Local Area Unit of Work and Resources - KS1/LKS2 (Geography, History, Art and Science)

A detailed and comprehensive plan for a unit of work based around ‘Street Detectives’ and local history with IWB flipcharts and differentiated worksheets included. The planning covers a range of Geography and History objectives with a focus on the local area which can be easily adapted, and also Art and Science with a link to local buildings and habitats.

Learning objectives covered:

• To understand what our local area is like and how it may have changed over time.
• Ask questions about how our local area has changed over time.
• Ask questions about how our local area has changed over time.
• To use geographical vocabulary to name features of familiar and unfamiliar places.
• Identify and describe geographical human and physical features using an aerial photograph.
• To draw simple maps or plans using symbols for a key.
• Describe human and physical features seen in their local environment.
• Describe how people, places and events in their own locality have changed over time.
• To investigate building designs.
• To use digital media to create a photo collage in the style of David Hockney.
• To investigate shapes, patterns and decorations on buildings.
• To identify living things and their habitats within the local environment.
• To describe how animals get their food from plants and other animals.
• To identify living things and their habitats within the local environment.