The human journey

Topics Year 4/5

Objectives

Science

  • Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago.

Geography

  • Locate the world’s countries, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics.

Lesson Planning

Make a map showing early human dispersal around the world.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To create a map showing where and when early humans travelled out of Africa.
  • To locate places where early human fossils have been found and identify the surrounding environmental region.

Children will:

  • Explain where, how and when early humans travelled out of Africa.
  • Locate places and countries on a map.
  • Identify features of the physical environment.

You Will Need

  • Large wall map