Lesson video

- Good afternoon everyone, my name's Miss Harris and I'm going to be teaching you your geography lesson today.

We have got a lesson jam-packed with knowledge all about Europe, because we've been learning about "The Seven Continents".

So, let's jump right in.

We have got our retrieval practise today, we've done that.

A retrieval practise remember was our quiz, so, that's when we remembered all of our knowledge, we retrieved it, we remembered it from our brain.

So, you should have already done that.

We are now going to move on to ordering the continents in size.

We're going to analyse a map of Europe, and then we're going to look at what foods you can eat, and see what landmarks in Europe.

So, we got a busy, busy lesson.

So, to get started, you will need your exercise book or some paper, a pencil, and most importantly, your brain.

So, go and get those things if you don't have them already, pause the video now.

Well done.

Great.

Let's get started.

So, we are geographers, can you remember what a geography is? So, a geographer is a special mm? who studies the ? Can you remember? A geographer is a special scientist who studies the , the earth, the land, and the? People.

Great, let's check.

Geographers are types of scientists, so, special types of scientists, who study the earth, the land and the people.

Great job if you got that right.

Because remember we are geographers and we are studying the seven continents.

Here we have got our 100% sheet, which is all the knowledge we are learning this time.

We're going to be learning this part, these key facts today about Europe.

And learning about the size of the continent and how many people live there.

You might want to learn the seven continents and learn all of these facts by taking a picture of the 100% sheet.

Let's look at our star words.

Stand behind your chair and get your hands ready, like we did last time.

Are you ready? ♪ Star words, star words, star words ♪ can you have a go and do that? ♪ Star word, star words, star words.

♪ Are you ready? Currency.

Currency.

Currency is what we use to buy things.

So, currency is a system of money.

It's a system of? Money.

Great.

Size.

Your turn, size.

Landmark.

Your turn, landmark A landmark is something that you can see.

So, Big Ben is a landmark.

Country.

your turn, country.

Good.

Europe.

So, you do your Earth, Europe.

Population.

Your turn, population.

Population is how many people live there.

Population is how many people? Great.

Continent.

Your turn, continent.

Good.

Sit back down, can you sit down already? Three, two, one, did you sit down before I got to one? Well done.

So, here we've got our picture of our map, remember, that our Earth is a sphere shape like this, and we flatten it down so that we can have a map like this, so, we can compare where the continents are and the countries in relation to one another.

We can also look at the oceans and seas that surround the countries.

So, here I guess the continent and I'd like you to see if you can remember where it is.

So, can you point to Europe? Good.

So, Europe is here.

Well done.

Can you point to Asia? Asia is here, well done.

Can you point to North America? Good.

It's over here.

Can you point to Antarctica? It's at the bottom.

Great.

Can you point to Australia? So, there.

Can you point to Africa? Good.

That's it.

And lastly, South America.

Good.

That was over here.

Well done.

That was your first job.

So, we got here our little head with our cogs in our brain because we need to remember what the continents look like.

So, here you are going to order them from largest to smallest.

So, can you have a look at ordering them? So, here Asia is the biggest continent, and Australia here is the smallest.

Sorry, I'm trying to put myself in a good place over here.

Australia is the smallest place.

Can you write down the numbers and put the continents in order from largest to smallest? So, you're going to need to pause the video and have a go at that now.

Well done.

So, now can you get your green pen, or you can get a colour pen, any colour pen, 'cause we're going to mark it.

So, you need to get your pen or your pencil, any type of colour, and we're going to tick or fix.

Tick means that you got it right, fixing means you're going to fix it.

Okay? So, Asia is the largest continent, so, that's number one, you can give that a tick.

Number two is Africa.

Give yourself a tick if you got that right.

Number three is North America, it's the third largest continent.

South America is the fourth largest continent.

Number five, Antarctica is the third smallest continent.

Europe is the second smallest continent.

And then lastly number seven, Australia is the smallest continent.

So, give yourself a tick for those or fix them if you got them wrong.

So, make sure you pause the video if you're going to fix the now.

Okay, moving on.

We are learning all about Europe today.

So, here you can see I've got a map of Europe, and you can see all the labels for the different countries.

The blue arrow is pointing to a very special country, do you know what country it's pointing to? Can you see the label? It's pointing to the United Kingdom? My turn, your turn, United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom is where we live because we live in Europe.

We live in? The United Kingdom is in Europe.

