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).

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

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

Farming in Jamaica

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?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Which is a crop that grows well in Jamaica?

How long has sugar been grown in Jamaica?

Where can people grow their own vegetables in Jamaica?

What is this vegetable, commonly grown in Jamaica?

A {{}} is a person who grows and harvests crops or rears animals for food or raw materials.

What is the imaginary line encircling Earth at 0° latitude and is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole?

How many different crops are grown in one plantation?

the day-to-day condition of the atmosphere

Climate is an average of weather conditions over more than 30 years 

four times of year that have different weather

Which type of weather would you not experience in Jamaica?

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Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Adult supervision recommended

Starter Quiz