Europe: what is it like to live in northern Italy?
Downloads can take a few minutes, especially for larger files or slower connections.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit introduces pupils to a region in a European country, as required by the National Curriculum, through a focused study of northern Italy. It builds on pupils’ understanding of the UK and wider Europe by enabling meaningful comparison between physical and human features, ways of life, and patterns of land use. Its placement follows regional study of the Lake District and a broader overview of Europe, giving pupils the knowledge and vocabulary they need to explore cultural and environmental similarities and differences at a regional scale.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Some knowledge of global geography and the use of atlases to locate places.
- Knowledge of the local region.
- Some knowledge of using Google Earth, aerial photographs, maps, and other sources of geographical information to investigate places.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit introduces pupils to a region in a European country, as required by the National Curriculum, through a focused study of northern Italy. It builds on pupils’ understanding of the UK and wider Europe by enabling meaningful comparison between physical and human features, ways of life, and patterns of land use. Its placement follows regional study of the Lake District and a broader overview of Europe, giving pupils the knowledge and vocabulary they need to explore cultural and environmental similarities and differences at a regional scale.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Some knowledge of global geography and the use of atlases to locate places.
- Knowledge of the local region.
- Some knowledge of using Google Earth, aerial photographs, maps, and other sources of geographical information to investigate places.
Europe: what is it like to live in northern Italy?
This unit explores northern Italy through its landscapes, transport, cities and villages. Pupils learn about everyday life and tourism in the region, and compare it with their own local area using maps, images and geographical vocabulary.
6 lessons in unit
slide decks, worksheet PDFs, quizzes and lesson overviews. You can select individual lessons from the Europe: what is it like to live in northern Italy? unit and download the resources you need, or download the entire unit now. See every unit listed in our primary geography curriculum and discover more of our teaching resources for primary geography programmes.