Lesson video

Hello, my name is Ms. Chorekdjian.

I'm so excited to be learning with you today.

I will be guiding you through our lesson.

We are going to do some great learning together.

Let's get started.

Welcome to today's lesson from our unit called, "Around the world in 80 days: What have we learned about our world?" Today's lesson is called, "The role of geographers: Focus on Europe." Your learning outcome for today will be to use geographical knowledge, skills, and data to investigate different places.

Some of this learning is brand new, but I'm here to help you.

This links back to previous experience you might have of geographical inquiry, map work, field work, critical thinking, and use of a wide range of sources of information.

You might also have reflected on geography as a subject and discussed the value of learning geography.

You might also have discussed how geography helps us to understand the world and how it works.

Here are the keywords that we will be using together today.

Before we find out what these keywords mean, let's practise saying them, doing my turn, your turn.

Climate, climate.

Biome, biome.

Land use, land use.

Population density, population density.

Data, data.

Good job, everyone.

Let's find out what these keywords mean.

Climate: Climate is an average of weather conditions, for example, rain, sun and wind, in a place taken over a long period of time, usually 30 years or more.

Biome: A biome is a large region of the world with places that have similar climates, vegetation, and animals that have adapted to living there.

Land use: Land use is the function or purpose of a particular area.

Population density: Population density is the number of people living in a defined area, for example, 300 people per square kilometre.

Data: Data is a collection of information that can be analysed to help us answer a question.

Good job, everyone.

I want you to be using these keywords throughout our lesson as well.

Here are the learning cycles that we will be completing together today.

First, we'll think about what we know about Europe.

Then we're going to think about how geographers use maps and images, and then we're going to think about how geographers use data.

I'm really excited to get started today, I hope you are too.

Let's start our learning journey.

What do you know about Europe? Let's look at some points to help you with your thinking.

You might have learned about Europe at school.

You might have learned about Europe from other sources of information.

You might have visited countries in Europe or know people from other European countries.

And you might have learned a European language at school.

Pause the video here and discuss as a think, pair, and share activity what you know about Europe.

Good job, I'm sure you had a really good discussion there about all the things you know about Europe.

I'm sure lots of you have visited European countries and lots of you have got friends who are from Europe.

Some of you might even know how to speak some European languages like French, Spanish, or German, especially if you've learned them in school.

Good job, everyone, that was a really good discussion.

Europe is one of the world's continents.

How many continents are there in the world? You can use this map to help you.

Pause the video and answer that question.

How did you get on? Did you say that there are seven continents in the world? Good job, well done if you did.

What are the names of the seven continents? Do you remember them? Pause the video here and tell your partner the name of the seven continents.

We know that Europe is one of them, so what are the names of the six other continents? Pause the video here and answer that question.

How did you get on? Were you able to name the seven continents? Did you say North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica? Good job if you were able to name all of those seven continents, you can give yourselves a big thumbs up.

You can take a minute just exploring this map and thinking about the position of all of the continents, and you can see that Europe is also located there.

So pause the video here and have a look through all of the continents, and especially focus on Europe.

Europe is located in the Northern Hemisphere.

It is the second smallest continent by area.

So there, you can see Europe is located on the map.

It's coloured in green.

It's located in the Northern Hemisphere, so that means it's above the equator to the north, and it's also the second smallest continent by area.

So you can see there just how small it is in comparison to some of the other continents.

Let's have a quick check here.

Which of the following is not a continent.

A: Africa, B: Antarctica, C: Arctic, or D: Asia? Pause the video here and complete this check.

How did you get on? Were you able to say, C: Arctic? That's correct, Arctic is not the name of a continent.

Good job everyone if you've got that right.

It's the name of an ocean, so we've got an ocean called the Arctic Ocean.

Well done if you were able to get that right.

It is widely agreed that there are 44 countries in Europe.

Here's a map of Europe and you can see those countries labelled and coloured in.

This includes Russia, which is spread over Europe and Asia.

A small part of Turkey, west of the city of Istanbul, is also considered to be part of Europe.

Europe extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the west, to Asia in the east, the Arctic Circle in the north, and the Mediterranean Sea in the south.

Pause the video here and use the compass to see if you can identify all of those places and position Europe in relation to them.

Do you know any facts about one of the countries in Europe? Share your knowledge with someone else.

Pause the video and see if you know any facts about Europe.

Good job everyone, I'm sure you're able to share some knowledge that you have on some of the European countries.

It's time for a quick check here.

How many countries are there in Europe? A: 14, B: 24, C: 34, or D: 44.

Pause the video here and complete this check.

How did you get on? Were you able to say that there were 44 countries in Europe? Fantastic, well done if you did, you can give yourselves a big thumbs up.

