Learning objective
Create a map of The British Isles.
Activity
As a starting point to engage the children in the activity, play geography hangman. Ask pupils to write down as many geographical words they know. Allow a moment without any prompting, then start discussing some words as they continue writing, giving examples such as climate, earth and map. Select a pupil to come up to the front and play hangman with their word. It is a good idea to check the word first to make sure it is geographical and spelled correctly. With the class fully engaged, start to discuss the British Isles. What does that word mean to the children. Show the children a large map of British Isles by click the following link.
Create a map of The British Isles.
Activity
As a starting point to engage the children in the activity, play geography hangman. Ask pupils to write down as many geographical words they know. Allow a moment without any prompting, then start discussing some words as they continue writing, giving examples such as climate, earth and map. Select a pupil to come up to the front and play hangman with their word. It is a good idea to check the word first to make sure it is geographical and spelled correctly. With the class fully engaged, start to discuss the British Isles. What does that word mean to the children. Show the children a large map of British Isles by click the following link.
After showing the children the map, ask the children what is the difference between the British Isles, United Kingdom and Great Britain. Once children have had an opportunity to offer answers, confirm to the class what differentiates the three. This can be advanced by then asking about the capital cities of each country within the British Isles. Ask the children to draw where they think each individual nations boundary lines are on the map and colour the flag of each nation over its location on the map. Children could be given the following worksheet to annotate where they think each countries capital city is located. within the country. You may wish to give the children access to a compass, asking them not annotate north, south, east and west on the map.
This activity offers a great opportunity to develop individual school curriculums and lesson plans in-keeping with Curriculum for Wales 2022 expectations. There is cross-curricular development with numerous AoLE's included. However, humanities remains the main vehicle for learning whilst still developing the three mandatory skills. This could also be turned into a topic, allowing children to revisit and enhance this work numerous times. The mandatory task in this lesson activity could be advanced over a period, culminating in a child-led activity at the end. This will allow children to encompass the four main aims of the curriculum. The independent enquiry allows children to choose an area to explore which interests them and could be encouraged to present back to the class their findings.