The United Kingdom Lesson One: The UK - Building a Picture

Locational Knowledge Place Knowledge Key Questions and Ideas Teaching and Learning Resources Activities Interactive: identify Country groupings of ‘British Pupils develop contextual Where is the United Kingdom STARTER: constituent countries of UK, Isles’, ‘United Kingdom’ and knowledge of constituent in the world/in relation to Introduce pupils to blank capital cities, seas and ‘Great Britain’. countries of UK: national Europe? outline of GIANT MAP OF islands, mountains and rivers Capital cities of UK. emblems; population UK classroom display. Use using Names of surrounding seas. totals/characteristics; What are the constituent Interactive online resources http://www.toporopa.eu/en language; customs, iconic countries of the UK? to identify countries, capital landmarks etc. cities, physical, human and Downloads: What is the difference cultural characteristics. Building a picture (PPT) Pupils understand the between the UK and The Transfer information using Lesson Plan (MSWORD) UK Module Fact Sheets for teachers political structure of the UK British Isles and Great laminated symbols to the ‘UK PDF | MSWORD) and the key historical events Britain? Class Map’. UK Trail Map template PDF | that have influenced it. MSWORD What does a typical political MAIN ACTIVITY: UK Trail Instructions Sheet PDF | MSWORD map of the UK look like? Familiarisation with regional UK Happy Families Game PDF | characteristics of the UK MSWORD What seas surround the UK? through ‘UK Trail’ and UK UK population fact sheet PDF | Happy Families’ games. MSWORD

What are the names of the Photographs of Iconic Human and Physical Geographical Skills and capital cities of the countries locations to be displayed on Assessment opportunities Geography Fieldwork in the UK? a ‘UK Places Mosaic’. Pupils are able to describe Pupils use maps, atlases and Baseline assessment from and understand key aspects digital/computer mapping to What are the populations of Extension: Pupils use the the Starter of physical geography locate and describe features each of the countries of the scale on the UK trail map to Formative Assessment from including mountains, rivers of UK countries. UK? How have these calculate distance and time ‘UK Trail’ answers and and seas. changed over time? and/or work in pairs to ‘Fascinating Facts’ Pupils use the eight points research ‘Fascinating Facts’ presentation. Pupils are able to describe compass and map keys to What are the flags, other relating to one of the ‘Happy and understand key aspects build their knowledge of the national emblems and Family’ groups. of human geography UK languages? including cities and land use. PLENARY: Pupils to recall What are the key iconic as many physical and human physical and human features landmarks as possible; of the UK? teacher to scribe on IWB.

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Lesson Two: Scaling Geographical Heights

Locational Knowledge Place Knowledge Key Questions and Ideas Teaching and Learning Resources Activities STARTER: Link with ‘Britain from Interactive: variety of physical Name and locate key Understand geographical What are the key physical the Air’ website. ‘Exploring the and human landscapes in UK topographical features of similarities and differences features of the UK? Landscapes of Britain’: open identified through aerial the UK including hills, through the study of the sensory questioning based on 9 photography: mountains, coasts and physical geography of the What are the key human aerial photographs: what do you http://www.rgs.org/Britain+AIr+ rivers. UK. features of the UK? see, what might you hear, how Education does the photo make you feel? Downloads: Describe different What does the UK look like Write descriptive words on Lesson Plan (MSWORD) landscapes and from the air? interactive whiteboard. Scaling geographical heights (PPT) Three Peaks Journey Instructions PDF environments to explore | MSWORD feelings about places What is the typical climate MAIN ACTIVITY: Three Peaks log and blank outline of (sense of place). of the UK? In teams of 3, pupils create a the UK PDF | MSWORD topological map for a road journey Weather Forecast template PDF | MSWORD How do weather patterns for the ‘The Three Peaks Example of a UK weather forecast PDF vary between the North, Challenge’ starting from London. | MSWORD South, East and West? Each team produces a journey log UK Climate Factsheet PDF | How do mountains and the including distances, directions, MSWORD UK mountains and rivers factsheet sea affect regional duration of travel, physical and PDF | MSWORD Human and Physical Geographical Skills and weather? human geography encountered Assessment opportunities Geography Fieldwork and writes a weather forecast for Describe and understand key How do physical and one of the Three Peaks. Starter evokes an emotional aspects of the physical Interpret a range of sources human factors affect EXTENSION: Pupils use the OS response to UK landscapes geography including climate of geographical information agricultural land use? Explorer map for one of the Three (qualitative assessment) zones, weather patterns, including aerial photographs. Peaks to describe the route of the The Three Peaks Challenge vegetation belts, rivers and Where are the major cities climb from a specific start point. exercise will assess knowledge mountains. Use Ordnance Survey (OS) located and why? of the UK’s physical and Describe and understand key maps (4 and 6 figure grid PLENARY: aspects of human geography references, symbols and key) human features and How are the regions of the Weather forecast role-plays including settlement type, and 8 point compass to competency in 4 and 6 figure land use, economic activity locate specific features and UK linked up by transport Information added to ‘UK Class grid references, interpretation etc. build knowledge of the UK. routes? How have these Map’ of keys, scales and compass developed over time? directions.

