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QCA

Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 1-6)

Unit 24: Passport to the world
Section 3: How are places similar to, and different from, other places? (Key Stage 1)

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Objectives

Children should learn:
  • about places around them and beyond the UK
  • that other places may be similar to, and different from, where they live
  • to recognise the different shapes of countries

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Display photographs taken in the local area. Ask the children to identify where they were taken. Photographs taken at odd angles will provide a challenging activity for some pupils. For younger children pictures of the school grounds and buildings can be used in the same way.
  • Ask the children to collect stamps, coins and paper money and to mark their countries of origin on a map.
  • Use floor jigsaw puzzles of Britain, Europe and the world at appropriate points in the curriculum.
  • recognise and identify correctly places in their own locality
  • understand that different countries use different currencies, have different stamps, etc
  • identify countries by their shape

Sections in this unit

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1. Where can I go from my home? (Key Stage 1)
2. What links do I have with other places in the world? (Key Stage 1)
3. How are places similar to, and different from, other places? (Key Stage 1)
4. What can we find out about places from different media? (Key Stage 1)
5. How can we find out where places are? (Key Stage 2)
6. How do we find out about places? (Key Stage 2)
7. What are the reasons for places being mentioned in the news? (Key Stage 2)
8. How are places described in stories? (Key Stage 2)