What will my child study?

Year 3 Great Britain, maps and plans, settlements, seasons, food and farming settlements

Year 4 Weather and climate, St Lucia, rainforests

Year 5 Egypt, water and the landscape, a local study

Year 6 The mountain environment, India, environmental changes in the news

I. Vocabulary to learn

1. to develop an awareness of the world

2. the way in which people and society interact

3. to make sense of the world in which they live

4. important events and developments

5. to make one’s own interpretations of the past

6. historical reconstructions and re-enactments

7. to play part in the development of Britain

8. explorers and their encounters with new parts of the world

9. to provoke and answer questions

10. the natural and human worlds

11. to view them from different perspectives

12. a range of investigative and problem-solving skills

13. to stimulate a sense of enquiry

14. an understanding of environmental change

15. to exceed the requirements

16. to foster in pupils a sense of wonder

17. to be passionate about helping pupils

18. to develop an informed concern about

19. the future of the human habitat

20. to grow in the sense of responsibility

II. Questions to answer

1. Why is it important for children to know the past?

2. What are the pupils taught about?

3. What are they introduced to?

4. What kind of interpretations are the pupils encouraged to make?

5. What sources of evidence do they study?

6. What do they study in each year?

7. What questions does Geography provoke and answer?

8. What knowledge and understanding does it develop?

9. What is the aim of the Geography department?

10. What sense and concern are the teachers passionate to foster?

III. Talking points to discuss

1. What are the approaches to teaching History in Russian primary schools?

2. What moral qualities can be developed while learning History and Geography?

IV. Things to do

1. Make a list of important personalities in the world’s history and geography.

2. Prepare a talk (or a presentation) about some explorer or historical event.

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