Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the different jobs that can be completed on an island, shared reading texts to describe the jobs of a crofter, harbour master, shop worker and fisherman on the Isle of Skye and differentiated templates to select and describe different aspects of a job that can be completed on an island location.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore and describe some of the different jobs that can be completed by the residents living on an island.

This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to identify, record and compare some of the physical and political geographical features specific to islands with other locations around the world. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.