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Our changing place
I can create enquiry questions about how my local place has changed.
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- Year 3
Our changing place
I can create enquiry questions about how my local place has changed.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Places change over time and we can investigate this change in a variety of ways.
- People have different opinions about a place and whether it is changing for the better or worse.
- Discussing views about change can help identify themes such as environment, services, travel and transport, pollution.
Keywords
Fact - A fact is a statement about something that can be proven to be true.
Opinion - An opinion is a thought, feeling or belief held by a person or group of people.
Summarise - To summarise is to explain something using just the main points.
Evidence - Evidence is a fact or piece of information that helps to prove that something is or is not true.
Common misconception
Children may assume that all change involves places becoming urbanised or developed.
Show children examples of areas that have been re-greened.
This lesson is based on the book 'Window' by Jeannie Baker. It would be nice to share this with the children before the lesson as pre-teaching.
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Licence
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Starting with the smallest, put these settlement types in order of size.
Starting with the smallest, put these settlement types in order of size.
Q2.What type of map could geographers use to find out about a settlement in the past?
What type of map could geographers use to find out about a settlement in the past?
Q3.Match the words to their meanings.
Match the words to their meanings.
Q4.Match the features to the correct examples.
Match the features to the correct examples.
Q5.Match the enquiry question word to its meaning.
Match the enquiry question word to its meaning.
Q6.What is a census?
What is a census?
a tool used by geographers to measure air pollution
a map of the local area
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following settlements is the smallest?
Which of the following settlements is the smallest?
city
town
Q2.A fact is a statement about something that can be proven to be ...
A fact is a statement about something that can be proven to be ...
Q3.Which of these statements are facts?
Which of these statements are facts?
it is nicer living in a town
people want to live near shops
Q4.Which of these statements are opinions?
Which of these statements are opinions?
villages have fewer services than cities
Q5.Match the question words to the questions about our local area.
Match the question words to the questions about our local area.
Q6.What evidence could we use to investigate how our local area has changed?
What evidence could we use to investigate how our local area has changed?
opinions of local people
