Year 4- Geography- 3 Lessons introducing Europe

3 lessons including lesson plans and resources- What and where is Europe?

This has been written as two lessons as there is so much to learn about Europe. Lesson 1 will be the introduction, finding out about the continent as a whole, whilst Lesson 2 will concentrate on Europe related knowledge. The interactive games may be played in both lesson.

Lesson 1:What and where is Europe
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• to begin to identify countries in Europe and their
major cities.
Success criteria
Children can:
• locate and understand that Europe is a continent
that has a number of countries and a range of
major cities

Lesson 3: Regions in Europe
Learning objectives
Children should learn:
• countries and capital cities in Europe;
• to work together to design a tour of a region of
Europe.
Success criteria
Children can:
• understand that Europe is a continent that has a
number of countries and can produce a tour of a
region in a country in this continent.

Taken from LCP’s LKS2 Geography Resource File