Unit 24: Passport to the world Section 7: What are the reasons for places being mentioned in the news? (Key Stage 2)
Objectives
Children should learn:
to collect and record evidence about places
to use secondary sources of information
about current affairs
Activities
Outcomes
Children:
Ask the children to watch a recording of the previous day's television news. Ask them to list and then mark on a map all the places mentioned on the news. The base map for this activity may include places and environments shown on the National Curriculum exemplar maps.
Discuss the reasons why places become newsworthy.
Ask the children to repeat the exercise for homework for a week, and to record the number of times in a week places are mentioned and the reasons for the differences.
use television to help in geographical enquiry
appreciate the impact of world events on places
show knowledge of current affairs
Points to note
PSHE and citizenship: these activities involve using the media in a structured way to develop a knowledge of current affairs.
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