That's one of the really important facts we need to know, that the United Kingdom is in Europe.

And it's the second smallest continent as well.

So, make sure you know that one too.

Humans first travelled to Europe 35,000 years ago! So, that's a really long time ago, that they found Europe.

So, it's a really, really old place that they have discovered.

How many people do you think live in Europe? Shall I tell you? 741 million people! How many people? 741 million people live in Europe.

That's so many people, isn't it? We are going to write down now three countries that are in Europe, And I've written them at the top here, I'd like you to find a country that begins with R, a country that begins with P, and a country that begins with D.

There are 44 countries in Europe.

44 countries.

How many? 44.

How many? 44.

Good.

I'd like you to write down those three.

Find one that begins with R, find one that begins with P, one that begins with D.

Pause the video and write down those three countries now.

Okay, well done.

Let's check.

So, we've got Russia, Poland, and Denmark.

Hopefully you found all three of those there, give yourself a big tick.

You could have also chosen Romania and Portugal.

So, in Europe you can go visit some wonderful countries and have lots of delicious food.

You might recognise this first one, this is a? A pizza, yeah.

You can eat pizza in Italy.

I know lots of us love eating pizza here in England.

But when you go to Italy, you can have a lovely freshly made pizza.

You could go to Germany and have something called a currywurst, which is a sausage that's got curry powder on the top and it's smothered in ketchup.

I've been to Germany before and it was really delicious that sometimes people eat it chips, really nice.

In Switzerland, you can have cheese fondue, which is a big pot full of melted cheese and you dip things like bread inside, and other lovely things, and it gets covered in cheese.

You can see that they've got big sticks, and they dip them in to the cheese.

Then we've got here, this is moussaka, which is a little bit like a lasagna, but you use either aubergine or potatoes, and it's got meat in it as well or tomatoes.

It's a bit like a lasagna, but you use vegetables mostly.

It's really yummy.

So, now we're gonna move on to look at what currency is.

So, my turn, your turn.

Currency.

Currency.

So, currency is a system of money.

So, when we have currency, it's what we use to buy things.

So, in England we use this called a pound coin.

We use the pound.

We use? Pounds, good.

So, our currency is pounds, so, we use things like 50ps and one pound coins, they all equal to pounds.

So you might say, I have 10 pounds, or I have 5 pounds.

We buy things using pounds.

But in the rest of Europe they use something called the euro.

Called the? So, in Europe they use the euro.

They use the? The euro.

Great.

So, we've got here like a 1 cent, which is almost like a one P, we've got 20 cents which is similar to a 20 P, it's a similar thing.

And we've got 2 euros and 1 euro coin.

So, this 1 euro coin is similar to our pound coin.

So, in Europe they use euros, in the United Kingdom and England, we use pound coins.

Great.

So, currency is a system of money, and it's what we use to buy things.

Now, we're gonna dive right in to some landmarks that you could visit.

A landmark is a name that we use to describe where you are.

So, a landmark is how you recognise where you are.

So, if you are in London and you see Big Ben, you know that you are in London because you can see Big Ben.

Now, we are going to look through a few landmarks that you could visit, and you need to remember the country that they are in 'cause I'm gonna quiz you about it at the end.

So, here we've got the Colosseum in Italy.

The Colosseum is an amphitheatre made of stone and concrete, and it was built a thousands of years ago, really long time ago, and it's really, really old.

And they used it and to build for entertainment.

And gladiators used to fight inside the amphitheatre, and the Romans used to sit and watch.

So, it's almost like a place that you go to be entertained.

And that's in Italy, the Colosseum is in Italy.

Then over here we've got the Sagrada Familia, which is in Spain.

Now, this is a really important building because Antoni Gaudí is the artist that created the Sagrada Familia.

They started building it in 1882, which is hundreds of years ago.

They started building it hundreds of years ago, and they're still not finished.

They still haven't finished building it.

It's taken hundreds and hundreds of years to finish because it's so delicate, there's so many wonderful features to it.

And sadly because it was so long ago, Antoni Gaudí, who designed it, he died.

So, he can't see the finished product, which is really sad, but in Spain they are continuing to build it because it's a really, really important landmark in Spain.

Where is it? It's in? Spain.

Great.

Now, we've got the Eiffel Tower.

The Eiffel Tower used to be the tallest building in the world, but sadly that got changed, there are lots of other taller buildings now.

It was built as part of an exhibition.

As part of an? Exhibition.

That means it's like a show for building.

