Year 2
Can I sketch a map of my settlement?
In this lesson, you will learn all about maps. What are they, and why do we use them? You will have the chance to draw a map of your own local area.
Year 2
Can I sketch a map of my settlement?
In this lesson, you will learn all about maps. What are they, and why do we use them? You will have the chance to draw a map of your own local area.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Practice sketching a map of a street
- Model the process of sketching a settlement
- Sketch a small part of the settlement where they live
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6 Questions
Q1.
Physical features are:
things that people have made, like buildings or roads. They weren’t there before humans came along.
Q2.
In this photo can you see mostly human features or mostly physical features?
Physical features
Q3.
In this photo can you see mostly human features or mostly physical features?
Physical feature
Q4.
In this photo can you see mostly human features or mostly physical features?
Human feature
Q5.
A river is an example of a human feature.
True
Q6.
In this photo can you see mostly human features or mostly physical features?
Human feature
5 Questions
Q1.
What is a map?
A photograph of one of the natural features in a particular place.
A photograph of the land taken from an aeroplane.
A picture of the nicest buildings in a local area.
Q2.
Maps are usually drawn from a 'bird's eye view'.
False
Q3.
Around how many people currently live on Earth?
Just under 8 million
Just under 8,000
Just under 80 billion.
Q4.
You can make a map of an entire country.
False
Q5.
A physical feature is:
are things that people have made, like buildings or roads. They weren’t there before humans came along.