Lesson Five – Road Changes

This geography teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to prepare and structure a presentation to outline some of the possible improvements that could be made to a road in the local area to make it safer for pedestrians to use.

The class can identify and record viewpoints of different groups and communities that might be affected by the proposed changes to a local road for safety purposes.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to prepare and structure a presentation to outline some of the possible improvements that could be made to a road in the local area to make it safer for pedestrians to use

Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify different arguments for or against an environmental improvement to a road in the local area to make it safer and a template to write a speech to describe an improvement to a local road to make it safer for pedestrians.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to structure a presentation to outline possible improvements to a road in the local area to make it safer.

This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to identify, describe and compare some of the different traffic hazards and dangers that can be encountered when making journeys in the local area. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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