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Lesson One – Mapping Italy
This geography teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify, describe and compare some of the different special locations that can be found in Italy by recording places using a map.
The class can practise using a colour code map to indicate the matching locations of different cities, mountains and rivers that can be found in the country of Italy in Europe.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, describe and compare some of the different special locations that can be found in Italy by recording places using a map
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify some of the different locations that can be found in Italy and describe life in an Italian city and differentiated worksheets to record the location of some of the special physical and political places that can be found in the European country of Italy
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and describe some of the different locations that can be found in the country of Italy by using a map.
This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to explore and record how cities and other locations in Italy are physically and politically the same or different from similar places in the United Kingdom. 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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