Lesson Planning
What do explorers do?
Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of
Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Explorers - NEW LOOK
Objectives
History
- To order some significant explorers on a timeline and identify the continents they visited.
Geography
- To use a simple map to go on an expedition in the school grounds.
- To name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans.
Enquiry question
What inspires people to want to go on an expedition?
Outcomes
Children will:
- Go on a school grounds expedition with ‘Explorer Bear’.
- Order some significant explorers on a timeline.
- Label the seven continents and five oceans on a map, and match explorers with the continents they travelled to.
Provided Resources
You Will Also Need
A class 'Explorer Bear'
Map of your school grounds
Basic timeline for display
Glue