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Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 3/6)

Unit 16: What's in the news?

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Expectations

Most children will: recognise selected physical and human processes and appreciate how these can change the character of places and environments studied; identify and explain different views held by people about an environmental change; recognise and describe how people can improve or damage the environment in particular cases; use a range of skills and sources to undertake independent or teacher-planned investigations; identify the points of reference specified on maps A, B and C in the national curriculum

Some children will not have made so much progress and will: respond to questions about 'why things are like that'; begin to recognise that other people may have different views towards environmental change; identify how people affect the environment; use a range of skills and simple sources to undertake investigations planned by the teacher

Some children will have progressed further and will also: collect, synthesise and use information from a wide range of secondary sources to inform their enquiries; develop a suitable investigation for another place in the news; compare reports of the same event in different media


Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. What is in the local or national newspapers today? Where is the place? What is happening there?
2. What is happening in our local area?
3. What will the weather be like today or tomorrow? How does weather vary around the world?
4. What is in the local, national or international news today? Where are these places? What is happening there? Why?
5. What is happening in our local area?
6. What is in the televised news today? What is happening and why? How does weather vary around the world? Why?
7. What is in the radio traffic news today?
8. What is happening in our local area? How and why is the place changing? How will people in the community respond?
9. General