Good job, everyone.

It's now time for another quick check.

Which ocean borders Europe to the west? A: Arctic, B: Atlantic, C: Indian, or D: Pacific.

Pause the video here and answer this check.

How did you get on? Did you say, B: Atlantic? That's correct, the Atlantic Ocean borders Europe to its west.

Good job, everyone.

It's now time for task A.

What I would like you to do is to complete the table to show whether each of these statements about Europe is true or false.

So the statements read: Europe is the largest continent in the world.

Madrid is the capital of Spain.

Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Europe.

The largest glacier in Europe is located in Iceland.

Many of Europe's fjords are located in Greece.

So in the column on the right, I'd like you to write true or false, next to each of these statements.

What sources of could you use to help you work these questions out? You could use maps, you could also use atlases.

You might even be able to use sources of information from the internet as well.

Pause the video here and complete task A.

How did you get on with task A? Here is a completed table.

Europe is the largest continent in the world, that's false.

Europe is the second smallest continent in the world.

Madrid is the capital of Spain, that's true.

Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Europe, that is false.

It's actually Mount Elbrus in Russia that is the highest mountain in Europe.

The largest glacier in Europe is located in Iceland, that's true.

And finally, many of Europe's fjords are located in Greece, that's false.

Greece has a warm climate.

Fjords are found in colder countries such as Norway.

Good job, everyone.

Well done if you were able to work through this and to get these answers right.

It was quite tricky, but I'm sure you used lots of different information to help you work out whether or not these statements were true or false.

You can give yourselves another big thumbs up.

Now, we're going to move on to thinking about how geographers use maps and images.

Think about where your knowledge about Europe comes from.

What skills have helped you to gain this knowledge? What sources of information and data did you use? Pause the video here and answer these questions.

How did you get on thinking about your knowledge of Europe? You might have gained some knowledge from friends or family who come from European countries.

You might have also done some research using atlases, maps, and the internet to help you find information.

You might have seen data like things to do with temperature and amount of rainfall across European countries, and that might help you with finding out information about Europe as well.

Different skills can help us to learn about places in the world.

Using maps and atlases can help us find information, reading, asking questions, so that's being really curious and wanting to find out the answer.

Organising information.

So you might have done some fact files or some non-chronological reports, and the way that you've organised that information has helped you to learn about different places.

Interpreting data, so like I said earlier, that could be data linked to weather patterns such as the amount of rainfall or maybe the average temperatures.

And critical thinking, so you have to look at all of this data and evidence and be able to think about it critically.

So that means put information together, make the connections, and then work out similarities and differences as well.

Different sources can be used to learn about places in the world.

You can use atlases, books, globes, images, the internet, maps, and other people.

So that could be asking friends and family that come from Europe like I mentioned before.

Take a moment here and think about all of the sources of information that you've used to learn about Europe.

Tell your partner.

Pause the video here.

Good job, everyone.

I'm sure you've all Used a range of sources to learn about different places around the world.

It's now time for a quick true or false check.

So that means you've got to listen to the statement carefully and think about whether or not it's true or false.

The statement says, "All of our knowledge about places in the world comes from the internet.

Is that true or false? Pause the video now.

How did you get on? Did you say False? That's correct.

So some of our knowledge about places in the world comes from the internet, but not all of it.

So let's think about justifying why this statement is false.

A: All of our knowledge about places in the world comes from talking to people.

Or B: Our knowledge from places in the world comes from several different sources of information.

Which one of these statements justifies why this statement is false? Pause the video now and justify your answer.

How did you get on? Were you able to say that our knowledge about places in the world comes from several different sources of information? That's true, and that helps us prove why this statement is false because this statement just says that our knowledge about places comes from the internet, which isn't true.

We use multiple sources of information to find out things about other places and other countries.

Good job everyone, you can give yourselves a big thumbs up.

Let's take a look at this map of Europe.

What does this map tell us about Europe? Pause a video here and explore this map.

How did you get on looking at this map? Did you say that we can use this map to find out names and locations of countries? Did you say that we could use it to find surrounding bodies of water? We can also use it to work out the height of the land, so that's called the altitude.

And then you can also use it to locate major rivers.

And finally, we can use this map to think about distances between places to see how near or how far away they are from each other.

What doesn't this map tell us? Pause the video here and think about what other things we might want to find out that this map doesn't tell us.

How did you get on here? Did you say that this map doesn't tell us about the average temperature or the amount of rainfall that these countries receive? Good job, well done if you did, you might have said some other things as well.

What does this map tell us about this region in England? Pause a video here and explore this map.

How did you get on? Did you say that this map tells us the names of towns and cities? It also shows us major roads and railway systems. And it also shows us major rivers as well.

