Lesson One – United Kingdom Map
This geography teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and record the name and location of each of the four main countries that comprise the United Kingdom.
The class can select and compose diary entries to suggest what might happen when visiting England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland as part of a family holiday.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify and record the name and location of each of the four main countries that comprise the United Kingdom
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of display posters to identify the position of the United Kingdom in the world and the location of the countries of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, shared reading texts to identify and explain some of the distinguishing features of the four countries that comprise the UK and a template to support composition of a diary entry describing a visit to a location in the United Kingdom.
The interactive presentation gets the children to practise using maps to identify the name and location of the four counties that are part of the UK and describe what makes each place special.
This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to Identify the name and location of the four main countries in the UK and describe their matching capital cities and investigate the seas that surround each country. 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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