Measuring settlement change
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use maps to measure and investigate settlement growth over time.
Key learning points
- Historical maps can be used to find out the size of our local settlement in the past.
- Maps can be used to find our settlement's current size and measure how much it has changed.
- Geographical knowledge helps to explain why some parts of the locale have grown the most/least.
Keywords
Historical map - Historical maps show what an area was like in the past.
Annotation - An annotation is text or notes added onto a map or image to provide additional information.
Developed - When something has developed it has changed from how it was in the past, usually for the better.
Census - A census is the official collection of data about a whole population.
Common misconception
Children may not understand the time periods discussed in this lesson.
You could make a washing line timeline in the classroom with dates familiar to the children as markers then add the maps to the timeline.
Teacher tip
You can use Digimaps to get the children to measure the area of their local settlement using their historical maps and area tools.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1. are places where groups of people live and work.
Q2.Which of these settlements is a village?
Q3.What is an opinion?
Q4.The is the total number of individuals living in a specific area or region.
Q5.Which of these settlement types is the largest?
Q6.Starting with the smallest, order the settlements types by size.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What can show us what an area was like in the past?
Q2.What does the letter 'N' stand for on a compass?
Q3.Which direction is missing from the four compass points: north, east, south and ?
Q4.What is a census?
Q5.__________ is text or notes added onto a map or image to provide additional information.
Q6.What do we call an official collection of data about a whole population?
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