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.

You Will Also Need

A class 'Explorer Bear'
Map of your school grounds
Basic timeline for display
Glue