Year 4 or 5 Geography Lessons (loosely based on Food & Mexico- 10 lessons)

This geography was rated very highly by my current head teacher. It was used during a staff meeting to model how to teach geography to a high standard . The slides are created on Smart notebook which can be downloaded for free with a quick google search (at the time of posting anyway). There are 10 high-quality lessons which focus on the children’s use of sophisticated geographical vocabulary and ensuring they are repeatedly using it throughout the lessons. All lessons how additional helpsheets to help guide the children to the correct answer.

Skills/ Knowledge covered

Identifying biomes, identiffying climates, using maps, locating direction on a compass, Identifying countires, Identifying trends, locating North and Southern Hemisphere, where different food grows and why, the causes of global warming and idenitfying how animals adapt to their habitat.

Lesson 1 - Hemispheres and different Climates
Lesson 2- Climates and Hemispheres consolidation
Lesson 3 - Different Biomes
Lesson 4 - Global Warming
Lesson 5 - Georgaphical Features and their affect on cities/ population
Lesson 6 - Longitude and Latitude
Lesson 7 - Where different types of food grows and why.
Lesson 8 - Diary Entry (mini assessment)
Lesson 9 - Comparing Mexico and the UK
Lesson 10 - Georgaphical Features of Mexico