Map Activities
Andy English
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A wealth of ideas
This pack offers over 30 separate exercises based around a variety of maps. The activities involved address a wide range of skills, and are suitable for Key Stage 2 pupils, or for sharpening skills at KS3 in an area that many students find tricky.
The contents contribute to work on:
- appropriate geographical vocabulary
- plans, maps and scales
- compasses, coordinates and points of reference
- following routes
- rivers, roads and railways
- settlement patterns
- weather and the seasons
- labelling maps of the world, Europe and the UK.
Some of the material also contributes to the history curriculum.
Contents
Introduction
- Europe
- World
- UK: Political
- British Isles: Relief
- UK: Large towns and cities
- British Isles: Major railway lines
- British Isles: Road network
- UK average annual rainfall (m)
- UK daily sunshine (hours)
- UK daily maximum temperature (July, degrees centigrade)
- UK daily minimum temperature (January, degrees centigrade)
- Europe: Political
- Europe: Physical
- South America: Political
- South America: Physical
- North America: Political
- North America: Physical
- Asia: Political
- Asia: Physical
- Africa: Political
- Africa: Physical
- The Arctic
- World: Political
- World: Physical
- World: Major rivers, lakes and mountains
- Continents
- Roman Britain
- Principal seventh century kingdoms
- Fifth century invasions
- The bishoprics of Tudor England
- Road and Major towns of Tudor Britain
- Main towns of Victorian Britain
- Railways in Victorian Britain c1852
- Principal mining areas in Victorian Britain
- Europe: Outline map
- World: Outline map
- Basic map skills
- Useful facts and figures
Answers
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