What doesn't this map tell us? Pause a video here and think about what this map doesn't tell us.

How did you get on? Did you say that this map doesn't tell us about the borders between the countries in England? It also doesn't tell us how high the land is.

And it also doesn't tell us about the temperature or amount of rainfall.

Well done if you were able to say those things.

Good job, everyone.

Now, let's go back to this map.

Croatia and Norway are two countries in Europe.

Can you locate them? There is Norway, and there is Croatia.

Well done if you were able to locate those places correctly.

What does this map tell you about any differences between these two countries? Pause a video here and explore this map focusing on these two countries.

How did you get on? Were you able to say that Norway is located in Northern Europe whilst Croatia is located in Southern Europe, so that shows us a difference between the two countries? You could have said as Norway is further north and further away from the equator, it will have a cooler climate than Croatia.

Croatia is closer to the equator, so that means it's got a warmer climate than Norway.

Again, that's another difference.

The climate will affect what types of biome are found in each country, and the types of biomes that are found in each country will affect the plants and animals that live there.

Much of Norway is covered by mountains, some of which are over 2,000 metres high.

Croatia has some higher land, but it doesn't have mountains as high as those in Norway.

So again, there's a difference there between those two countries.

Norway covers a much larger land area than Croatia, so that means that the land area that Croatia covers is a much smaller area than Norway.

Well done if you were able to say some of those things as well.

It's now time for a quick check here.

Which of the following would not be shown on a map of Europe? A: bodies of water, B: Individual houses, C: Major rivers, or D: Names of countries.

Pause the video here and complete this check.

How did you get on? Were you able to say, B: Individual houses? That's correct, you wouldn't see individual houses on a map of Europe, but you would see where the bodies of water are located, where major rivers are located, and the names of countries and their borders.

Good job everyone, you can give yourselves another big thumbs up for that learning.

Images can also help us learn what places are like.

They might give us clues about physical features.

So those are things that occur naturally.

Human features, so things that are built by humans, land use, types of biome, population density, and environmental issues.

So these are all of the things that we can find out clues about from looking at images of places.

Can you think of anything else that we might be able to see? Pause a video here and answer this check.

We might also learn about customs and traditions from photographs.

We might see traditional dress, or we might see some traditional dancing, something that shows us the culture of the people that live in that place.

You might have said some other things as well.

Good job, everyone.

This picture is of a place in Norway.

What does it tell you about what this place is like? Pause the video here and answer this question.

How did you get on? Did you say that this photo tells us that there are physical features such as fjords and mountains? You might have also said that we are able to see snow on higher ground, and that suggests that this place has a colder climate.

Some of the land is covered in forest.

You could have said there aren't any settlement which suggests no or few people live here.

And you might have also said that the beautiful scenery might make it a popular tourist destination.

So these are all of the things that we can find out about a place just by looking at images and photographs.

Do you think that all of Norway is like this? Pause the video and answer that question.

How did you get on? Not all of Norway would be like this.

We would only be able to say these things about this specific photograph.

Norway has got settlements, just like other countries do.

So photographs of built up areas might show us different things compared to photos like this that show us physical features.

Here are some other images of Norway.

What other stories about Norway do they tell? Have a look at these images and see what you can say about Norway as a place based on them.

So you could say by looking at the first picture that the climate is very cold because there's lots of frost and snow.

If you look at the photo in the middle, you could say that there are large towns or cities in Norway, and that actually, because the sun is shining, it could be quite a warm place.

And finally the photo on the far right looks like it's a warm, sunny beach.

So again, you can say that Norway might be somewhere that receives a lot of sun and might be warm based on that picture.

So you can see that if we put all of these images together, it builds up a picture of what Norway is like as a country.

And also not one photograph is representative of the whole country.

We need lots of different photographs or photos to build up a full picture of what the country is like.

This is a picture of Split, a large city in Croatia.

What does it tell you about what this place is like? Pause the video here and answer this question.

How did you get on? Were you able to say that there are lots of buildings which suggests that many people live here? You could have also said it's on the coast, so it might have an important port.

There are some green spaces.

We can see some trees in the foreground of that photo.

There are mountains in the distance, and it looks sunny, so maybe the climate is warm here.

Do you think that all of Croatia is like this? Pause the video here and discuss that with a partner.

How did you get on? So just as we said with Norway, one photo is not enough to show us a full picture of that country.

So we might need multiple photos to build a fuller picture of what different places in Croatia are like.

Here are some other images of Croatia.

What other stories about Croatia do they tell? Pause the video here and discuss this with a partner.

