Year 6 lesson introducing places in the world

1. Extreme World Geography
Learning objectives:
 To know the most extreme/biggest physical
and human features of the world
 To recognise the locations of these places
 To be able to construct a map of these using
the principles of STACK

2. World’s largest, longest, biggest,
tallest…
Use the Internet to find out the following: (Record
the name and country/location in your book)
3 tallest mountains
3 longest rivers
3 biggest countries (area)
3 largest deserts
3 largest tropical rainforests
3 most populated cities
3 tallest buildings
Extension: any other cool world facts!

3. Poster
 Choose one extreme feature
 Design a creative poster to say why your
extreme feature is the best and most
important in the world
 Top tips:
 Include a cool, catchy slogan
 Describe its location (use place names (countries,
continents), compass points)
 Include a simple sketch map/drawings of it
 Include 5 facts and statistics about it
 Say why it’s important

4.  Using your atlas, let’s locate the features on your
world map
 You need to come up with an appropriate symbol
(don’t forget to add it to your key!!)
 Then label it with its name too!
 REMEMBER to STACK your map
World’s largest, longest, biggest,
tallest…

6. Homework
 Revise for the mini-test in the next lesson
 You need to know:
 STACK
 Your continents
 Your oceans
 The largest features in the world (mountains,
rivers, deserts, cities)

7. Sporcle links
 http://www.sporcle.com/games/J0SH/geography-g
 http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/populouscities
 http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/longestrivers