Clyde community

The people of Glasgow come from many places. 200 years ago there were less than 100,000 people in Glasgow. The population peaked at 1,088,000 in the 1931 census and is now around 580,000 but growing once more. All of this involves migration of people to and from the towns and cities creating diverse and ever changing communities.

Clydebank was only created as a town in 1871 with the relocation of the J & G Thomson shipyard from Govan. Renfrew by comparison can trace its roots to the 11th century and became a Royal Burgh in 1313. Govan's history goes right back  to the 6th century as an early Christian settlement.

This theme looks at who lived and lives near the Clyde.

Lesson/project ideas (search all lesson/project ideas)

Title	Short description	Related curricular areas	Age group
Community focused reporting	Write a newspaper article on the developments of the Clyde Waterfront regeneration community.	Languages, Social Studies	Upper Primary, Lower Secondary
You choose - it''s your future!	Pupils choose which career to pursue, where to live and what schools their children should attend.	Expressive Arts, Languages, Mathematics, Social Studies	Upper Primary, Lower Secondary
Story telling on history of local community	Collaborative writing to tell a story about a set of characters based on images of Clydeside communities.	Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Science, Social Studies, Technologies	Upper Primary, Lower Secondary
Leisure fact file	Produce a fact file on local area leisure facilities for use by other pupils and their families using an enterprising approach in the project.	Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Technologies	Upper Primary