Title: Where is my place? Starter: Direction What are the four main compass directions?

Learning Objective: To be able to describe the location of a place in a regional and national context

• Title: Where is my place?

Starter: Direction

• What are the four main compass directions?

• North is always at the top followed by east. One way to remember the order of the four main compass directions is to make up a rhyme e.g. naughty elephants squirt water

• Make up your own rhyme to help you remember these directions.

• What are the eight main compass directions?

Compass Directions – Starter 2

Introduction: What are the different scales in Geography?

Describing the location of a city

Describing location

• ITT – What information should we include when describing the location of a city? Try to think of three pieces of information that you could include when describing the location of a city.

• PW – Share your ideas

• Using your shared ideas write a description of the location of Hull. You can use an Atlas to help.

Site and Situation

• Site – the reason why the place was chosen for a city.

• Example – Hull was chosen for a site for a settlement because it is a near a river. Therefore, fishing developed and jobs were available for people.

• Situation – where a place is in relation to other places.

• Example – Hull is located 40kms to the east of York.

• Online Activity

Example 1 – The location of London

• London is situated in the south east of England. It is located on the River Thames. London is situated 75km south east of Oxford. The M25 runs around London. A number of other motorways lead to London. These include the M1, M11 and M23.

• London is sited here because the land is flat and easy to build on. Being located on a river London developed as a port. This created many jobs so people moved to the area.

Example 2 – An annotated sketch map