1 - Where Are We? ~5 mins
Look at this map of Ireland. Nothing on it is named, on purpose.
Where is the land high, and where is it low? Where are the rivers, the lakes and the sea?
Our question for today is why towns are where they are.
2 - Read and Learn ~8 mins
Let's find out why people chose the places where towns grew.
3 - Where Would We Put a Town? ~25 mins
We choose places for towns on the blank map, using only what the land shows.
- Where would you put a town, and which reason in the key fits it?
- Who agrees? Who would put it somewhere else?
When the real towns appear: where do they match our pins?
So why are many towns where they are?
Where would we put a town?
4 - Write It in Your Copy ~3 mins
In your copy, draw a river and show where you would build a town beside it. Then finish this sentence:
Many of the real towns sit near … because …
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