Annotating our map of the school grounds
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can talk about what makes a place special to me, and how I feel about places in the school grounds.
Key learning points
- People have different points of view about what makes a place special.
- Places have features that can be named and described, and places also trigger different kinds of feelings.
- Maps can be annotated using a range of symbols including emoji symbols.
- 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.
Teacher tip
You can replace the images of the school grounds and its features with your own from around your school.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.How many continents are there?
Q2.Which of these are physical features and which are human features?
physical
human
physical
human
Q3.Which of these words could describe a special place?
Q4.How do geographers find information about a place?
Q5.Unscramble the letters to find the missing word. There are human and natural __________ of the world.
Q6.Geographers use __________ to describe the location of a place.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What makes a place special?
Q2.Which of these are emotions that you might feel about a special place?
Q3.What can geographers use to investigate special places in our local area?
Q4.What can we include in photos to show our feelings about the location?
Q5.Are these statements describing similarities or differences between place A and place B?
Both place A and and B have beautiful flowers
You can only find a tree in place B
Place B is outside, Place A is inside
Q6.Which of these statements describe an opinion?
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