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Medium Term Plan – Geography Phase – Years 1 and 2 Autumn 2 Autumn 1 Year 1 Year 2 Spatial Sense Spatial Sense 1. Aerial views and the local area 2. Mapping the classroom 3. Directions 1. Directions and distance 2. Maps and globes 3. Using symbols and a key The School Setting and Local Area 1. Our school – site and situation 2. Navigation – routes using compass directions 3. Local land use and aerial maps Spring 2 Spring 1 Globes and World Maps The Seven Continents 1. Globes and maps 2. Location of the North Pole, South Pole and seven continents 3. Direction – north, south, east and west 1. Major oceans and seven continents 2. The equator, the northern hemisphere, the southern hemisphere, the North Pole and the South Pole 3. Identify the UK as one of many countries in Europe Northern Europe 1. Countries – Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland 2. Climate, vegetation and landscape of Northern Europe 3. Living in a snowy climate – people, travel, jobs and hazards Summer 2 Summer 1 Regions of the UK UK Geography 1. Maps of the UK, including countries and counties 2. Name and locate England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 3. The Union Flag and the component parts 1. Locate the continent, country and county within which we live 2. Physical and human features of the UK – rivers, mountains, lakes and capital cities 3. Regional differences within the UK Climate and Weather 1. The difference between weather and climate 2. How the weather varies from day to day and why 3. Climate variations across the UK and the impact upon landscape and farming Medium Term Plan – Geography Phase – Years 3 and 4 Autumn 2 Autumn 1 Year 3 Spatial Sense and Local Geography 1. Aerial photographs - settlements, physical features, land use 2. Using simple co-ordinate grids 3. Features of the natural environment Western Europe Year 4 Spatial Sense (Local Area and Globes) 1. Draw maps of the local area 2. Scale 3. Changes to a chosen locality over time Eastern Europe 1. Countries of Western Europe - landscape, climate, ecosystems 1. Russia 2. People, places and culture - famous 2. The Baltic and the Balkan countries musicians, famous artists 3. Landscape, people and culture, 3. The European Union - origins, members, including the Cyrillic alphabet trade, European Parliament in Brussels Spring 1 Settlements and Population 1. Types of settlement found in the UK hamlets, villages, towns, cities, conurbations 2. Local settlements and reasons why they developed e.g. in a valley, on a hill, near a river etc. 3. Population – population density, distinguishing between areas where people are dispersed (rural) and crowded (towns and cities), terms urban, sub-urban and rural Mediterranean Europe (including Geography of Ancient Rome) 1. Climate of the Mediterranean 2. Landscapes - Alpine Mountain system, coastline, islands, beaches 3. Major settlements - Lisbon, Madrid, Rome, Milan, Venice, Athens NB – link to Ancient Rome ready for Spring 2 history topic. UK Geography (London and South East England) Spring 2 Rivers 1. The water cycle 2. Features of river basins - springs, mountain streams, channels, lakes, estuaries, coastline 3. Major UK and world rivers 1. Counties - Greater London, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Isle of Wight 2. London transport, River Thames, Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge, St Paul’s Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, Thames Barrier 3. Dover, Channel Tunnel, Battle of Hastings, Brighton, Southampton and Portsmouth, Titanic Summer 1 UK Geography (South West England) Asia (China, India and Japan) Summer 2 1. Asia - the largest continent with the most populous countries in the world 2. The Himalayan Mountains including Mount Everest 3. Countries - China, India and Japan 1. Dorset, Wiltshire, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset - South Downs, Exmoor, Bodmin Moor, Dartmouth National Park, Lands End, dairy/sheep/arable farming, thatched cottages, Stonehenge 2. Rural areas, coastline, wave erosion, tides, limestone/granite/chalk, caves (e.g. Cheddar Gorge), holiday resorts, Durdle Door 3. Monuments: Stonehenge, Tintagel Castle, Glastonbury Tor UK Geography (Northern Ireland) 1. Part of the UK, separate from the Republic of Ireland 2. Lough Neagh, Lough Erne, Sperrin Hills, Mourne Mountains, limestone (Marble Arch caves), basalt, (Ring of Gullion), peat bogs, Giant’s Causeway, Glens, Belfast, Londonderry, Gaelic 3. Ship building, farmland, dairy Medium Term Plan – Geography Phase – Years 5 and 6 Year 5 Year 6 Autumn 2 Autumn 1 Spatial Sense Spatial Sense 1. Relief maps – elevated areas, depressions and river basins 2. Maps and globes – latitude, longitude, coordinates, degrees 3. Scale – measure distances using map scale 1. Time Zones - Prime Meridian (0 degrees), Greenwich, 180° Line (International Date Line) 2. Arctic and Antarctic Circle (imaginary lines and boundaries) 3. Map projection - how we move from a round globe to a flat map British Geography (Scotland and Wales) Mountains 1. 