Starter quiz
- Which of these are physical features? Choose two answers.
- mosque
- town
- church
- hill ✓
- beach ✓
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- What do we use to find out what symbols on a map mean?
- 'a map key' ✓
- Match the feature with an activity
- shop⇔shopping ✓
- play park⇔play ✓
- school⇔learn ✓
- woods⇔walk and play ✓
- swimming pool⇔swim ✓
- beach⇔build sandcastles ✓
- What kind of feature is the local take-away shop?
- 'a human feature' ✓
- Can you order these from smallest to largest?
- 1⇔street
- 2⇔town
- 3⇔country
- What direction is opposite south?
- 'north' ✓
Exit quiz
- What does local mean?
- the area where someone lives that they know well ✓
- just my street
- my village or town
- where the shops are
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- The size of one person's local area can be different to another person's - true or false?
- 'True' ✓
- Which of these places do you expect most of your classmates to visit in a typical school week? Order from most to least.
- 1⇔school
- 2⇔local park
- 3⇔your friend's house
- Why might geographers want to know where people go in the local area?
- to think about routes, travel and local development ✓
- for fun
- to plan a holiday in another country
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- Our local area is part of the UK. What are the different countries that make up the UK? Choose four answers.
- England ✓
- Northern Ireland ✓
- Scotland ✓
- Wales ✓
- Ireland
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- Which countries make up the island of Great Britain?
- 'England, Scotland and Wales' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The 'local area' can mean different things to different people.
- Maps can be used to plot and show your typical range and places visited in a week, and how you feel about them.
- A typical local range will probably include your school, your house, the local shops and play areas.
Common misconception
Pupils think the local area is either one particular place or has a particular size.
Share examples of where we go, and think about this in the context of everyday lives in urban and rural areas, using different examples.
Keywords
Area - An area is a particular portion of the Earth's surface and it can be as small as a park or as large as an ocean.
Local - Local means an area which the people who live there are familiar with, and encounter in their everyday lives.
Range - Range means the distance and extent an individual may travel in their everyday lives.
Symbol - A symbol is used to show an important landmark, place, feature or area of a map, diagram or drawing.
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