Belonging is the feeling that you fit in in the group or place you are in.

Economic means things to do with the way money is made or spent.

Someone's quality of life is a measure of how happy, healthy and comfortable they are.

Moving within the UK

Geography

Regions and counties of the UK

Images of the UK

The UK: Moving in, moving out

Impacts of the UK's changing population

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

What word is used to describe the feeling that you fit in the group or place you are in?

Which of these is an economic reason for moving house?

Think back to the story of Alan in the lesson - where was Alan born?

Which of these is not a suitable option for creating a base map to show people's movements around the country?

Think back to the story of Alan in the lesson - where did he retire to when he had finished teaching?

Think back to the story of Alan in the lesson - this is one of the cities where he lived - in which city is this famous building?

Can you guess how many people live in the UK?

Which of these factors cause a population to decrease in size?

What do we call the record of population data collected every 10 years?

Which of these statements describe what is happeing to the UK's population?

What do we call people who live in a defined area?

Which of these are benefits of migrants moving to the UK?

Starter Quiz

Can you guess how many people live in the UK?