KS2 Green, brown, blue and grey: What are the ‘settlement stories’ of our area?

Content Name

KS2 Green, brown, blue and grey: What are the ‘settlement stories’ of our area?

Content Type

WOW Lesson

Description

Consolidate fieldwork experiences through developing an appreciation of the wider area (region) the pupils are in with the help of Geography expert, Anthony Barlow. This lesson will inspire pupils to write descriptions and create their own maps to represent the settlement stories of their locality.

Curriculum

• Country

  England

  Key Stage:

  Key Stage 2

  Years:

  Year 4, Year 3, Year 6, Year 5

  Subjects:

  • Geography

  Topics:

  • Geographical skills and fieldwork
  • Human and physical geography
  • Locational knowledge

  Programmes of Study:

  • describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water
  • describe and understand key aspects of use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
  • name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time

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