By Sue Carter and Gail Brown, Rehills Primary
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NEED TO CHECK THESE IMAGES. Numbers don't match my slides!
Using [slide 10 from the original disc] look at layout and landmarks. Then look at [slide 6] to show river and other features that they can see - houses, river, railway? Flood plain? Discuss differences/similarities.
Using [slide 7 (initial map)] look at differences/similarities, as above.
Task: Everyone to produce a two column chart entitled 'Now and Then'
NOW THEN
More able pupils to work on acetate overlays of maps to identify differences and similarities. Have a photocopy of the earliest map with an acetate overlay and ask children to plot the present day key landmarks onto the acetate.
Plenary session - Children to discuss what they have plotted with the rest of the class. Discuss.
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