Teachers' notes
Starting a new settlement
Aims: Identify and summarise evidence from a text to support a hypothesis Show relationships of time, reason and cause through subordination and connectives
Find out about how to choose the location for a new settlement.
Age group 7–9
- England and Wales
Year 3/Year 4 - Scotland
Year P4/Year P5 - Northern Ireland
Year 4/Year 5
Literacy skills: Identify the relevant information in a text and use it in another context.
Demonstrate how to use a connecting word or phrase to join two statements.
Curriculum links:
- Geography – England and Wales
- The World around us, Geography – Northern Ireland
- Social studies, People, place and environment – Scotland
- History – England and Wales
- The World around us, History – Northern Ireland
- Social studies, People, past events and societies – Scotland
Content:
- Whiteboard: Read the information about choosing a location for a new settlement and consider the key points. Look at a picture of a settlement and identify the features described in the text. Use the muddled statements to compose four sentences explaining the features of the settlement.
- Activity sheet: Look at a picture of another settlement. Apply what has been learnt in the class session to make judgements about the positives aspects of the location and its problems. Complete a series of sentences.
- Extension: Use the key points to write a description of a place which would be suitable for a new settlement.
Suggestions for questions:
- Activate prior knowledge: Who were the early settlers in Britain? What sort of things would you need if you were going to start a new village?
- Reflect on learning: What do you think are the most important things to have to make new settlement possible? Has this text missed anything out?
- Stimulate further research: Find out about a Roman, Viking or Saxon settlement. What features does the site have? Was it successful?