KS2 France Geography Unit - 5 outstanding lessons fully resourced

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This brilliant unit has five detailed lessons that will help your class learn all about France and it’s physical and human geography.

This can be used flexibly over a half term and covers a range of topics, including:

• Map work
• Life in France (schools, food and routines)
• Sheffield v Paris (can be adapted to any English locality)
• Napoleon
• Famous French people

Each lesson has a detailed lesson plan, PowerPoint and accompanying resources.

Resources include:
x5 lesson plans
Blank map of Europe
Labelled map of Europe
Blank map of France
Information sheet - French food and drink
Information sheet - French schools
Information sheet - Interview with a British family
School life comparison table worksheet
Information sheet - Paris
Information sheet - Sheffield
Editable worksheet - comparing Paris and Sheffield (PDF also included)
Newspaper template
Storyboard template
Wanted poster template
French history timeline worksheet
French history timeline answers
Names of famous French people to research
Website links to research

Lesson 1: L.O: to know the location of countries in Europe, including France, and to be able to plot human and physical features onto a map.
Success Criteria:
I know where the UK, France, Germany,
Italy and Russia are located in Europe.
I can use the points of the compass to help me to plot human and physical features onto a map.

Lesson 2: L.O: to understand life in France and the differences and similarities to life in the UK
Success Criteria:
I know what a typical school day is like in France.
I know a French person’s typical diet
I can compare life in France to my life in the UK and say what is similar and what is different.

Lesson 3:L.O: to compare the physical and human geography of Paris and Sheffield (or any city near you!)
Success Criteria:
I can locate Paris on a map of France
I can locate Sheffield on a map of the UK
I can compare their physical geography
I can compare their human geography

Lesson 4:L.O: to know the history of France around the time of Napoleon Bonaparte and understand how Napoleon changed Europe.
Success Criteria:
I can make notes using bullet points
I can use a time line to show important events
I can include some of the events and dates in my work.

Lesson 5:L.O: to use the internet to find and present facts.
Success Criteria:
I know some famous French people
I can say why they are famous
I can use Google to find websites with key facts including date of birth, why they were famous and death (if applicable)
I can present these facts as a slide from a PowerPoint

Graded Outstanding by leaders.
UPDATED - 21/12/19 Lesson 3 PowerPoint reuploaded - all errors now cleared.
UPDATED - 16/01/21
UPDATED - 02/02/22 All resources, PowerPoints and lesson plans upgraded

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