Starter quiz
- This is the correct OS symbol for...
- woodland
- a bridge ✓
- a river
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- Which is the correct OS symbol for a school?
- What is the OS symbol for a railway station?
- This is the symbol for...
- a place of worship with a tower ✓
- a place of worship with a spire
- a place of worship
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- This is the symbol for...
- a pub
- a post office ✓
- a park
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- Contour lines join areas of ______ height.
- 'equal' ✓
Exit quiz
- Starting with the smallest, order these three maps by settlement size.
- 1⇔C
- 2⇔B
- 3⇔A
- What type of settlement was Cramlington in 2023?
- Hamlet
- Village
- Town ✓
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- What type of settlement was Cramlington in the 1950s?
- Hamlet
- Village ✓
- Town
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- What type of settlement was Cramlington in the 1890s?
- hamlet ✓
- village
- town
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- Settlements can change over ______.
- 'time' ✓
- Which of these could tell us how a settlement has changed?
- population data from historical censuses ✓
- historical maps ✓
- historical photographs ✓
- a map of the settlement today
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- All settlements change and develop over time, with new roads, railway lines, homes and other buildings being developed.
- Comparing old and modern photographs and maps of local streets and buildings reveal how they have changed.
- Geographers annotate maps and photographs to add information.
- Geographers make maps to show how some features of places have changed while other features have not changed.
Common misconception
Some children might assume any photograph in black and white is from a very long time ago.
Show children a black and white photo of their local settlement today.
Keywords
Change - Change is when something becomes different to how it was.
Development - Development is when something changes, usually an improvement.
Comparison - A comparison is the identification of similarities or differences between two or more things.
Annotate - To annotate is to add text or notes that provide additional information on a map or image.
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