Odd one out! From the pictures below which one isn’t Russia! Justify your choice!

Learning Objectives

• ALL: must identify the physical geographical features of Russia

• MOST: should describe and explain the physical and human geographical features

• SOME: could explain how physical geographical features could determine human geographical features

Your task!

• You are going to be given a map of Russia, using an Atlas, your task is to locate and map the following features:

Rivers:

Don River Ob’ River Pechora River Kama River Volga River

Seas & Lakes:

White SeaBaltic Sea Black SeaBarrents Sea

Ladoga Lake Lake Onega

Countries

LithuaniaAzerbaijanFinlandEstoniaNorwayBelarusLatviaUkraine

Mountains:

Ural Mountains

Using Tracing paper!

• Place your tracing paper over your physical geography map.

• You are now going to plot the following cities.1. Moscow2. St. Petersburg3. Volgograd4. Rostov5. Nizhnivy Novgorod

Your Task

• You are going to be writing a descriptive piece explaining the links between the locations of the cities you have plotted and the geographical features.

To finish off

How do you think the physical features of Russia link to their way of life?

i.e. what do you think it would be like to live in the city of Rostov or St. Petersburg!