Year 1 - Geography
Human wonders of the world
Local to global: how can we identify special places?
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Unit Summary
This unit explores what makes places special by combining personal geography with global examples. Pupils describe, annotate and locate familiar places before learning about the natural and human wonders of the world using images, maps and geographical vocabulary.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to investigate special buildings from around the world and talk about what makes them special.
Key Notes
- Human as well as natural features can be special, e.g. the Riverside Museum in Glasgow.
- Geographers use images and maps to investigate places, e.g. landmarks.
- Geographers sometimes add labels or captions to images and maps to share their opinions.
- Geographers make models and maps to share their ideas about places, including imagined buildings or places.
Vocabulary To Learn
- human: Something that is human, for example a human feature, is something that has been made or built by humans
- landmark: A feature in the landscape which has a particular meaning attached to it, for example to help with directions, is called a landmark
- location: A location is the particular position of something on Earth
- architecture: Architecture is the process of designing buildings
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Landmarks are only new, futuristic buildings.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Human as well as natural features can be special, e.g. the Riverside Museum in Glasgow. Geographers use images and maps to investigate places, e.g. landmarks.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'human'
Something that is human, for example a human feature, is something that has been made or built by humans.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Landmarks are only new, futuristic buildings. Correction: Historical architecture and buildings linked to past cultures and places are also landmarks. These buildings represent places and evoke memories and feelings just as much as modern and futuristic buildings.
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