How did you get on? Did you say that in the first photo, there looks like lots of hills and mountains, so it could be quite a hilly or mountainous area? Did you say that there's also a major river that goes through those mountains, so that could be a good source of transport.

There are less houses in that area, so this could be a smaller city or even a village.

For the second photo, you could have said again that it's a warm, sunny climate.

There's lots of beaches and tourist boats, so tourists might visit here.

And then for the final photo, you could have said that it's got lots of areas of natural beauty like these waterfalls.

So again, this might be a nice place for tourists to come and visit.

This photo looks a little bit cooler than the two other photos, so it could suggest that in some parts of Croatia, temperatures are cooler than other parts.

Well done if you were able to say that.

I'm sure you said lots of other things as well.

Good job, everyone.

It's time for a True or False check now.

So you've got to think carefully about whether or not this statement is true or false.

One picture can tell us what a whole country is like.

Is that true or false? Pause the video here and answer that check.

How did you get on? Did you say False? That's correct, one picture can't tell us what the whole country is like.

It can only tell us what the area in that picture is like.

Let's think about justifying our answer now.

A: many different sources of information are needed to help us learn about what a country is like.

Or B: A selection of pictures are needed to help us learn about what a country is like.

Pause the video here and justify your answer.

How did you get on? Were you able to say many different sources of information are needed to help us learn about what a country is like? That's correct.

So we can learn about a country from photographs, but we can also use maps, atlases, what people around us know about the country, and also various sources from the internet as well.

Good job everyone, I'm going to give you another big thumbs up.

It's now time for task B.

What I would like you to do is look at this photo.

This is an image from a country in Europe.

What does this photograph tell you about what this place is like? Note down your ideas, pause the video here and complete task B.

How did you get on with task B? You could have said this place is bordered by a large body of water such as an ocean or a lake.

There are mountains in the background.

It looks like there are some people swimming in the sea, which suggests that it is warm.

The umbrellas suggest that this place might be a popular tourist destination.

Good job if you were able to say similar things to what I said, you might have also said other things as well.

Good job everyone, I'm going to give you a big thumbs up.

It's now time to move on with our learning.

Let's find out more about this place.

This is a photograph of the coastline in Greece, a country in Southern Europe.

Mount Olympus is towering in the background.

Here's the map of Europe, and we can see that Greece is located there in Southern Europe.

That suggests that its climate is slightly warmer because it's closer to the equator.

It's now time to think about how geographers use data.

Can you remember any other sources of information that we might use to learn about places? Pause the video here and answer that question.

Did you say atlases, books, globes, images, the internet, maps, and what other people know? Good job if you were able to remember all of those things.

Different types of data can be used to investigate what places are like.

Geographers might collect and analyse data about: Weather and climate, land use, population density, life expectancy, so that's how long people live, and income, how much money people earn.

There are many other types of data that can be used to learn about places.

I wonder if you can think of any other types of data.

Pause the video here and answer that question.

Good job everyone, so you might have said things like temperature and amount of rainfall as well, fantastic.

It's now time for task C.

There is data on the next slide about Norway and Croatia.

What does this data, and what you have learned earlier in the lesson, tell you about any differences between these countries.

So you can see a photo of Croatia on the right and Norway on the left.

Note down or discuss your ideas with someone else.

Here are the different types of data, so average rainfall each year in millimetres, average monthly temperature in degrees Celsius, total area in kilometres squared, percentage of land used for farming, total population in millions, average life expectancy, and average annual income per person in U.

S.

dollars.

Pause the video here and complete task C.

How did you get on with task C? You could have said something like, "The temperature data shows that Norway has a colder climate than Croatia.

From looking at the map earlier in the lesson, I know that this is because Norway is in Northern Europe and Croatia is located further south, closer to the equator." "Norway is a larger country than Croatia, both in area and population." "A larger percentage of land in Croatia is used for agriculture than in Norway.

Perhaps the colder climate and landscape in Norway isn't as good for farming." "Average income per person in Norway is a lot more than in Croatia.

I wonder why income varies between and within countries." Maybe you can try and find this data for the UK.

How does the UK compare with Norway and Croatia? You can use all of that data that we've used today and then find out the data for the UK and compare all three countries together.

Good job everyone, you've worked really hard today using your geographical knowledge, skills, and data to investigate different places.

We've now come to the end of our lesson today.

Let's go through a quick summary of all the learning that we've completed together today.

There are a range of magnificent physical features and well-known landmarks in Europe.

Geographers use maps and images to investigate differences between countries in Europe.

Geographers can use data and statistics to investigate differences between countries in Europe.

Well done geographers, you've been fantastic today.

Thank you for joining me for today's lesson and for sharing your learning with me.

I'll see you soon for more geography lessons, goodbye.