A continent is a large land mass on Earth and there are seven: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Oceania.

An ocean is a very big area of salt water between the continents.

The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea and the islands in it; it is located between North and South America, to the west of the Atlantic Ocean.

The Caribbean location and UK connections 

Geography

This unit provides a foundation for 'Europe: How diverse are its landscapes and places' and 'Europe: What is it like to live in northern Italy', which further extend pupils’ knowledge and understanding of distant places and how to investigate them at continental and regional scales.

This unit builds on 'The UK: What kind of place is is?' and 'Local area: Why is (our place) special', extending and deepening pupils’ place knowledge and understanding through the study of Jamaica and a specific small Jamaican locality. It develops geographical vocabulary and skills, enabling pupils to identify similarities and differences.

Contrasting locality: what is it like to live in Jamaica/Tanzania?

A geographer studies Earth's physical environments and human habitats.

The Equator is an imaginary line encircling Earth at 0° latitude and is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.

Temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of a place.

Jamaica's location and climate

Something that is natural has not been changed by humans.

An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.

A satellite is an object in space that orbits or circles around a bigger object in space. These an be natural like the moon or artificial ones like the International Space Station.

Local means an area which the people who live there are familiar with, and encounter in their everyday lives.

Key physical and human features of Jamaica

A capital city is the place in a country where the government ‘sits’ and has its centre of power.

A digital map is a map that you view and use on a computer.

Settlements are places where groups of people live and work.

Similarities and differences: Kingston in Jamaica

A crop is a plant that is grown in large quantities.

Climate is an average of weather conditions (e.g. rain, sun, wind) in a place taken over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more).

A plantation is an area of land on which one kind of crop is grown, e.g. trees for wood.

Farming in Jamaica

A holiday is a planned break from work or school.

A tourist is someone who who travels to a different place from where they live for a holiday.

A destination is a place that someone or something travels or is sent to.

Contrasting locality: what is it like to live in Jamaica/Tanzania?

What is it like to live in Jamaica?

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These lessons will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.