Good morning Year 6!
Good morning Year 6 and welcome to today’s Geography lesson! Our topic this term is ‘All the World’s a Stage’ which as you know is a famous quote from William Shakespeare.
Usually, we would be preparing for our production and fingers crossed that we will still be able to put on a show if we come back to school but in the meantime we are going to continue on topic based on the theme of ‘Theatre’.
Last week we thought about famous playwrights and poets and William Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest playwrights and poets in history.
He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon but interestingly 1/3 of his plays are set in Italy! For example, Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona, Julius Caesar is set in Rome and Othello is set in Venice!
As I told you last week, I grew up in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon-see the map below.
If you look carefully, you can spot the ‘Royal Shakespeare Theatre’ and ‘Shakespeare’s Grave’.
As we learnt during Year 6, a map is a symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place, usually drawn on a flat surface.
A Cartographer is a person who draws maps.
When visiting a new place, a street map (like the one above), is very useful to help you get around.
Maps like the one above, are ‘souvenir’ maps which not only contain details of the roads but also ‘tourist sites’.
This article will offer you more information-click here
Your task
Your task today is to create a map of your local area (or a place you know very well!). It doesn’t have to be a big map-include only a 10 minute walking radius.
Include:
- Road names
- Parks
- Places of interest
- 5 places that you’d suggest visiting (e.g. if you do Marylebone you may include ‘The Wallace Collection’).
In class, we studied OS map symbols. If you want a challenge, include OS map symbols e.g. train stations, schools, museums etc.
To help you to draw the streets (before you add the map symbols) look at your location on Google Maps or Google Earth.
Upload a photo of your map when you are finished!
Miss Gorick and Mrs Healy xx
Thank you to Anahi, Luke, Javier, Jade, Paloma, Antonia, Charles and Sergio for sending in your maps-please see their super work above!
This will be very fun to do!
I hope you enjoy!
Hello miss! Can I focus my map on the way from my home to school, because that is pretty much the only place were I know the roads well.
Hi Miss!
I made my map using procreate. I drew different layers on my iPad and turned it into a map. I have sent it using file sharing.
PS: Please remove the ‘you are posting comments too quickly’. It tells me that all the time even if I take 2 minutes to write it!
That sounds great, I look forward to seeing it!
Yes, I’m sorry about that Charles-I will see what can be done.
Hi Charles! Thank you for sending in your work-I was really impressed with your map that you created on your iPad. How clever to create different layers and turn it into a map-well done!
Good morning miss !I was wondering if I can focus my map around the route that I take to school (since that is the place know best).
Hello miss! I was just wondering if I could do my map focussed on my route to school (since it is the place I know really well)
P.S. Happy Birthday to Eliza!!
Happy birthday Eliza!!
Hello miss! I was wondering if i could focus my map on my route to school since that is the place i know best
Of course!
Thank you!
Hi miss i did Marylebone.
Happy birthday Eliza!!!!
I will be doing Marylebone(my home to school + surroundings).
Thank you for sending in your work Jade! I really enjoyed exploring your map and identifying all the OS map symbols. Well done 🙂
I’ve completed my geography homework and my parents will send it to you.
Hi Anahi! Thank you for sending in your work-I am really impressed to see that you have included OS map symbols. Well done!
I have completed my map and I have also sent a picture of it in.
Hi Sergio! Thank you for sending in your work-I was really impressed to see that your map contained so much detail. Well done 🙂
Hi Luke! Thank you for sending in your map. I can see that you took your time to draw it in detail (and very neatly!) well done 🙂
Hi Paloma! Thank you for sending in your map-well done for using a ruler to draw the roads accurately and it’s great to see that you’ve included Regents Park!
Hi Antonia 🙂 Thank you for sending in your map! I am really impressed to see that you have constructed it so neatly which means it is very clear to read. Well done!
Hi Javier 🙂 Thank you so much for sending in your map-I’m really impressed! You have clearly structured your map, drawn the roads neatly and added points of interest. Well done!