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Year 4

Images of the UK

I can use enquiry to understand how images can be used to describe people and places.

New
New
Year 4

Images of the UK

I can use enquiry to understand how images can be used to describe people and places.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Images of the UK can be used to investigate places and present geographical information.
  2. Images can show the similarities and differences between towns and cities across the UK.
  3. Images can show the similarities and differences between the physical landscape across the UK.
  4. Stereotypical views are when people see a single story about people or places; they can be positive as well as negative.

Common misconception

Stereotypes are always negative and untrue.

Stereotypes usually contain an element of truth in them, and can also be positive.

Keywords

  • Stereotype - This is a set idea that people might have about a person, place or thing, but which is often not true in reality.

  • Differences - Differences are the things that are not the same when compared with others.

  • Diversity - The variety of human, physical or cultural characteristics in a geographical area is known as diversity.

  • Similarities - Similarities are the things that are the same when compared with others.

If you have images of your own local area, feel free to refer to them. Stereotypes often emerge from ignorance of a place. Encourage students to be curious about places.
Teacher tip

Equipment

Images of the UK.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which UK country does this city lie in?
An image in a quiz
Scotland
Wales
Correct answer: England
Northern Ireland
Q2.
Which country is Edinburgh (shown in the photo) the capital city of?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: Scotland
Wales
England
Northern Ireland
Q3.
What word is used to describe the range of different examples of something?
Correct answer: diverse
difficult
dry
decide
Q4.
What word is used to describe a set idea that people might have about a person, place or thing, but which is often not true in reality? An example is 'all Scottish men wear kilts'.
Correct Answer: Stereotype, Misconception, stereotype, misconception
Q5.
Which of these is not usual for a village?
a small community
Correct answer: lots of schools
open coutryside nearby
local shops
Q6.
Which of these are regions in England?
Scotland
Correct answer: North East
Correct answer: South West
London
Q1 by Colin and Kim Hansen. CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/by

6 Questions

Q1.
Which food is typical of each country?
Correct Answer:Yorkshire Pudding,England

England

Correct Answer:haggis,Scotland

Scotland

Correct Answer:leeks,Wales

Wales

Q2.
Which of these is not a stereotype of the city of London?
Houses of Parliament and Big Ben
the Royal Family
black cabs
Correct answer: Robin Hood
Q3.
How might a photographer introduce stereotypes about a place?
Correct answer: through what they choose to include in the photograph
Correct answer: through what they choose to not include in the photograph
through annotations
Q4.
Stereotypes are ...
completely false.
Correct answer: partly true.
completely true.
Q5.
The UK has many diverse landscapes. What does this mean?
Correct answer: It has many different landscapes.
The landscapes are all similar.
It has only one type of landscape.
Q6.
Look at the word cloud below. What sort of area is this most likely to be describing?
An image in a quiz
town
Correct answer: village
seaside
mountainous areas

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