, 11:50am | BBC2 | from 13 Sep | ||||
| 2003-04 | Summer 2004 | Friday, 11:40am | BBC2 | Primary Geography, from 30 Apr | ||||
| 2005-06 | Spring & Summer 2006 | Monday, 10:40am | Friday, 11:30am | BBC2 | Primary Geography, 20 Mar & 19-26 May | |||
| 2007-08 | Summer 2008 | Thursday, 11:10am | BBC2 | Primary Geography, from 15 May |
CBBC Channel
Also broadcast on the CBBC Channel 'Class TV' service of schools programmes (this list may be incomplete):
- 2002-03: Autumn 2002 (from Monday 23 September 2002, 10:20am)
- 2003-04: Autumn 2003 (from Friday 12 September 2003, 10:10am)
- 2004-05: Autumn 2004 (from Friday 17 September 2004, 9:00am)
- 2005-06: Autumn 2005 (from Thursday 15 September 2005, 10:00am)
- 2006-07: Autumn 2006 (Wednesday 27 September 2006 from 10:20am)
- 2007-08: Autumn 2007 (from Monday 8 October 2007, 1:35pm)
Credits
| Narrator | Vanessa Collingridge |
| Director | Griff Rowland Iwan Russell-Jones |
| Producer | Iwan Russell-Jones |
Resources
There were teacher's notes available, a Video Plus Pack later a DVD Plus Pack, and a resource pack.
Links
- BBC Education: Landmarks - World Environmental Changes (archived 2000)Pupils' website
- BBC Programmes page for World Environmental Changes
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