Settlements along rivers

Review the importance of rivers and rainfall in the growing of crops; investigate the relationship between rivers and settlements in Britain.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To investigate and begin to understand the relationship between rivers and the size of settlements in Britain.

Children will:

• Review the cress seed models of the river Nile and surrounding desert and draw conclusions about the importance of rivers and rainfall in the growing of crops.
• Understand the importance of the River Nile to life in Egypt and make an information sheet (Easy/Medium).
• Investigate the relationship between rivers and settlements in Britain by finding the mapped area of towns and cities along the course of 5 different rivers.

• Results of our river Nile experiment
• Life besides the river Nile
• Settlements along the course of a river

• Cress seed models of river Nile and the surrounding desert
• Access to Google Maps
• Photocopied pages from a giant AA road atlas
• Acetate sheets with a 1cm grid photocopied onto it

Film clip shows people living beside The Nile from ducksters.com