North America and Canada (Physical Geography) Explorers Climates - Arid, humid temperate, humid cold, tundra, Mediterranean 1 Captain James Cook - British explorer the first Mountains, landscape and rivers - Rocky to circumnavigate New Zealand Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, plains, Cook’s round-the-world voyage which prairies, Great Lakes (Michigan, Erie, Ontario), began in 1768 Mississippi River and its major tributaries, The botanist, Joseph Banks, who Colorado River Summer accompanied Cook on his voyage to the The United States - 48 continuous states, plus eastern coast of Australia Alaska and Hawaii and Canada - French and British heritage, French-speaking Quebec, divided into provinces North America and Canada (Human Geography) People and culture - Indigenous Native Local Study American communities, European settlers, 2 Latino settlers, Asian settlers, The USA as a Use fieldwork to observe, measure and nation of immigrants, melting pot of cultures record the human and physical features in Settlements - New York City, Washington the local area using a range of methods, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, Boston, Houston, Miami, Seattle, Montreal, and digital technologies (National Summer Toronto, Vancouver Curriculum) Economic activity - The USA as the largest economy in the world, American consumption (houses, cars, energy), Migrant labour from Latin American countries
Summer 1 Explorers Captain James Cook - British explorer the first to circumnavigate New Zealand Cook’s round-the-world voyage which began in 1768 The botanist, Joseph Banks, who accompanied Cook on his voyage to the eastern coast of Australia North America and Canada (Physical Geography) Climates - Arid, humid temperate, humid cold, tundra, Mediterranean Mountains, landscape and rivers - Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, plains, prairies, Great Lakes (Michigan, Erie, Ontario), Mississippi River and its major tributaries, Colorado River The United States - 48 continuous states, plus Alaska and Hawaii and Canada - French and British heritage, French-speaking Quebec, divided into provinces Summer 2 Local Study Use fieldwork to observe, measure and record the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies (National Curriculum) North America and Canada (Human Geography) People and culture - Indigenous Native American communities, European settlers, Latino settlers, Asian settlers, The USA as a nation of immigrants, melting pot of cultures Settlements - New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Houston, Miami, Seattle, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver Economic activity - The USA as the largest economy in the world, American consumption (houses, cars, energy), Migrant labour from Latin American countries