Presentation - Landscapes of the Earth and Spain Year 5 of Primary Education Social science

1. By Rafael Rodríguez Pérez Year 5

3. Work in pairs. Look at this physical map of Spain or use Google
Maps to find Carmona.
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What can you
see around your
city?
LANGUAG
E HELP
- I can see...

5. Pencils in the centre. Put your pencil cases in the centre of
the group table and classify these advantages and disadvantages of
globes and maps. After 3 minutes, write your answers in your notebook.
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ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
It represents all the Earth and you see it all at the same time. / It is very
realistic. / You can’t see all the parts of the Earth at the same time. / It isn’t
very realistic, because the real Earth isn’t flat. / It reproduces the exact
shape of the Earth.

6. Parallels and meridians are imaginary lines. Parallels circle the Earth and
they are lines of latitude. They are parallel to the Equator (parallel 0).
Meridians are the lines of longitude that go from pole to pole. The
Greenwich Meridian (or Prime Meridian) is the 0º meridian.
Parallels go from 0º to the North and South Poles and meridians go from 0º
to the West and East.
Find the
coordinates for
these points:
A: __º N & __º W
B: __º N & __º E
C: _____ & _____
D: _____ & _____
Play in pairs. Read cooperatively and play.
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A
B
C
D

7. Numbered heads together. Listen and do. Use a physical world map.
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a
b
c
d

8. - Point to Paris (P).
- Point to New York (N).
- Point to Sydney (S).
- Point to Cairo (C).
- You are going skateboarding towards latitude 40º N &
longitude 0º.
- You are swimming to latitude 40º N & longitude 140º E.
- You are riding a horse to latitude 20º N & longitude 100º W.
- You are playing tennis and your ball is flying to latitude 60º N
& longitude 60º E.
- You are doing gymnastics and you are touching latitude 0º &
longitude 80º W.
Numbered heads together. Listen and do. Use a physical world map.
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9. 1-2-group technique. Write the coordinates of the four ships on
the map.
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a: lat. ____; long.
____
b: _______;
_________
c: _______;
_________
d: _______;
_________

11. Scrabble. Read and use the words from the box to play
scrabble in pairs.
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continents – seas – oceans – rivers –
mountains
P H Y S I C A L W O R L D M A P
I
V
E
R
S

12. Rotatory sheet technique. Use your brain and memorize all the
landforms in two minutes. Then, use the rotatory sheet technique to
complete this table.
CAUCASUS
MOUNTAINS
Kilimanjaro
(volcano)
PYRENEES
SAHARA
DESERT
HIMALAYAS
Everest
Tibetan
Plateau
GREAT
VICTORIA
DESERT
Mount Cook
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13. Rotatory sheet technique. Use your brain and memorize all the
landforms in two minutes. Then, use the rotatory sheet technique to
complete this table.
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AMERICA EUROPE AFRICA ASIA OCEANIA

14. Individual activity. Use flaps to label the blank physical world map
(annex I) with the landforms you know.
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15. Incomplete dictation. Listen, write and complete.
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16. Work in groups. Make up a song about the oceans in 3
minutes. Use your body to play music and point to the oceans.
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17. Thinking twins. In pairs, look at the map and say where
these rivers flow to. First, you tell your partner; later, your partner
agrees/disagrees and finally you write.
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RIVER OCEAN
Amazonas
Guadalquivir
Ganges
Colorado
Nile
LANGUAGE
HELP
- Where does the
_____ river flow
to?
- It flows into the
_____ ocean.

19. a. China belongs to ____________.
b. Morocco belongs to ____________.
c. Spain and France belong to ____________.
d. Australia belongs to ____________.
e. Canada and Mexico belong to ____________.
f. Japan and India belong to ____________.
g. Algeria and Madagascar belong to ____________.
h. The United States, Argentina and Brazil belong to _________.
i. Germany and Italy belong to ____________.
Numbered heads together. Think in group. What continent
do these countries belong to?
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20. - China
- Morocco
- Spain
- France
- Argentina
- Australia
- Canada
- Mexico
- Japan
- Germany
- India
- Algeria
- Madagascar
- The United States
- Italy
Play in pairs. Use flaps to label the blank political world
map (annex II) with these countries. Later, play a guessing game.
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22. • The Inner Plateau (Meseta Central): It is in the centre of the Iberian
Peninsula.
• Central Mountain Chain (Sistema Central): These mountains are
about 2,000 metres high. They divide the Inner Plateau in 2:
Northern Sub-plateau and Southern Sub-plateau.
• Mountains of Toledo: They are low mountains below the Central
Mountain Chain (Sistema Central).
• Mountains of León: They are about 2,000 metres high and separate
Galicia from Castilla y León.
• Cordillera Cantábrica: It’s in the north and separates Castilla y León
from Asturias and Cantabria. Picos de Europa are here.
• Iberian Chain (Sistema Ibérico): It’s in the east. It separates the
Inner Plateau from the Ebro Depression.
• Sierra Morena: It’s in the south. It separates the Inner Plateau from
Andalucía.
1-2-group technique. Read about these landforms and try
to label the physical map of the Iberian Peninsula (annex III).
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23. 1-2-group technique. Read about these landforms and try
to label the physical map of the Iberian Peninsula (annex III).
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24. 1-2-group technique. Read about these landforms and try
to label the physical map of the Iberian Peninsula (annex III).
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SIERRA MORENA
CORDILLERA
CANTÁBRICA
MOUNTAINS OF TOLEDO
Northern Sub-plateau
Southern Sub-plateau
INNER PLATEAU
(Meseta Central)

