This pack provides an introduction to studying your local area, around the classroom and nearby canals and rivers. It supports the history curriculum - changes within living memory and the geography curriculum - field sketches, maps and diagrams.The pack consists of activity sheets for individual and group work and whiteboard pictures for classroom discussion. The teacher guidance notes provide curriculum links and background information.

A SOW focused on the impact of slavery on West Africa, the Caribbean and a local study on Bristol.

Wewere studying our local area, Gorseinon, and to introduce the topic I gave the children this coprehension to do about the history of Gorseinon. You could adapt this for your own local area.

This is a MS Word document that is easily adaptable to suit your needs. It focuses on a local river study and also includes opportunities to develop feedback and evaluate your progress. It is ideal to support the topic of rivers and can also be used as Homework research topic. I have used this with my Year 4 Class and they were really positive about it. It was completed independently and then discussed as small groups.

A full powerpoint with tasks, relevant theory and extended reading to cover the topic of Local and Global Audiences from the A Level Media Studies specification.

AQA Geography A level hazards resource. This is a model answer for the essay question below: With reference to a local scale of a specific place in a hazardous setting, assess the extent to which the physical nature of hazards can shape the character of a community and its ability to respond to risk. (20 marks) I have written this question and model answers to help students revise this section of the course: Case study at a local scale of a specified place in a hazardous setting to illustrate the physical nature of the hazard and analyse how the economic, social and political character of its community reflects the presence and impacts of the hazard and the community’s response to the risk. Having looked at the textbooks for the section, I felt that the materials on offer were not very effective. Therefore, I have created this document with a model question and answer as well as supporting web links that have maps and diagrams that can be effectively used to create an ‘analyse’ type question. This resource has been seen by an AQA advisor who confirms that it effectively teaches this element of the course. This resource will require a one hour lesson and homework to teach with.

Three lessons on aspects of Birmingham history. I put these together as a part of a new SoW for Year 7s because of the new criteria: 'how the local community fits into a wider national and international history.' (Ofsted)

A comprehensive revision checklist created for Edexcel GCSE History GCSE that includes all aspects of Crime & Punishment. Also includes separate checklist for Whitechapel. There is a pdf version of the file as well to ensure you have correct layout. Attached a word copy incase you want it to be edited.

This is a simple fieldwork activity aimed at KS3 students, early in their Geography studies. Students will study two local streets, completing bi-polar surveys, looking at the environment of their area. A write up sheet is included, guiding students and encouraging them to consider their methodology, data presentation, evaluation and analysis. I have found that modelling the worksheets work best, and perhaps a structure for the analysis has worked well. With the data collection and write up, I anticipate that this activity should take two lessons to complete.

This is lesson for the new Edexcel Geography A-level that introduces pupils to the concept of localism and the reasons behind it. It then goes on to look at the example of Totnes in Devon, with pupils researching a number of initiatives that Totnes has introduced in response to globalisation

Designed for KS3, involving multiple links to GCSE and British Values throughout. This is the first lesson in a scheme of work based around UK Ecosystems, taking students from the processes involved in ecosystems, through food chains and species identification to the impacts and management of our UK ecosystems. Learning Objectives: Describe and explain the ways we can survey wildlife. Analyse the ways Fibbersely nature reserve is affected by humans.

A lesson focusing upon a local study of the First World War, in the Leeds/West Yorkshire/Yorkshire area. Includes a video resource and discussion, local knowledge, an activity around the local area with key focuses, local men and memorials, and an assessment at the end. All resources included within the PowerPoint.

Local study Traffic problems set of 4 worksheets. KS2. Worksheet 1: Pupil traffic survey for pupils to investigate traffic flow on a street nearest to their school (morning, lunchtime, afternoon). The worksheet is simple to use with pictures for easy completion. Pupils count using a tally. Great for small group with an adult. I used this and gave a different group of 6 the task on a specific day of the week. All pupils had a chance to carry out the survey. By the end of the week, we had a picture of the road traffic problems over the course of a week at three different times of the day. Was great for comparison work. Worksheet 2: A set of follow up questions stemming from the survey plus 4 questions asking pupils their opinions about the road after the survey eg how safe do you feel riding a bike on this road? Worksheet 3: Problems caused by traffic through a picture/phrase matching task. Worksheet 4: Improving traffic issues by using road signs in town centres. Links well with work on Cities, Transport, Local Study.

Designed for KS3, involving multiple links to GCSE and British Values throughout. This is the first lesson in a scheme of work based around UK Ecosystems, taking students from the processes involved in ecosystems, through food chains and species identification to the impacts and management of our UK ecosystems. Learning Objectives: Describe the most important sites of fibbersley. Explain how we could manage Fibbersely better. Present your solutions to the class.

This resource contains differentiated LOs and activities for a year four class studying the local area. It contains PowerPoints, plans and other resources. Really enjoyable 4 lessons with technology and active learning.

This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about buildings over time as a part of their history study of ‘significant historical places in their own locality’ and ‘changes within living memory.’ It tracks the development of buildings from ancient civilisations to the present day, and contains comprehensive sections entitled: Overview; Interesting Local Buildings; Important Vocabulary; Buildings Timeline; Architecture Through Time; Top Buildings Facts. The local buildings are centred on an East of England study, but this can be easily amended on the Word version to suit your own context if needed. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.

A Knowledge organiser aimed at KS2 based around a local study of Beverley and the East Riding of Yorkshire. 1 page of information. Great for displays, assessment, information to be sent home, research sheets. Editable to suit the scheme of work taught The page includes: -What I should already know -National Curriculum link -Key Vocabulary -Knowledge / Facts -Images / Diagrams -Human and Physical goegraphical features -Blank box to add in Learning objectives / I can statements to suit the scheme of work or planning being taught

This is an introduction lesson to Local History, based around Lincolnshire but can easily be adapted for other areas. The others lessons for this SOW will follow.

AQA AS Changing Places Module - Local place study (Colchester) work booklet This work booklet and attached resources provide 6 hours of lesson work, and will allow students to meet all of the requirements outlined in AQA's specification regarding the study of a local place.