Learning objective

  • To name and locate some of the world’s longest rivers.

Success criteria

  • I can locate rivers on a

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National curriculum

Geography

Locational knowledge

Pupils should

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display slide 1 of the Presentation: River features and provide each child with a sticky note. Alternatively, hand out the Activity: River features (one each). Ask the children to match each label to the correct number on the diagram of a river. Using slide 2 or Resource: River feature answers (one between two), ask the…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Can use the Activity: World rivers (support) which has the rivers pre-drawn and a key. 

Pupils working at greater depth

Can add in any mountainous areas at the source of the rivers, with both labels and a representation of these areas on their key. 

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: using an atlas to locate and

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Vocabulary definitions

  • locate

    To discover the position of something.

  • key

    A list of symbols on a map that explain what each symbol represents.

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