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Similarities and differences: Arusha in Tanzania

I can use photographs to identify similarities and differences between Arusha and the place where I live.

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Year 2

Similarities and differences: Arusha in Tanzania

I can use photographs to identify similarities and differences between Arusha and the place where I live.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. There are similarities and differences between places and the lives of people in different parts of the world.
  2. Photographs can be used to investigate and compare Arusha and my local area.
  3. There are similarities and differences between the physical and human features in Arusha and my own local area.

Keywords

  • Similarities - Similarities are the things that are the same when compared with others.

  • Differences - Differences are the things that are not the same when compared with others.

  • Climate - Climate is an average of weather conditions (e.g. rain, sun, wind) in a place taken over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more).

  • Physical feature - A physical feature is natural and has not been formed or made by humans.

  • City - A city is a settlement that is usually larger than a town and has local government.

Common misconception

Learners may not fully appreciate the diversity of places within countries.

Spend time exploring a range of settlements in different parts of the UK.

There are many other ways in which these photographs could be used. For example, learners could: imagine what people in the photographs might be thinking or saying; think of questions they could ask about the photographs; or extend the photographs by drawing around them.
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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
A city is ...
Correct answer: a place where lots of people live and work.
Correct answer: bigger than a town or a village.
smaller than a village.
another name for a farm.
Q2.
Things that are the same when compared with other things are ...
simple.
Correct answer: similarities.
differences.
sentences.
Q3.
Something that is natural and not made by people is ...
Correct answer: a physical feature.
a human feature.
a farm.
a building.
Q4.
Climate is ...
the weather over one week.
how sunny or rainy it is each day.
the average of weather conditions in a place taken over a long time.
Q5.
What are the countries of the UK?
England, Ireland, Wales
Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales
Correct answer: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
Q6.
What continent is Tanzania in?
Europe
North America
Correct answer: Africa
Antarctica

6 Questions

Q1.
Mountains, trees and the sea are examples of ...
human features.
Correct answer: physical features.
human and physical features.
Q2.
Arusha is a city in the north of ...
Correct answer: Tanzania.
England.
Africa.
Q3.
Sheffield is a city in the north of ...
Ireland.
Scotland.
Correct answer: England.
Wales.
Q4.
Differences are things that ...
Correct answer: are not the same when compared with others.
are the same when compared with others.
are sometimes the same when compared with others.
Q5.
You can investigate and compare places by looking at ...
Correct answer: photographs of different places.
photographs of the same place.
place names.
Q6.
Maps can help us compare places by ...
Correct answer: showing us where places are located.
Correct answer: giving us information about the size of a place.
showing photographs of a place.