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Schemes of Work
QCA

Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 4)

Unit 10: A village in India
Section 1: Where are Asia, India and Chembakolli?

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to investigate places
  • to respond to geographical questions
  • to use and interpret globes, atlases and maps
  • to use secondary sources
  • to use ICT to access information
  • to identify physical and human features

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Using globes, world maps, atlases and CD-ROMs, ask the children to locate the position of the UK, Europe, Asia, India and Chembakolli.
  • Using atlases, maps and aerial photographs of India, ask the children to find out which countries and seas border India and to investigate the weather and climate.
  • Ask the children to use these resources to add the main physical and human features to a blank map of India.
  • Produce a whole-class display of a map of India using the information collected.
  • locate UK and India
  • draw maps to show locational knowledge and awareness of main human and physical features

Points to note

To answer the enquiry question, focus activities on specific questions, eg Which countries and seas border India? What shape is India? What are the main human and physical features of India? What is the weather like?

Sections in this unit

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1. Where are Asia, India and Chembakolli?
2. How is Chembakolli connected to other places? What do we think it will be like there?
3. What is the landscape of Chembakolli like?
4. What are the homes of the children in Chembakolli like?
5. What is the school in Chembakolli like?
6. What is the main type of work in Chembakolli?
7. How do people sell and trade goods in Chembakolli?
8. What are the main similarities and differences between our locality and Chembakolli?
9. General