Geography Year 2

Geography – Year 2 Y Unit of work Progression Resources e milestones a A Black History Month The children will know the Atlases, Globes, Non The children will use world maps or globes and locate the countries relative locations of the fiction books on the r u that these significant people originated from. continents and oceans to significant people, google 2 t Great Fire of London the equator and North and earth. u The children will look at London on a map and the areas affected by South Poles. the fire. The children will identify rivers, mainland and significant m geographical features. n Jamica The children will focus on Mary Seacole and her role in the Crimean War. The children will identify significant countries on the maps and ways to travel and keys Geographical features. S Exploring Earth/USA The children are able to BBC weather/internet The children will use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key identify different human Compass p human and physical features. environments identifying Beebots ri similarities and Instructions n differences. UK maps g Local area maps Geography – Year 2 S Norway The children will be able to Compass He children will use a text called the ‘White Bear King’ this text is a identify seasonal and daily Beebots u traditional tale from Norway. The children will locate Norway on the weather patterns the in the Instructions m map, look at the weather, compare the weather to the United Kingdom united Kingdom. The UK maps m and look at the physical terrain. children will be able to World maps Seaside describe which continents White Bear King-story e The children will visit West Wittering Beach and compare it to the and have significant hot r Thames. They will explore the similarities and differences. and cold areas and relate these to the Poles and the Equator. The children will make observations about and describe the local area and its physical and human geography and suggest how they are connected.