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The Cartographer's Challenge

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Victorians Local Streets

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Objectives

History

  • Continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of Britain, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
  • Conduct a local history study of an aspect of history from a period beyond 1066 that is significant to the local area.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

Geography

  • Use maps to locate areas and describe features studied.

Lesson Planning

Children compare modern and Victorian maps of the local area and record results.

Children Will:

  • Compare modern-day and Victorian maps and uncover main differences between the local landscape now and in Victorian times.
  • Use old and new maps to describe the landscape and changes within the local area.

Provided Resources

  • Teachers’ Notes – Preparing For This Block
  • Cartographer’s Challenge

You Will Need

Local maps of different dates

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