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Lesson Three: Trace the Taste: Counties and Products

Locational Knowledge Place Knowledge Key Questions and Ideas Teaching and Learning Resources Activities What are counties? How did STARTER: Name and locate counties of the Understand they originate? Display the maps of the UK Interactive: counties of UK UK and geographical regions, geographical similarities countries on the PPT to show identified through particularly in relation to and differences through How do counties differ in the the counties of England, http://www.toporopa.eu/en agriculture. the study of physical and different countries of the UK? Principle Areas of Wales, human geography of a Council areas of Scotland, Downloads: UK county. How do the different climate, and Districts of Northern Counties and products (PPT) relief and soil zones of the Ireland. Discuss whether any Lesson Plan (MSWORD) Understand the UK influence patterns of pupils have links with any ‘Counties and Products’ interdependence farming? specific counties or regions. Example of Information sheet PDF | MSWORD between physical and Fact File: ‘Influences on human landscapes. Where are the main areas for MAIN ACTIVITY: Farming’ PDF | MSWORD crops and livestock? Teams of children produce Farming types in the UK information posters relating Factsheet PDF | MSWORD What historical factors might to manufactured food Fact File – Influences on farming cause counties to specialise products from specific (extension) PDF | MSWORD in food production? counties/regions of the UK. Human and Physical Geographical Skills Extension: Pupils to carry Assessment opportunities Geography and Fieldwork How has the appearance of out online research using a Describe and understand key the farming landscape in the child-friendly search engine aspects of the physical Use discursive skills; UK changed over time? to add to their learning this Formative assessment of geography of the UK including presentational skills lesson to produce a fact file physical and human climate zones and distribution of (artistic/graphical/oral); How has technology influences on farming from soils. organisation of changed the productivity and PLENARY: posters, fact files and tourist information; cross- pattern of farming in the UK? Each team presents a fact pitch scripts. Describe and understand key curricular links with file of the physical and aspects of the human geography History, Science and human influences on farming of the UK including the SMSC. in its allocated county/region. distribution of farming types and traditional food products.

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Lesson Four: Famous Football Cities

