Geography

World Comparisons: How does the North America compare to Britain?

Concepts: Compare and Contrast

Vocabulary

Goudhurst

Counties

United Kingdom

United States of America

States

Local Area

Map

Atlas

Compass

Direction

North

South

East

West

Physical Features (beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather).

Human Features (city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, harbour, shop).

Progressive Skills

Geographic Skills & Fieldwork

Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied.
Understand and use a widening range of geographical terms e.g specific topic vocabulary.
Identify and describe the significance of the Prime Meridian and time zones.
Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build his/her knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world.

Locational Knowledge

Recognise the different shapes of countries.
Know about the wider context of places e.g. county, region and country.
Know and describe where a variety of places are in relation to physical and human features.
Know location of our village and county. Contrast these to a location in North America.

Human & Physical Geography

Understand about weather patterns around the world and relate these to climate zones
Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night)

Place Knowledge

Compare and contrast the physical and human features of a region of the UK and a region in North America, identifying similarities and differences.

Progressive Content

Lesson 1- What is the location of Benenden?

I can recognise the different shapes of countries and name the continents and oceans of the world.

I can name the four countries and capital cities of the UK.

I can name the patron saints, plants and animals of the UK countries.

I can differentiate between urban and rural areas.

I can describe my local area.

Lesson 2- What are the different counties of the UK?

I can know about the wider context of places e.g. county, region and country

I can name the county I live in.

I understand the difference between a county and a region.

I can locate counties on a map and know location of our village and county.

Lesson 3- What is the physical and human geography of North America?

I can find out about geographical features of the USA.

I can find out about people and culture of the USA.

I can find out about the nature in the USA. .

I can find out about government and economy of the USA.

I know and describe where a variety of places are in relation to physical and human features.

Lesson 4- What are the similarities and differences between the states in North America and the counties in the UK?

I can explain the difference between a county and a state.

I can recall that there are 50 states in the USA.

I can use abbreviations to locate some of the states of the USA.

I can use a map to label the 50 states of the USA.

Lesson 5- What are the similarities and differences between the physical geography of the UK and the US?

I can explain the meaning of human geography.

I can explain the meaning of physical geography.

I can compare and contrast the physical and human features of a region of the UK and a region in North America, identifying similarities and differences.

I can independently research the physical and human geography of my region and a contrasting region in the USA.

Lesson 6- To create a fact-file of our local area, in relation to the U.K. and Europe, consolidating all of the knowledge gained so far (weather, longitude and latitude, time zones)

I can organise my writing under subheadings.

I can use diagrams and pictures to support my information.

I can write about the physical and human geography of my location.

I can independently research the physical and human geography of my location.

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