Abroad means going to or being in a foreign country.

Emigration is leaving your country to live in another one.

Immigration means moving into a new country to live there.

Migration means moving from one place to another with the intention of staying there.

The UK: Moving in, moving out

Geography

Regions and counties of the UK

Images of the UK

Impacts of the UK's changing population

Moving within the UK

Revealing the UK's global links

This unit enables pupils to challenge the single story and think about the complexity of people and place in the study of the Lake District and in Europe ('Europe: How diverse are its landscapes and places?'). 

This builds on pupils' knowledge of the UK in 'Land use: How diverse are local and UK landscapes?' and settlements in 'Settlements: Where do people live and why?' to look outwards and make connections with the diversity of the people of the UK and the wider world. 

This unit explores the UK’s regions, population and global links. Pupils learn about counties, migration and movement within and beyond the UK, and consider how the population is changing and what this means for the people and places that make up the UK today.

The UK: who are we?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Which country receives the most migrants from the UK?

In which decade did the 'Empire Windrush' arrive with Caribbean migrants looking to start a new life in the UK?

a new job involving relocation and a bigger salary

being evacuated from your home because of a volcanic eruption

moving into a larger house with a bigger garden for your growing family

Which of these is not a pull factor for migration?

From which continent did most migrants arrive into the UK in 2021?

because there are lots of jobs there, requiring different levels of skill

because other people from the same country are already living there

because there are plenty of places to live

because they support Arsenal football club

Which of these is not a reason for new arrivals in the UK to stay in the London area?

In which of these areas do we benefit from the work of migrants and their children?

Which of these countries form part of the UK?

There is countryside next to a small village.

Which of these sentences describes a diverse landscape?

Which word do geographers use to describe a town or city? Unscramble the letters to find the answer.

Geographers describe the countryside as ...

What word describes a set idea that people might have about a person, place or thing?

Can you put these cities in order, starting with the one furthest north in the UK?

Starter Quiz

Which of these countries form part of the UK?