It was in a Fan Fair, a World Fair, and they used it.

It was built by hand.

Now, you can find the Eiffel Tower in France.

Where can you find it? You can find it in? France.

What's it called? It's called the? Eiffel Tower.

Good.

You can go all the way to the top of the Eiffel Tower too.

Now, this is the Brandenburg Gate, which is in Germany.

It's really, really famous part of German history.

I'm not going to tell you too much about it because it's quite intricate history using the Brandenburg Gate.

But it's a really famous place that you can visit.

You can see right.

if you look really closely here, these little posts, that's where the cars can go through the middle.

Now, people used to go through it, but you could see it, it used to be really small, you can imagine how big it is, it's huge.

I've been there, and it is huge, it is so tall you have to squint to look at it.

And that is in Germany, the Brandenburg Gate is in Germany.

Now, here we've got The Pathenon which is in Greece.

Now, this is a really, really famous place that you could visit in Greece.

They were really proud of it.

People in Greece are proud of it because it was one of the greatest architectural accomplishments.

That means how they built it back then, it was built almost 2000 years ago, they didn't have things like diggers and cranes to lift the heavy bricks, they didn't have those things.

So, it was amazing that they built these huge towers out of sand without all of the machinery that we have now.

So, they're really proud of that.

And that's in Greece.

And lastly, we have something you might have heard of before and you may have even been on it, it's called Eurotunnel.

It's called the? Now, the Eurotunnel is an underground train that goes underneath the sea, and it can take you from England to France under the sea.

So, it doesn't go over the sea on a bridge, it goes down to the bottom, under the sea, and then back up onto the land.

Now, the Eurotunnel is 31 miles long.

It doesn't take very long to get from England to France, but this is quite new, it's quite a new train that you can go on.

Maybe you've been on it before.

So, the Eurotunnel is in England, and it's also in France 'cause it goes from England to France.

Now, here is your job, are you ready? This is your quiz.

Let's look for myself here.

You are going to write in your book, the name of the place, so, here we've got Colosseum.

So, you're going to write Colosseum then the number one, and you're going to write the name of the country that the Colosseum is.

So, here we've got our options, we've got Spain, England to France, I'm sure you can guess which one that is, France, Italy, Greece, and Germany.

So, write the name of the place, the number, and then write the country.

Pause the video and have a go at that now.

Okay.

So, we've got the Colosseum, number one, is in Italy.

Use your colour pencil to tick it off or to mark it.

Tick or fix.

Then we've got the Sagrada Familia, so, then we've got here number two, which is in Spain.

The Eiffel Tower, which is in France, the Brandenburg Gate, which is in Germany, The Parthenon, in Greece, and the Eurotunnel lastly, which is from England to France.

Tick or fix those, pause the video and tick them or fix them.

Well done.

Fantastic.

Now, very lastly, the last part, do you know who this is? This is Queen Elizabeth II.

This is the Queen.

Can you do this, the Queen.

Can you pick your crammer, the Queen of our country, of England.

She's the Queen of England.

And she's the most famous Queen in the whole world.

The Queen is a monarch.

A monarch is a really important person in a country, that only they're in charge of the country.

So, The Queen is in charge of our country.

Now, she is the sovereign of many other countries as well.

We are going to read this together and you are going to answer this question, how many countries is the Queen Elizabeth the sovereign of? So, she's a really important figure, a really important person in other countries as well.

And we want to find out how many countries there are.

So here, let's read it together.

So, " Queen Elizabeth II "is "the Queen of England.

"She is "also the sovereign "of 15 countries." I'll read the rest.

"A sovereign is another word for a powerful leader.

"She is the most famous monarch, so, the most famous Queen, "in the whole world." "There are 12 monarchs, so, Kings or Queens, in Europe." So, how many countries is Queen Elizabeth the sovereign of? How many countries? Did you say 15? If you did, you are right.

She's the sovereign.

Remember sovereign is a powerful leader.

She's the powerful leader of 15 other countries.

And we can see them here on our map.

So, she is the Queen of our country of England, but also Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales.

She's the sovereign of lots of countries in the Caribbean Sea down here, these little countries here like Barbados and St.

Lucia.

She's also a monarch for a sovereign of Australia, a powerful leader of Australia.

You have done a fantastic job today team, it's now time to show off all the knowledge that you have learned in this lesson.

Complete your quiz, and I'm really, really excited to see what you have learned.

Have a wonderful rest of your day.