Locational Knowledge Place Knowledge Key Questions and Ideas Teaching and Learning Resources Activities Interactive: ’The Beautiful History Name and locate UK Understand the What happened during the STARTER: of Club Crests, Club Colours and cities and industrial land processes of industrial Industrial Revolution in the Pupils, in pairs, read the article on Nicknames’: use and understand how growth and how UK? When did it take Tom Finney’s early footballing http://thebeautifulhistory.wordpres these aspects have economic prosperity place? career. Create a role-play to s.com/clubs changed over time. might be related to the illustrate the work conditions of success/failure of the How and why did professional footballers in the Downloads: local football team. towns/cities grow during 1940s. Famous Football Cities (PPT) this period of industrial Lesson Plan (MSWORD) Tom Finney Roleplay exercise PDF | Understand how the growth? MAIN ACTIVITY: MSWORD nicknames of football In groups of four, pupils sort Sheffield Industry Resource Pack PDF | teams might give clues What types of industries historical materials for Sheffield to MSWORD) to the industrial history were successful? create an industrial timeline to Football Towns and Industry PDF | MSWORD of the town/city. show how their city’s economic UK Cities and Transport Networks How did the UK landscape activity has evolved over time. Factsheet PDF | MSWORD Human and Physical Geographical Skills change as a result? Assessment opportunities Geography and Fieldwork EXTENSION: What is the link between Research the specialist industrial Describe and understand Use atlases to locate football and industry in activities of other football towns Formative assessment of the key aspects of human footballing towns/cities; many UK cities? (see ‘Football Towns and content of the role-play in the geography including cross-curricular links Industry’) Starter. types of settlement, with History; What are the main types of economic activity, trade interpretation of past work in these cities today? PLENARY: Construct symbols of Interpretation of historical links and the distribution and present land use What has caused the ‘Industrial Heritage’ and ‘Present materials and sequencing on of natural resources through OS maps. change? Employment’ and post on the ‘UK timeline will assess geographical including energy and Class Map’. skills covered in the lesson. minerals. What does the modern city Explain the location, landscape look like? Why is growth and decline of this? settlement.

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Lesson Five: B&B - Cities of Contrast

Locational Place Knowledge Key Questions and Teaching and Learning Resources Knowledge ideas Activities Why is Birmingham/ STARTER: Interactive: Name and locate Understand geographical Blackpool the city it is Pupils watch two short video History of Birmingham ‘Coining it’ cities of the UK and similarities and differences today? clips on Birmingham and video (1.07 - 3.22) understand how through a comparative study of Blackpool (evidence of origin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m their characteristics two settlements. What were the original growth, change, problems and D8qmA4CRXY have changed over sites of Birmingham and solutions) A working wall of Birmingham Big City Plan: time. Identify the origin, patterns of Blackpool? How were key words on post-it notes is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v growth and economic and social they influenced by created adjacent to the ‘UK =6fh7JB-LwCQ: challenges of large settlements. physical and human Class Map’. Blackpool: Early 1960s: geography? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- MAIN ACTIVITY: RliT51oaJA What caused each of Pupils, in groups of four, are Downloads: the cities to grow? presented with the resource Lesson Plan (MSWORD) pack of one of the two case Cities of Contrast (PPT) Historically, what were study cities. They use the Resource packs for Birmingham and the main economic information given to prepare a Blackpool PDF | MSWORD activities? presentation on their city. Settlement Fact File Template PDF | Pupils can also use city guides MSWORD OS Maps: (not provided): How have functions or the internet to add additional Birmingham: Explorer 220 changed over time? content. Blackpool: Explorer 286 Human and Geographical Skills and EXTENSION: Each Assessment opportunities Physical Fieldwork What do the city centres Birmingham group joins with a Geography look like today? Blackpool group and they Describe and Interpret a range of sources of peer-teach their case study Baseline assessment from the understand geographical information including What are the current through their presentation. Starter. physical and maps and aerial photographs. problems facing the Formative assessment from the human influences cities? PLENARY: Each Birmingham annotated maps. The level of data on the growth, Methodology of fieldwork, data group joins with a Blackpool interpretation and presentation will development and presentation and analysis; What are the current group and they peer-teach vary according to the pupils’ functionality of graphical representation of data, population totals and their case study through their understanding. cities. grid references, direction, keys, characteristics of the presentation. symbols, sketch maps. cities?

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Lesson Six: ‘The Best of British’.

