How a visit to Killhope can inspire

• About physical and
human features.
• About land use in
settlements.
• To use and interpret
maps.
• To use secondary
sources.
What is Killhope like?
• Help the children to match
ground photographs of the main
human and physical features to
a base map of Killhope, naming
features and listing questions for
further research.
• Study aerial photographs of
Killhope. Use suitable
vocabulary to identify land use
and features and label an outline
plan showing key land use
boundaries.
• Discuss the layout of Killhope
and reasons for why it is like it is.
• Identify main human and
physical features of
Killhope.
• Develop an awareness
and understanding of land
use at Killhope.
What are the main land uses at Killhope?
• To collect evidence.
• To use fieldwork
techniques.
• About physical and
human features.
• To use land use in
settlements.
• Discuss how land use can be
recorded.
• At Killhope, divide the children
into pairs and ask each pair to
identify a land use, eg houses,
roads etc and mark it on a
colour-coded base map.
• Identify and understand
different land uses.
• Record land use on a
map using a key.
What jobs do people do? How do they get to work? What services do nearby settlements
provide?
• To collect and record
evidence.
• About how the locality is
linked to other places.
• To use and interpret
maps.
• With the children, design and
conduct a survey to identify jobs
around the site, then and now.
List the jobs and ask the children
to categorise them and
investigate how far people
travelled to work then, and how
far they travel now.
• Ask the children to use OS maps
to list 3 or 4 nearby towns
people could use to obtain
certain goods eg clothes. Ask
the children to map a route to
these places, and describe it.
• Classify types of work.
• Understand the
relationship between
work and travel.
• Describe a journey,
including the route and
type of transport.
• Draw a simple map to
show a route.
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