How a visit to Killhope can inspire

• How people affect the
environment.
• How the features of
localities influence the
nature and location of
human activities.
• To use and interpret maps
and plans.
• To make maps.
Why is Killhope like this?
• Divide the children into small
groups to complete a survey of
the site and its history. Ask
them to decide how to record
and present their information.
• Ask the children to sketch the
site and note the types of
structures, and to note what
people do and did.
• Discuss how the features of
Killhope affect the nature and
location of human activity there
now.
What does it feel like to be here?
• Devise and carry out
their own field
techniques to carry out
the survey.
• Understand problems
associated with a tourist
site.
• Begin to understand how
features of the area
influence human activity.
• To appreciate the quality of
the environment.
• Killhope is located in an Area of
outstanding Natural Beauty.
Ask the children to sit quietly,
perhaps at the squirrel hide, and
to jot down words and phrases
to describe how they feel.
Would this change in different
seasons?
• To develop an awareness
of the quality of the
environment and further
develop their sense of
place.
What are the main similarities and differences between our school and Killhope? Why are
the places like they are?
• To understand similarities
and differences between
places.
• Ask the children to explain the
main similarities and differences
between the two areas.
• Review their fieldwork
experience and reflect on
what they have
discovered and how it
has affected their initial
thinking.
• Understand the
similarities and
differences between the
two localities.
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