Locational Knowledge Place Knowledge Key Questions and ideas Teaching and Learning Resources Activities STARTER: Name and locate capital London as an example of What are the key aspects Ask pupils to provide guesses Interactive: cities and their identifying multicultural Britain; the of being British? of the number of different Project Britain: Multicultural human and physical values and processes of nationalities living in London London (see Module Plan: characteristics and how democracy; rule of law in How do different population and the number of different additional web links). these aspects have changed safeguarding citizens; groups express their languages spoken in the city. over time. tolerance within society and culture? Write the guesses on the board Downloads: freedom of speech. and see who is closest to the Best of British (PPT) What are the benefits of actual figures. London is home Lesson Plan (MSWORD) living within a multi-cultural to more than 270 nationalities. Ethnicity data England and society? Over 250 languages are Wales (MS EXCEL) spoken in the city, making the JWF Ethnicity England and What problems might arise capital the most linguistically Wales information sheet from multi-culturalism? diverse city in the world. (PDF) How might tension develop Diary entry PDF | MSWORD between different MAIN ACTIVITY: racial/cultural groups? Pupils imagine that they are a Human and Physical Geographical Skills and migrant to the UK and write a Assessment opportunities Geography Fieldwork How has London’s culture diary entry about the changed over time? What opportunities and difficulties Describe and understand key The ability to understand the role has the migration of that they might encounter. Formative assessment of aspects of human geography values of tolerance and different ethnic groups EXTENSION: pupils can create cultural understanding from including migration, multi- harmony between different played in this process? a bar graph showing the 2011 the Starter worksheet/pupil culturalism and ethnicity. cultural groups. Links with census data of ethnicity. feedback. SMSC. Where in London might

Conceptual understanding of you find different cultural PLENARY: pupils read aloud

groups living happily their passages, and record the tolerance, democracy and

equality assessed from the together? combined ‘pull factors’ on an

A3 sheet to feedback. quality of argument in writing.

The United Kingdom Lesson seven: Assessment - how much do you know?

Locational Knowledge Place Knowledge Key Questions and Ideas Teaching and Learning Resources Activities

The United Kingdom within Contextual knowledge of What are the key locational Visual assessment Downloads: the world/Europe; constituent countries characteristics of the UK? Pupils view a series of Knowledge Test (MSWORD) surrounding seas; regions including different physical images and describe what Skills Test (MSWORD) and counties; major cities; and human landscapes; What are the key features of they see, try and recall the Just a Minute instructions physical features (mountains, population characteristics, the UK’s physical landscape place the image shows, and (MSWORD) rivers, climate and weather); cultural features; farming (mountains, rivers, coasts, explain human/physical farming and industrial zones. products; processes of climate, weather)? processes leading to its industrial growth; settlement creation (migration, erosion change and the value of What are the key features of etc.) multi-culturalism in London. the UK’s human landscape (settlements, farming and Just a Minute: industrial regions)? Pupils are issued with a UK Human and Physical Geographical Skills and geographical topic and are Assessment Opportunities Geography Fieldwork How do counties/regions given 3 minutes to think differ in terms of food about what they are going to Pupils are able to describe Use of maps, atlases, production? say. Once the game begins, Teaching assistant to make and understand key aspects compasses, aerial pupils cannot refer to any notes on pupils’ contributions of physical and human photographs; observational How has industry shaped the written notes. to the assessment part one. geography and the and questioning skills; growth of large settlements? interdependence between fluency in geographical Written assessment: Just a Minute assesses natural and man-made enquiry (data collection, What has caused cities to Pupils answer a series of fluency of expression and environments. interpretation, presentation, grow and be successful over questions related to the understanding of analysis); understanding of time? preceding six lessons. geographical interdependence and concepts/processes/patterns. contemporary issues in What are the benefits of The unit can be completed society and the environment. multi-culturalism? How does with a topic assembly, during Written assessment provides it contribute to Britishness? which pupils could present a formative assessment of their work, perform weather pupils’ knowledge and forecast roleplays, and understanding of the KS2 UK deliver a ‘Food Fair’ related topic. to lesson three.

