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Annotating our map of the school grounds

I can talk about what makes a place special to me, and how I feel about places in the school grounds.

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New
Year 1

Annotating our map of the school grounds

I can talk about what makes a place special to me, and how I feel about places in the school grounds.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. People have different points of view about what makes a place special.
  2. Places have features that can be named and described, and places also trigger different kinds of feelings.
  3. Maps can be annotated using a range of symbols including emoji symbols.
  4. If geographers draw maps of their special places, they will show similarities and differences.

Keywords

  • Special place - A special place is a place where someone has good feelings when they are there.

  • Large-scale map - A large-scale map shows a small area on a map in a great amount of detail.

  • 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.

Common misconception

Special places have to be famous sites or those you visit on holiday.

Special places can be places that make you feel different emotions, they can include a range of places like your home, school, family home, place of worship etc. They're places that make you feel happy and positive and evoke memories.

You can replace the images of the school grounds and its features with your own from around your school.
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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
How many continents are there?
Correct answer: 7
4
12
Q2.
Which of these are physical features and which are human features?
Correct Answer:river,physical

physical

Correct Answer:house,human

human

Correct Answer:mountain,physical

physical

Correct Answer:bridge,human

human

Q3.
Which of these words could describe a special place?
Correct answer: important
Correct answer: favourite
Correct answer: safe
strange
Q4.
How do geographers find information about a place?
Correct answer: observations
Correct answer: ask questions
Correct answer: use books and the internet
read a storybook
Q5.
Unscramble the letters to find the missing word. There are human and natural __________ of the world.
1 - W
2 - O
3 - N
4 - D
5 - E
6 - R
7 - S
Q6.
Geographers use __________ to describe the location of a place.
Correct answer: maps
books
photos
stories

6 Questions

Q1.
What makes a place special?
Correct answer: safe place
Correct answer: family home
Correct answer: holiday destination
supermarket
Q2.
Which of these are emotions that you might feel about a special place?
Correct answer: excited
Correct answer: happy
scared
Correct answer: safe
Q3.
What can geographers use to investigate special places in our local area?
Correct answer: large scale maps
Correct answer: aerial photographs
Correct answer: photographs
world map
Q4.
What can we include in photos to show our feelings about the location?
lots of writing
colour
Correct answer: emoji symbols
Q5.
Are these statements describing similarities or differences between place A and place B?
Correct Answer:Similarity,Both place A and and B have beautiful flowers

Both place A and and B have beautiful flowers

Correct Answer:Difference,You can only find a tree in place B

You can only find a tree in place B

Correct Answer:Difference,Place B is outside, Place A is inside

Place B is outside, Place A is inside

Q6.
Which of these statements describe an opinion?
Correct answer: a viewpoint
a fact
an instruction