Mapping places to visit in our local area
You can describe and show with maps where you usually go in your local area.
Mapping places to visit in our local area
You can describe and show with maps where you usually go in your local area.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The 'local area' can mean different things to different people.
- Maps can be used to plot and show your typical range and places visited in a week, and how you feel about them.
- A typical local range will probably include your school, your house, the local shops and play areas.
Keywords
Area - An area is a particular portion of the Earth's surface and it can be as small as a park or as large as an ocean.
Local - Local means an area which the people who live there are familiar with, and encounter in their everyday lives.
Range - Range means the distance and extent an individual may travel in their everyday lives.
Symbol - A symbol is used to show an important landmark, place, feature or area of a map, diagram or drawing.
Common misconception
Pupils think the local area is either one particular place or has a particular size.
Share examples of where we go, and think about this in the context of everyday lives in urban and rural areas, using different examples.
To help you plan your year 2 geography lesson on: Mapping places to visit in our local area, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 2 geography lesson on: Mapping places to visit in our local area, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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Starter quiz
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