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LandmarksPaulaOwens

Geographyteachingresource5–7years

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DigimapforSchoolsGeographyResources

Theseresourcesareaguideforteacherstodemonstratetothewholeclassordirectindividualstudentsasappropriate.Eachactivityhasseveralideaswithinitthatyoucantailortosuityourclassandpupils.Someresourcescontainworksheetsfordirectdistributiontopupils.

Landmarks

Level Context Location

5–7years

LandmarksinGreatBritain Various

Knowledge Usingaerialimagerywithmaps

Curriculumlinks(England)

GeographyKS1

Usebasicgeographicalvocabularytoreferto:

• keyphysicalfeatures,including:beach,cliff,coast,forest,hill,mountain,sea,ocean,river,soil,valley,vegetation,seasonandweather

• keyhumanfeatures,including:city,town,village,factory,farm,house,office,port,harbourandshop

• Useaerialphotographsandplanperspectivestorecogniselandmarksandbasichumanandphysicalfeatures.

Curriculumlinks(Wales)

Communication,LanguageandLiteracy(CLL)Reading

KnowledgeandUnderstandingoftheWorld

• (Y1)understandthemeaningofvisualfeaturesandlinktowrittentext,e.g.illustrations,photographs,diagramsandcharts

• (Y2)usethedifferentfeaturesoftextstomakemeaning,e.g.pictures,chartsandlayout.

• Identifynaturalfeatures,e.g.rivers,hills,beaches,andthehumanfeatures,e.g.buildings,roads,bridges,oftheirownlocality

• Begintorecognisedifferencesbetweentheirownlocality,localitiesinotherpartsofWalesandindifferentpartsoftheworld

ScottishCurriculumforExcellence

Socialstudies

Experiencesandoutcomes

Learnhowtolocate,exploreandlinkfeaturesandplaceslocallyandfurtherafield.

• Icandescribeandrecreatethecharacteristicsofmylocalenvironmentbyexploringthefeaturesofthelandscape.SOC1-07a

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Activity:Usingaerialimagerytofindoutmoreaboutlandmarksandlandscapes

Introduction

Landmarksaresignificantfeaturesinthelandscape.Theymightbenationallyandinternationallysignificantsuchasforexample,London’sBuckinghamPalace,Edinburgh’sArthur’sSeatorCaernarvon’sCastle,oralandmarkmightjusthaveregionalorlocalsignificance.Alandmarkmightbeabuiltfeaturesuchasthe‘AngeloftheNorth’sculptureoraphysicalfeaturesuchasapeak,lakeorridge.Nomatterwhereyouliveinthecountry,therewillbelandmarksnearyouwitheithernationaland/orlocalsignificance.Recognisinganddescribingnationalandlocallandmarksisagoodactivityforyoungchildrentoengagewithwhenlearningtointerpretaerialimagesandmaps:theycanprovideacommonframeofreferencewhenmovingawayfromthefamiliarschoolgroundsandlocalarea.

Mainactivity

ThreelandmarkswithnationalsignificanceforGreatBritainandalsomoreparticularly,toEngland,WalesandScotlandhavebeenchosenhere.Youmightselecttodooneoftheactivitiesorallthree.Youcouldalsodevelopyourownenquiryforyourownselectedlandmarks,someofwhichmightbechosenbecauseoftheirspecialsignificancetochildrenintheirownlocality.

Tasks

1. BuckinghamPalace,London

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Enter‘BuckinghamPalace’intothesearchbar.Zoomintotopographicallevel(asfarasyoucanzoomin).Then,withthelandmarkatthecentreofthemap,expandtheviewbyzoomingoutuntilyoucanseetheoutlineofthePalace,theQuadranglewithinit,theroadcurvingaroundit(ConstitutionHill)andtheQueenVictoriamemorial.

Select‘Aerial’andadjusttheslidertoshowtheaerialviewofBuckinghamPalace.Discusswhatyoucansee.Forexample,youmightask:

• HowmanycarsareparkedinthePalacegrounds?Canyoucountthem?• HowmanypeopledoyouthinkareoutsidethePalace?Canyouestimatethis?• Whattimeofyeardoyouthinkitis?Howcanyoutell?• Doyouthinkit’smorningorafternoon?Howcanyoutell?• WhatsurprisesyouabouttheviewofthePalacefromabove?Forexample,thequadrangle

insidethepalacewithvehiclesinitmightbeanunexpectedfeature.• Canyoumapthecarsandthepeopleonablankmap?UsingtheAnnotationToolbar,select

anicontorepresentcarsorpeopleandmarkthese.Thesewillthenbeonthemapwhenyouusetheslidertoreturntomapview.

