With SatNav and Google Earth, finding your way around couldn’t be easier. But behind every map app is a huge set of skills – skills that are first introduced during a primary geography lesson. One of the three principle aims of the 2014 geography curriculum stresses the importance of map work as a geographical skill. For teachers, the challenge is to help pupils understand why this is relevant, and one of the best ways to do this is to tap into their emotions.
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KS2 Geography Lesson Plan – Teach Map Reading By Tapping Into Children’s Emotions
