A human feature is something that humans have made or built.

A feature in the landscape which has a particular meaning attached to it, for example to help with directions, is called a landmark.

A statue is a model of somebody or something, usually an animal, made from hard materials such as wood, stone or metal.

The variety of human, physical or cultural characteristics in a geographical area is known as diversity.

A physical feature is natural and has not been built by humans

Local and national landmarks

Geography

Locating our place with an address and directions

Key features of our local area

Mapping places to visit in our local area

The weather where I live and in the UK

Fieldwork: our locality

This unit is a foundation for the more abstract contrasting locality units, enabling pupils to build on their understanding of the uniqueness of place through other cultural lenses and apply the learnt process of enquiry when finding out about places and people.

This builds on the Local to global unit which explored the local area and what made places special to enable pupils to be selective and communicate the most essential elements of their place in the form of a local area guide.

This unit explores what makes the local area special by identifying key features, landmarks and places of interest. Pupils use maps, address and direction language, local climate knowledge and fieldwork to describe and represent their locality.

Local area: why is (our place) special?

The official home of the King in the UK's capital city is called {{}}

This is a natural landmark in Northern Ireland.

The Elizabeth Tower is a landmark with a clock, and a bell called ...?

The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a landmark in {{}}

Is Yr Wyddfa a human or a physical landmark?

Match and sort these human and physical features.

What is the capital city of England and the UK?

Match these UK capitals to their countries.

A capital city is where you will find ...?

Local and national landmarks

Lesson outcome