English National Curriculum Geography
Mission Objectives
Identify human and physical features in the local area
Draw a map that includes the human and physical features in the local area
Draw a map that includes the human and physical features in the local area and explain the importance of using a key
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Words and meanings to learn
aerial view
what things look like from high up in the sky
community
a group of people who live or work together in the same area and share parks and shops
building
a structure where people live or work, such as a house, school or office
main road
the busiest road in a town or village where lots of cars, buses or trucks drive
side road
a smaller road that connects to a bigger, busier main road
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Resources: Pencils, colouring pencils, work completed from fieldwork, photographs from the local area (taken during the fieldwork), aerial map of their local area. Optional: if creating 3D maps, craft materials.
Support Handout (1): The handout provides a road map for the children to draw symbols for the features they saw in their local area. They are asked to place the symbols on a road map and draw a key. For additional support, teachers could ask children to stick photographs on to the road map to show their route.
Core Handout (2): The handout provides space for teachers to draw the roads the children observed during their fieldwork. The children can add the symbols to the map to show the human and physical features they saw.
Example Map: Developing Experts has also provided an example map to support children and teachers.
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