Geography map skills plan and resources

This plan consists of 9 lessons that focuses on maps skills of the local area. The children have opportunities to complete activities on the ‘50 things to do before 11’ list that the national trust have set up.

Lesson 1 - To draw a detailed map of the local area and learn new vocabulary (assessment lesson)
Lesson 2 - To identify what activities the children have completed on the ‘50 things to do before 11’ list
Lesson 3 - To explore the local area and complete some of the activities on the ‘50 things to do’ list
Lesson 4 - To research key information about the park using a range of sources
Lesson 5 - To write a persuasive letter
Lesson 6 - To identify key features of an ordnance survey map and understand how 6-figure grid references work on an ordnance survey map
Lesson 7 - To use OS Maps and Google Maps to locate a route
Lesson 8 - To draw a detailed sketch map using symbols and a key of local area (assessment lesson)
Lesson 9 - To complete activities from the National Trust list

The children really enjoyed this unit of worked and loved exploring their local area and working in small groups to plot a route on an OS map.