25. - What’s the highest peak in the Iberian Peninsula?
- And what’s the highest peak of Spain?
Answer these questions and represent these peaks on a map.
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26. Numbered heads together. Memorize the landforms from the
previous activity in five minutes. Later, your teacher will ask you to point to
them on a map.
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27. Add these mountain chains:
- Galician Massif (Macizo Galaico): It’s formed by low mountains with
rounded peaks.
- Basque Mountains (Montes Vascos): It’s formed by low mountains with
pointed peaks.
- Pyrenees (Pirineos): They are very high and form the border between
Spain and France.
- Catalan Coastal Chain (Sistema Costero-Catalán): It’s parallel to the
Mediterranean coast.
- Betic Chain (Sistemas Béticos): It’s formed by two chains, the Pennibetic
Chain and the Subbetic Chain.
Add these depressions (plain crossed by rivers and surrounded by
mountains):
- The Ebro Depression.
- The Guadalquivir Depression.
Numbered heads together. Memorize the landforms from the
previous activity in five minutes. Later, your teacher will ask you to point to
them on a map.
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28. Numbered heads together. Memorize the landforms from the
previous activity in five minutes. Later, your teacher will ask you to point to
them on a map.
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SIERRA MORENA
CORDILLERA
CANTÁBRICA
MOUNTAINS OF TOLEDO
Northern Sub-plateau
Southern Sub-plateau
INNER PLATEAU
(Meseta Central)
Galician Massif
(Macizo Galaico)
Basque Mountains
(Montes Vascos)

29. Numbered heads together. Memorize the landforms from the
previous activity in five minutes. Later, your teacher will ask you to point to
them on a map.
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31. a. What’s the longest river in
Andalusia (Andalucía)?
b. What’s the mountain chain
by the Miño river?
c. What river separates
Andalusia (Andalucía) from
Portugal?
d. What are the two rivers
surrounding the Mountains
of Toledo?
e. What river starts in the
Cordillera Cantábrica and
flows into the
Mediterranean sea?
Thinking twins. Listen to our teacher’s questions, think the answer
in pairs and answer orally.
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32. a. The Miño River flows into the _________________.
b. The Odiel and Tinto Rivers flow into the
_________________.
c. The Ebro River flows into the _________________.
d. The Guadiana River flows into the _________________.
e. The Duero River flows into the _________________.
f. The Guadalquivir River flows into the _________________.
g. The Tajo River flows into the _________________.
Pencils in the centre. Complete these sentences with the
ocean or seas.
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Mediterranean Sea – Atlantic Ocean – Cantabrian Sea

33. Karaoke. Listen to ‘Spain’s relief’ and fill in the blanks.
Later, sing and point on the map.
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SPAIN’S RELIEF
It’s too hard to believe.
We have to study a lot.
Spain’s relief
First we have the __________________
In the centre it is
Now you put a finger up
Show me where it is
Because we have to begin, yeah
In the north of the map
__________________ are very high
The __________ at its back
A “cordillera” in the right
the __________________
Oh, studying Social Science is very nice,
it’s so nice.
Hey, an easy one, the _____________,
And the __________________ (oh, oh)
_______________, I want to go, I want to
go
Up to __________________
Hey, it is in the Sistemas Béti-
cos and I should go to swim because it’s
hot
it’s very hot, and we should go to, we should
go to
___________, ____________,
___________.
___________, ____________,
____________.
And the __________________.
It’s divided into two parts, the _______ and
__________.
The _______ is the highest peak, a
volcano.
Oh, studying Social Science is very nice,
it’s so nice.

34. Work in pairs. Complete the unit ‘scrabble’ diagram.
Ebro, Guadiana, Macizo Galaico, Mountains of Toledo, Inner Plateau, Pyrenees,
Sistemas Béticos, Odiel and Tinto, Guadalquivir Depression, Catalan Coastal
Chain, Tajo, Central Mountain Chain, Cordillera Cantábrica, Sistema Ibérico, Sierra
Morena, Ebro Depression, Miño, Basque Mountains, Guadalquivir, Mountains of
León and Duero.
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