Our local area
I can talk about the area where you live and find some familiar features on an aerial photograph or large-scale plan.
Our local area
I can talk about the area where you live and find some familiar features on an aerial photograph or large-scale plan.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Most local areas include geographical features such as houses, shops, places of worship and green spaces.
- Digital maps can switch from aerial to map view to help identify the familiar features of the local area.
- Locational language, maps, aerial images and fieldwork are used to identify and locate features in the local area.
Common misconception
Cities and towns are words used to describe a settlement of the same size interchangeably.
Towns are used to describe settlements with a population of thousands whereas cities are usually used to describe settlements of over 100 000 or millions.
Keywords
Local area - The local area is the space immediately around where you are.
Village - A village is a small group of houses where people live.
Town - A town is a settlement that is usually larger than a village but smaller than a city and generally has local government.
City - A city is a settlement that is usually larger than a town and has local government.
Aerial photograph - An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.
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