Our Changing World
Year 6
Unit Overview
This project teaches revises the features of Earth, time zones and lines of latitude and longitude to pinpoint places on a map. Children find out more about map scales, grid references, contour lines and map symbols. They learn about climate change and the importance of global trade. They study patterns of human settlements.
❇ MEMORABLE MOMENT
Comparing historical and modern maps.
️✏️ WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
Labelling maps, writing fact cards.
🌳 LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
A walk around the local area comparing real life to the map.
🏁 BIG FINISH
Map quiz ranging from the World down to Middleton.
📖 FOCUS TEXT(S)
Historical maps of Middleton, range of up to date maps (digital and paper).
Unit Sequence: Learning Intentions
Features of earth: identify the position and explain the significance of latitude, longitude, equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, the Prime (or Greenwich) Meridian and time zones (including day and night) Understand time zones and lines of latitude and longitude. Using globes, atlases, Digimaps explore earth's features.
Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region within North or South America. .
Describe and understand maps including scales, grid references, contours and symbols.
Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water. Explore natural resources using Oak Academy.
Analyse human settlement patterns and begin to look at local settlement patterns .Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water. Explore settlement patterns.
Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water. Analyse human settlement patterns and begin to look at local settlement patterns. Middleton as a settlement - describe how Middleton has developed and the settlement pattern created. Field work based around the enquiry question: What settlement patterns can we observe in our local area?'
Describe and understand maps including scales, grid references, contours and symbols.
Investigate climate change and extreme weather
Understand trade around the world and natural resource management