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QCA

Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 4)

Unit 10: A village in India
Section 3: What is the landscape of Chembakolli like?

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to identify main physical and human features
  • to make maps

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Discuss with the children, using photographs 1, 2 and 3 from the photopack, what the landscape is like.
  • Ask the children to annotate a base map of Chembakolli, using the picture map from the photopack and the map in the child's book. Ask them to note the shape of the settlement and the main physical and human features.
  • complete a map to show the main features of the settlement
  • recognise main human and physical features

Points to note

Literacy: in this and subsequent discussion activities, children can be encouraged to reflect on their discussions, eg by recording how well they sustained their talk over several sessions.

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