Geography from Square One - Activities
These activities are intended to get you thinking about geography. Hopefully, they will motivate you to have a go yourself.
Most can be adapted to suit children of any age in the primary school, and many can easily be developed into a complete unit of work.
For ease of use, each activity sheet indicates the key geographical ideas and skills encompassed.
Geography from Square One Poster
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Teacher activity: Where do I start?
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Pupil activity 1: Can you find me?
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Pupil activity 2: Features here and there
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Pupil activity 3: Spot the mistake
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Pupil activity 4: Do we like it?
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Pupil Activity 5: My perfect town
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Pupil Activity 6: Where in the world am I?
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Pupil Activity 7: Global detectives
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Pupil Activity 10: What geography is in the local area?
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If you try some of these activities you’ll be promoting Excellence and Enjoyment, engaging in fun geography which relates to the Programme of Study for your key stage and making cross-curricular links to many other subject areas:
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Whole school initiatives
For example, as part of the school's Improvement Plan, as one aspect of action towards gaining Eco School status, or as part of a bid to gain the Geographical Association's Primary Geography Quality Mark.
All this and more!
- all pupils are engaged, whatever their ability
- pupils' thinking skills are developed
- they are given a context in which they can practise their social skills.
Have a go, and let us know how you got on! Email Marcia Foley.
Geography from Square One was a Geographical Association project, supported by funding from The Frederick Soddy Trust and the DCSF
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