Same topics this week for SESE but different things to read and watch and different activities.

We are learning more about the The French Revolution in History.

In Geography we are improving our map reading skills and for Science this week we are looking at Earth Day 2020 as part of taking care of the environment.

History

The French Revolution

Last week we read about the French Revolution in Earthlink, but there wasn't much detail in the comic strip. Watch this youtube video cartoon to give you some more detail about the French Revolution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBn7iWzrKoI

Have a read about the French Revolution on Ducksters here: https://www.ducksters.com/history/french_revolution/

Activity:

You can do this crossword and word search about what you've learned about the French Revolution.

https://www.ducksters.com/games/crossword_puzzle/frenchrevolution.php

and

https://www.ducksters.com/games/word_search/frenchrevolution.php

Geography

Map Reading Skills

Map skills are a really important skill to have. Most of you may have a phone with google maps or something similar but it is important to know how to read maps rather than just looking at them!

First read this powerpoint presentation on maps.

All About Maps Powerpoint.ppt

Ordnance survey maps.pdf

Have a read of this document on how to use an OS (Ordnance Survey) map, it will also tell you about important symbols that you often see on maps.

Science

Earth Day Reading Comprehension .pdf

Earth Day 2020

Earth Day was Wednesday 22nd April, as part of Science and taking care of our environment we are learning about Earth Day and why it is so important.

Activity:

Read the document and do the activities that follow, the answers are there too!