Year 6 - Geography
Geography in the news
Around the world in 80 days: what have we learnt about our world?
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Unit Summary
This unit revisits key geographical themes through a global journey. Pupils explore news stories, regional features and environmental issues across all continents, using maps, data and fieldwork skills to reflect on what it means to think like a geographer.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to reflect on and discuss how geography helps us to understand the world and how it works.
Key Notes
- Geography is happening all around us every day.
- News stories often have geographical causes and geographical impacts.
- Geographical knowledge and skills can help us to understand the news.
Vocabulary To Learn
- supply chain: A supply chain is all of the stages involved in producing goods, transporting them and selling them to customers.
- migration: Migration means moving from one place to another with the intention of staying there.
- conflict: A conflict is a strong disagreement between people or countries which may lead to fighting.
- climate change: Climate change is a large-scale and long-term change in the planet's climate, including weather patterns and average temperatures.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Geography is something that happens in other parts of the world not in the place where we live.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Geography is happening all around us every day. News stories often have geographical causes and geographical impacts.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'supply chain'
A supply chain is all of the stages involved in producing goods, transporting them and selling them to customers.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Geography is something that happens in other parts of the world not in the place where we live. Correction: Investigate the geography in local news stories as well as stories from elsewhere in the UK and other countries.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Contrasting climates: Asia and Antarctica Study Guide
- Environmental geography: focus on North and South America Study Guide
- Geographical skills: Describing the UK Study Guide
- Geography is all around us Study Guide
- Natural resources and sustainability: focus on Africa Study Guide
- The role of geographers: focus on Europe Study Guide
- Tourism: Oceania Study Guide
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