Planning a journey through the Americas
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use research to design a trip covering six geographical highlights of North and South America.
Key learning points
- People are attracted to visit places as tourists for different reasons.
- There are lots of different physical and human landmarks in the Americas and these can be mapped.
- Physical features such as mountain ranges, rivers and the coastline can be part of a tourist itinerary.
- Major cities are often used as transport hubs which act as a starting point from which tourists can explore an area.
Keywords
Tourist attraction - A tourist attraction is something that people travel to see or do.
Physical geographical feature - A physical geographical feature is natural and has not been built by humans.
Human geographical feature - A human geographical feature is something that humans have made or built.
Route - A route shows the starting point and end point of a journey, sometimes with stops in between.
Common misconception
Learners may be confused about the difference between physical and human geographical features.
Physical geography features are part of the natural world whereas human features have been created or changed by humans.
Teacher tip
The lesson could be simplified by asking learners to create a tourist itinerary for North or South America only rather than both continents.
Equipment
Atlases and/or the internet are useful for this lesson.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these countries is in North America?
Q2.Which of these countries is in South America?
Q3.Match these major cities and countries.
Cuba
USA
Ecuador
Brazil
Q4. In which of these countries is a large area of the Amazon rainforest found?
Q5.In which of these countries is the Grand Canyon found?
Q6.Latitude describes how...
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these countries is closest to Antarctica?
Q2.Which of these tourist attractions is not a physical geographical feature?
Q3.Which of these tourist attractions is not a human geographical feature?
Q4.Match these tourist attractions and countries.
Canada
Peru
Ecuador
USA
Q5.Match these tourist attractions and countries.
Brazil
Panama
Chile
USA
Q6.Match each capital city with its approximate line of latitude.
35 degrees S
16 degrees S
19 degrees N
39 degrees N
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