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help at a glance

In this unit pupils look at what different types of housing look like on OS maps.

A large map, like the one of Aylesbury on page 45, may look rather threatening for some pupils and many also fi nd the map skills (grid references, symbols) diffi cult.

Diffi cult vocabularyOS, land use, terraced, abbreviations, symbols, industrial

Suggestions for helping your pupilsShow pupils pages 44 and 45 in geog.1.

● Start with a quiz to engage them with the map.

● Recap on how to do grid references.

basics worksheetThe worksheet Houses on maps consolidates the work done in unit 3.5. Pupils need to match examples of different housing types taken from OS maps to photos and description boxes.

It could be used as pair or independent task. It will probably take about 15 minutes.

Skills practised:

• Geography skills: using OS maps

• Thinking skills: matching map extracts to photos and descriptions

Answers:

• terraced houses, straight rows of houses joined to each other, photo of old housing (page 42)

• 1930s to 1950s houses, larger houses with gardens, joined in pairs, photo of 1930–50s housing (page 42)

• modern housing estate, near the edge of town, not in rows, photo of 1960s housing (page 42)

basics ‘Your turn’ questionsVersions of questions 1 and 5 in geog.1, specially written for lower-ability pupils.

If the targeted pupils complete these questions, you could direct them to ‘Your turn’ questions 2 and 3 in geog.1.

Skills practised:

• Geography skills: using a map

• Thinking skills: map interpretation; making decisions

Answers:

1 museum, civic centre, bus station, churches, information centre, ring road

2 house number 2

3.5 Be a land-use detective!

Name Class

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Houses on maps Unit 3.5

worksheet

Different types of houses look different when they’re drawn on maps.

The table shows three different types of houses.

Houses on maps Type of house Description Photo

straight rows of houses

joined to each other

modern housing estate

1 Complete the table from the grid below.

a Copy the correct two types of house into the second column.

b Copy the correct two descriptions into the third column.

c Cut out the photos of the houses and stick them in the correct places.

near the edge of town,

not in rows terraced houses

larger houses with

gardens, joined in pairs 1930s to 1950s houses

Name Class

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3.5 Be a land-use detective! Your turn

You will need a pen and a ruler. Write the title ‘Be a land-use detective’ in your exercise book. Turn to pages 44 and 45 of geog.1.

1 Look at the map on page 45. The central business district (CBD) is in the

middle of Aylesbury. You can find it mostly in square 8113. To find this

square, first find line 81. Then find line 13 up the side. Where the two lines

meet is the bottom left hand corner of square 8113.

a You might find all the things below in a CBD. Tick the ones in the CBD of

Aylesbury. Look on the map and at the key on page 138.

hospital museum civic centre bus station

train station churches information centre a ring road round it

post office lots of main roads leading into it

b Copy and complete this sentence in your book.

Aylesbury CBD has …

2 Decide which of the two

houses for sale would suit the

family below best.

In your book, write your answer like this:

The family would like house better because …

Name Class

© Oxford University Press geog.1 challenges : 2 Making and mapping connections

Cruising down the river Unit 2.4

extension activity

Imagine you are the owner of a river cruise company. Your boats follow a route starting in square

A1 and finish in square D1. Use the information on the map to write a commentary that could be

played to the people on the boat who are visiting the area, describing what they can see as they

travel down the river.

Alternatively, you could produce your commentary as a PowerPoint presentation, or an Animoto

video (www.animoto.com ), using images of Warkworth to help explain to visitors what the town is

like. You could also produce a leaflet for visitors, explaining to them what to expect when going on

one of your river cruises.

Whichever way you choose, make sure that you target your commentary at visitors!

Name Class

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2.4 Real maps

Your turn

extensions

7 Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using colour aerial photographs in geography.

8 Look at the aerial photograph of Warkworth on page 22 in the pupil book. Why do you think they

built the castle right there?

9 Find an aerial photograph of your local area or another area that interests you. Draw a simple

sketch map of your chosen area with annotations to show its main features. You could use

colours and symbols, and include a key and a scale if you know it. Include anything that you

think would interest visitors to your chosen area. Websites such as www.multimap.com give

you access to aerial photographs.

All worksheets from geog.1 basics All worksheets from geog.1 challenges

basics Support lower ability• basics provides an accessible worksheet for every

double-page spread in the students’ book, so you can easily incorporate it into every lesson

• Targeted ‘Your turn’ questions encourage and motivate your lower ability students

• Pack includes OxBox CD-ROM and teacher’s book

challenges Stretch high achievers• challenges provides an extension worksheet for

every double-page spread in the students’ book, so you can easily incorporate it into every lesson

• Extended ‘Your turn’ questions stretch and challenge your high achievers

• Pack includes OxBox CD-ROM and teacher’s book

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extendingthis unit

Extension activity

Cruising down the river the river

The activity puts the pupils in the role of a local business person who organises river boat trips through Warkworth. They are asked to interpret the map and produce a commentary, a presentation or a leafl et for visitors.

For more information about using OS maps, turn to page 00.

Getting started

It would be helpful if pupils have the chance to discuss how they should write to a target audience. This is something that they will probably have done in their English lessons. They should also be encouraged to think creatively about what they will produce, and be reminded that maps of different scales and types offer varying amounts of information.

Outcomes for this activity• Pupils accurately interpret the map

• Pupils produce commentary of presentation that is appropriate to the target audience.

Skills practised in the activity

Map interpretation

Writing to an audience

Display creativity

In this unit pupils will explore the use of maps and aerial photographs.

Challenging your pupilsMaps are a basic tool for geographers and pupils should become increasingly familiar with using them in a variety of contexts. The use of maps in isolation does not always give pupils the opportunity to exploit their rich potential. Pupils’ understanding of grid references needs constant reinforcing, and using maps in a fun and innovative way helps to achieve this. The use of aerial photographs, and then aligning them with a map, is an additional skill which is of great value when asking questions about a particular location. The map and photograph together offer a rich diversity of information that allows the geography of the area to be more fully understood.

Extending the ‘Your turn’ questions The extended ‘Your Turn’ questions ask pupils to evaluate the relative benefi ts of aerial photographs, and then ask them to produce their own sketch map from an aerial photograph that they have selected.

7 Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using colour aerial photographs in Geography?

Advantage: colour brings the landscape alive; may be more up to date than maps; may show military features that are not shown on maps; the ‘camera never lies’ idea

Disadvantage: some features may be diffi cult to determine or identify; can be more diffi cult to interpret than a map; scale of aerial photograph is not always given.

8 Look at the aerial photograph of Warkworth on page 22 in the pupil book. Why do you think they built the castle right there?

Defence, only need to defend one side as it is protected by the river; can see enemies approaching; land appears higher.

9 Find an aerial photograph of your local area or another area that interests you. Draw a simple sketch map of your chosen area with annotations to show its main features. You could use colours and symbols, and include a key and a scale if you know it. Include anything that you think would interest visitors to your chosen area. Websites such as www.multimap.com give you access to aerial photographs.

Accurate map with scale (if known), north arrow and key. Annotations should be targeted at visitors to the area.

Skills practised in these questionsGeographical skills:

map interpretation, map making

PLTS:

Creative thinker

2.4 Real maps

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