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A complete, ready-to-teach lesson for KS1 Geography exploring the differences between a village, a town, and a city. Children will locate their own town on a map, compare different types of settlement, and complete a fun sorting activity with photos and word banks.

Includes:

Step-by-step lesson plan (Word)

Editable slideshow (PowerPoint/Canva) with placeholders for local photos and maps

Differentiated worksheets:

Year 1: Cut-and-stick sorting activity with picture cards

Year 2: Sorting with writing prompts and sentence stems

Photo pack (6 images: 2 village, 2 town, 2 city)

Editable UK map with space to mark your own local town

Why teachers love it:

Editable slideshow and maps mean it works anywhere in the UK

Scaffolded resources support Year 1 while extending Year 2

Stem sentences for writing and retrieval built into the slides

Matches KS1 National Curriculum objectives for Locational Knowledge and Human/Physical Geography

Lesson Activities:

Hook: What kind of place is this?

Map skills: locating the local town

Teaching: definitions of village, town, and city

Sorting practice with photos

Independent task (cut-and-stick for Y1, writing challenge for Y2)

Plenary: retrieval quiz with sentence stems

This lesson is part of a 5-lesson Geography unit (A Local Study), which can also be bundled with a History unit for a full Term 1 cross-curricular pack.