Lesson Five – European Vacation
This geography teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate how to produce a holiday brochure using maps to describe one of the special countries that can be found in Europe.
The class can collect and record information to describe the uniqueness of different countries that are part of the European continent by their physical and political features.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate how to produce a holiday brochure using maps to describe one of the special countries that can be found in Europe
Activities in this teaching pack include a display poster to identify the location of different countries that can be found in Europe, a shared reading text to describe countries in Europe from written descriptions about holidays in each location and a template to structure and format a written report about to describe the special features found in a European country.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to produce a holiday brochure using maps to describe one country that can be found Europe.
This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to investigate the different political and physical features that can be found in countries that are part of the continent of Europe. 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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