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Additional Web links:

Lesson One: Building a Picture Project Britain: Geography of the UK: http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/geography.html

UK Population: how it will change over the next few decades. http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/nov/06/uk-population-increase-births-migration

For data on UK population and migration: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/compendiums/compendium-of-uk-statistics/population-and-migration/index.html

UK Flags, emblems and other symbols of Britishness http://projectbritain.com/symbols.html

For UK’s top 50 landmarks: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uks-top-50-landmarks-how-2204163

Lesson Two: Scaling geographical heights For information on temperate climates: http://www.oddizzi.com/teachers/explore-the-world/weather/climate-zones/

For information on influences on the distribution of farming in the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/rural_environments/farming_rural_areas_rev2.shtml

For UK thematic maps (Islands, Forests, Mountains, Population density, UK Rail Network, Counties and Regional Maps): http://www.mapsofworld.com/united-kingdom/thematic-maps/uk-population-map.html

For population totals of UK cities and towns: http://www.citypopulation.de/UK-Cities.html

For a discussion of what makes a city:

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For how UK cities compare in terms of population, employment etc: http://www.theguardian.com/cities/datablog/2015/jan/19/uk-cities-ranked-jobs-migration-house-prices-broadband-speeds-data

For information on growth of UK cities and processes of suburbanisation and counter-urbanisation: http://www.s-cool.co.uk/a-level/geography/urban-profiles/revise-it/urbanisation

For ‘London’s Transport – A History’: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/culture-and-heritage/londons-transport-a-history

For information on how pupils can create their own weather forecasts (including appropriate vocabulary): http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/geography/geography1.htm

For weather data on the Three Peaks Challenge locations: https://www.national3peaks.com/weather-forecasts-for-the-national-3-peaks/62/

Lesson Three: Trace the Taste Unique British Foods: regional specialisation: http://www.visitbritain.com/en/Things-to-do/Food/Unique-British-foods.htm

Cornwall Food and Farming: http://www.cornwallfoodandfarming.net/

For information on the evolution of the farming landscape in Cornwall: http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/flyingpast/farms.html

Lesson Four: Keeping the Team Alive Sir Tom Finney Interview: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2559853

Sheffield History Facts and Timeline: http://www.world-guides.com/europe/england/south-yorkshire/sheffield/sheffield_history.html

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Lesson Five: B and B: Cities of Contrast A brief history of Birmingham: http://www.localhistories.org/birmingham.html

For information on Birmingham City Centre Development Plan: http://bigcityplan.birmingham.gov.uk/paradise-circus/

For a short video on the Birmingham Big City Plan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fh7JB-LwCQ:

Blackpool: growth, decline, problems, solutions: http://www.acegeography.com/tour---blackpool.html

A Brief History of Blackpool: http://www.localhistories.org/blackpool.html

For Blackpool Maps and Orientation: http://www.world-guides.com/europe/england/lancashire/blackpool/blackpool_maps.html

For information on the development and decline of Tourism and employment in Blackpool: http://coolgeography.co.uk/GCSE/AQA/Tourism/UK/Blackpool_Tourism.htm

For a short video on ‘Blackpool – back in the day’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiG4uDr998c

For video coverage of Blackpool 1968 (no commentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEPwFfTPS_Y

Why Blackpool is the most unhealthy place in England: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/jul/27/blackpool-most-unhealthy-place-england

Tourism at the seaside in Brighton: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z6ngkqt

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For images of New Brighton: A Victorian Seaside Resort: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avpOlf1EpOs

For lesson plans on local fieldwork, GIS and emotional mapping, see ‘Map it – Bike it – Walk it’: http://www.geography.org.uk/resources/mapitbikeitwalkit/

For video clips on settlement growth and change: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zbyv4wx/resources/10

Lesson Six: ‘The Best of British’. London: Multi-culturalism: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=London+multiculturalismandbiw=1600andbih=745andtbm=ischandtbo=uandsource=univandsa=Xandved= 0CCgQsARqFQoTCMnTuN26kscCFQrsFAod18QAgA

Project Britain: Multicultural London: http://www.projectbritain.com/london/multicultural.htm

Migration in the UK http://www.geographyinthenews.org.uk/issues/issue-17/migration-in-the-uk/ks2/