Our school in ten photos
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can find the features of my school grounds on an aerial photograph and a map.
Key learning points
- People may have similar and different ideas about the most important feature of a place.
- Real and relevant questions from people help geographers find out what others want to know about a place.
- Geographers add captions or labels to photographs to share information and opinions about places.
- Geographers might talk about the evidence they have collected to find out what others think.
Keywords
Ground level photograph - A ground level photograph is a picture of an object or place taken from the ground.
Label - A label is a word or phrase added to a map, a photograph or a diagram to identify a feature.
Aerial photograph - An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.
Common misconception
Ground photos can only be taken close to the ground.
They can also be taken at eye level (if you are lying on the floor, sitting down or standing up). They all count as ground level photos.
Teacher tip
You can replace the photographs of important places around school with your own photos of your school.
Equipment
Cameras.
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What are photographs?
Q2.Photographs are useful to geographers because ...
Q3.Maps ...
Q4.Photographing places in geography is important so we can ...
Q5.In geography, we need to explain what is in the photograph using labels and captions because ...
Q6.When taking a photograph we should ...
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Photographs are useful in geography because ...
Q2.Photographs ...
Q3.Which type of photographs are useful for sharing information in geography?
Q4.What type of photograph is this?
Q5.Geographers use labels and captions to ...
Q6.Labels and captions should be:
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The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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