Unit 6: Saving South America
Creating campaign adverts to raise awareness of environmental problems in South America and how to solve them.
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Unit 6: Saving South America
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Read and interpret locational language in a description of South America’s geography.
- Write sentences about animal habitats in South America, comparing them now and in the past.
- Identify causes of environmental problems in South America and possible solutions.
- Give instructions using imperative verbs on how to protect South America’s environment.
- Script and present an advert campaigning for action to address South America’s environmental problems.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 5: A trip across Spain
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Discovering América del Sur
- To interpret locational language in a description of South America.
Lesson 2: Habitats past and present
- To construct comparative sentences about South America’s environment.
Lesson 3: Protecting América del Sur
- To discuss ways to help protect South America’s environment.
Lesson 4: Recipe for a healthy world
- To write a set of instructions for creating a healthy world.
Lesson 5: Scripting a campaign advert
- To script an advert campaigning for action on South America’s environmental problems.
Lesson 6: Campaigning for action
- To present adverts campaigning for action on South America’s environmental problems.
Key skills
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Resources
Unit resources

Spanish
Knowledge organiser: Saving South America
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit 'Unit 6: Saving South America.'.
Spanish
Translations: Saving South America
Translations of key texts and transcripts from resources in this unit.

Spanish
Vocabulary display: Saving South America
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Saving South America unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Geography: Locational knowledge, Human and physical geography
Maths: Statistics.