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Year 4

Europe: how diverse are its landscapes and places?

6 lessons

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  • Diversity
  • Earth geometry
  • Europe and regions
  • Land use and settlement

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This unit introduces Europe as a continent of many countries, climates and landscapes. Pupils use maps to locate countries and cities, explore physical and human features, and consider how people live, travel and visit different parts of Europe.

This unit extends pupils’ knowledge of place by exploring the diversity of landscapes, climates and human features across Europe. Its placement builds on earlier UK-focused studies and prepares pupils to make comparisons with specific European regions in later units.

  1. Using maps to locate the countries of Europe
  2. Weather and climate in Europe
  3. Major cities in Europe
  4. Physical features of countries in Europe
  5. Human features of countries in Europe
  6. Tourism in Europe

  • Knowledge of the location of the continents.
  • Knowledge of the position and significance of key lines of latitude and longitude.
  • Knowledge of the diversity of physical and human geography at a continental scale.
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