Nowzoominfurther.Whatdoyounotice?WhatpatternscanyoufindontheroofofBuckinghamPalace?Drawaroundtheonesyoulikethebestusingthe‘Draw’toolfromtheAnnotationBar

Wheredoyouthinkthegardenboundaryis?Zoomoutalittleandexplorethis.Whatarethegardenslike?Arethereanyunusualfeatures?

UsefulVocabulary:capital,grounds,landmark,memorial,palace,quadrangle,tourists,trees,woods.

2. Arthur’sSeat,Edinburgh

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Enter‘Arthur’sSeat’intothesearchboxandselecttheonein‘Edinburgh’.Zoominasfarasyoucanthenoutfourclicksto1:25000scale.Arthur’sSeatismarkedwithitsnameandthissymbol.

SelecttheAnnotationtoolbarand,usingthe‘DrawSymbol’tool,addamarkertothespotwhere‘Arthur’sSeatis.Usetheslidertoconvertthemapviewtoanaerialimage.Describewhatyoucansee.Youmightask:

• WhatdoyouthinksceneryislikearoundArthur’sSeat?• Whymightthisbeagoodviewpoint?• Whatwouldthegroundbelikeherebeneathyourfeet?• Whatotherfeaturescanyouseeontheaerialimage?Canyoufindhousesandroads?• Whyaren’tthereanyroadsorhousesbuiltover‘Arthur’sSeat’?• Whatpatternscanyouseeinthelandscape?

Togglebacktomapviewandlookforthesymbolthatmeansothertouristattractionsorfeatures.

Zoomintotheseareasandswitchtoaerialviewagaintoseewhatyoucanfindoutaboutthem.CanyoufindtheScottishParliamentbuilding?Lookatitsshapeonthemapandguesswhatitwilllooklikefromtheair.WhichisyourfavouritelandmarkinEdinburgh–Arthur’sSeatortheScottishParliamentBuilding?

UsefulVocabulary:capital,feature,HolyroodPark,hill,Marilyn,mountain,parliament,tourist,

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3. CaernarfonCastle

Enter‘Caernarfon’intothesearchbarandhuntforthecastle.Onceyouhavefoundthiszoominasfarasyoucansothatyoucanseethecastlewalls.Usetheslidertoswitchtotheaerialviewandfindthecastleagain.Discusswhatyoucanseeinsidethecastlewalls.Usethezoomfeaturetoexplorethecastleandtheareaaroundit.Youmightaskchildrentoidentifyandlabel:

• theriver• thebridge• thecarpark• thetown

Askchildrentoworkinpairstofindasmanydifferentfeaturesastheycan.Cantheylabelthemusingdifferentcoloursfor‘physical’and‘built’or‘human’features?Thatcouldbeausefulextensionformoreablechildren.

Youcouldalsoplay‘spotthedifference’.Putchildreninpairsandaskthemtoswitchbetweenthemapandtheaerialviewandlistallthethingsthattheaerialviewshowsthatthemapdoesn’t,e.g.thecars,thegreengrassinsidethecastle,theboatsontheriveretc.

Youcouldalsoaskthechildrentofindoutwhichwaytheriverisflowing.Theywillhavetozoomouttoanswerthis.

UsefulVocabulary:bridge,castle,carpark,estuary,mooring,river,town,turret

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Takingitfurther

UseGeographforSchoolstolocateimagesofyourchosenlocations,saveandaddthesetothemapsothatyoucanviewyourlandmarksinthreeways:onthemap,throughaerialimageryandasaphotograph.

Researchsomefactsaboutyourlandmarktodeveloplinksinliteracyandhistory.

Selectsomelandmarksthatbestrepresentyourareaandcreateafileoffacts,mapsandimages.

Weblinks

GeographforSchoolshttp://schools.geograph.org.uk/

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