Learning objective

  • To name and locate the seven continents.

Success criteria

  • I can name the seven continents.
  • I know that

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National curriculum

Geography

Locational knowledge

Pupils should be taught

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1: Lesson plan

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should use the Activity: World map (support) with missing letters as a prompt and the Resource: Word bank.

 

Pupils working at greater depth

Could circle the continents closest to where they live; could rank all the continents from largest to smallest; could rank the continents by the number of countries each one contains.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: naming and locating the seven continents

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Vocabulary definitions

  • continent

    A large land mass.

  • country

    A land or nation with its own government.

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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team

Contributors

Dr Michael Leach

Geography specialist

Jason Clark

Geography specialist

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