1. Physical features of a mountain including the peak 2. Mountain ranges – The Alps, The Himalayas, The Andes, The Appalachians and The Atlas Mountains 3. Great Explorers e.g. Sir Edmund Hillary 2. 3. Location of both areas on maps, including features below Scotland - lowlands, uplands, peninsulas, lochs, glens, estuaries, National Parks, islands, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Motherwell Wales – Snowdonia National Park, Cambrian Mountains, Black Mountains, Brecon Beacons, Isle of Anglesey, Welsh valleys, Cardiff, Swansea, Pembrokeshire National Park, peninsulas, Welsh language British Geography (North East and North West) Spring 1 British Geography (East Anglia, The Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humberside) 1. East Anglia - flat or rolling land, vegetable farming, Norfolk Broads, port of Felixstowe 2. The Midlands - Sheffield, industry (including the decline of the mining industry), Grand Union Canal, Peak District, Sherwood Forest, farming 3. Yorkshire and Humberside - Yorkshire Moors, Dales, River Humber, coal, iron, steel, City of York 1. Location of both areas on maps – North East (Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham), North West (Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside) 2. North East - Northumberland National Park, Cheviot Hills, Hadrian’s Wall, former ship building (Sunderland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 3. North West - Lancashire Moors, Lake District, Scafell Pike (largest peak in England), William Wordsworth, Beatrix Potter, Sellafield nuclear power station, textile industry, Liverpool, Manchester Spring 2 Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific 1. Australia - Canberra, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Ayres Rock, Great Barrier Reef, Aboriginal people and their traditions, aboriginal art, unique animals such as the koala, kangaroo, kookaburra 2. New Zealand - Auckland, Christchurch, geysers, geographic isolation, unique plants and animals, Maori people and their culture 3. South Pacific Islands - Fiji, The Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, The Marshall Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Easter Islands South and Central America 1. South American countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile 2. Central American countries including Mexico, Honduras, Belize and Panama 3. Important geographical features including; The Panama Canal (very important for trade), The Amazon River, Amazon Rainforest, Galapagos Islands North America and Canada (Physical Geography) Summer 1 Explorers 1. Captain James Cook - British explorer the first to circumnavigate New Zealand 2. Cook’s round-the-world voyage which began in 1768 3. The botanist, Joseph Banks, who accompanied Cook on his voyage to the eastern coast of Australia Summer 2 Local Study 1. Use fieldwork to observe, measure and record the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies (National Curriculum) 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. Climates - Arid, humid temperate, humid cold, tundra, Mediterranean Mountains, landscape and rivers - Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, plains, prairies, Great Lakes (Michigan, Erie, Ontario), Mississippi River and its major tributaries, Colorado River The United States - 48 continuous states, plus Alaska and Hawaii and Canada - French and British heritage, French-speaking Quebec, divided into provinces North America and Canada (Human Geography) People and culture - Indigenous Native American communities, European settlers, Latino settlers, Asian settlers, The USA as a nation of immigrants, melting pot of cultures Settlements - New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Houston, Miami, Seattle, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver Economic activity - The USA as the largest economy in the world, American consumption (houses, cars, energy), Migrant labour from Latin American countries