Starter quiz
- How many continents are there?
- 7 ✓
- 4
- 12
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- Which of these are physical features and which are human features?
- river⇔physical ✓
- house⇔human ✓
- mountain⇔physical ✓
- bridge⇔human ✓
- Which of these words could describe a special place?
- important ✓
- favourite ✓
- safe ✓
- strange
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- How do geographers find information about a place?
- observations ✓
- ask questions ✓
- use books and the internet ✓
- read a storybook
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- Unscramble the letters to find the missing word. There are human and natural __________ of the world.
- 1⇔W
- 2⇔O
- 3⇔N
- 4⇔D
- 5⇔E
- 6⇔R
- 7⇔S
- Geographers use __________ to describe the location of a place.
- maps ✓
- books
- photos
- stories
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Exit quiz
- What makes a place special?
- safe place ✓
- family home ✓
- holiday destination ✓
- supermarket
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- Which of these are emotions that you might feel about a special place?
- excited ✓
- happy ✓
- scared
- safe ✓
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- What can geographers use to investigate special places in our local area?
- large scale maps ✓
- aerial photographs ✓
- photographs ✓
- world map
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- What can we include in photos to show our feelings about the location?
- lots of writing
- colour
- emoji symbols ✓
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- Are these statements describing similarities or differences between place A and place B?
- Similarity⇔Both place A and and B have beautiful flowers ✓
- Difference⇔You can only find a tree in place B ✓
- Difference⇔Place B is outside, Place A is inside ✓
- Which of these statements describe an opinion?
- a viewpoint ✓
- a fact
- an instruction
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- People have different points of view about what makes a place special.
- Places have features that can be named and described, and places also trigger different kinds of feelings.
- Maps can be annotated using a range of symbols including emoji symbols.
- If geographers draw maps of their special places, they will show similarities and differences.
Common misconception
Special places have to be famous sites or those you visit on holiday.
Special places can be places that make you feel different emotions, they can include a range of places like your home, school, family home, place of worship etc. They're places that make you feel happy and positive and evoke memories.
Keywords
Special place - A special place is a place where someone has good feelings when they are there.
Large-scale map - A large-scale map shows a small area on a map in a great amount of detail.
Similarities - Similarities are the things that are the same when compared with others.
Differences - Differences are the things that are not the same when compared with others.
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