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Human geography KS2 – Plan the ideal holiday

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Key Stage

KS2

Age

Years 5-6

Subjects

Ready for a holiday? This human geography KS2 lesson plan tasks your pupils with the job of creating the perfect vacation itinerary. This should include places of interest, hotels, flights and restaurant recommendations.

This lesson focuses on human geography and tourism as pupils research, price up and pitch to your brief. It’s an engaging way to study the tourism of another locality in a real-life, purposeful context. Plus, travel planning is a useful real-world skill for pupils to learn.

Human geography KS2 learning objectives

  • Learn about human geography and tourism in a chosen location
  • Identify significant places of interest and customs of another locality
  • Discover where and how to gather geographical information

Starter activity

Ahead of the lesson, you’ll need to devise a brief for your imaginary holiday. Investigate possible options to help you to support pupils in the lesson, including departure and arrival airports, month of travel and holiday duration.

The aim of this lesson is learning about tourism and human geography, so focus your brief on the excursions, attractions and local cuisine you want to experience.

Introduce pupils to the idea that they are now travel agents. Present them with your inquiry and ask them for their ideas about how they will respond to this.

Where will they look? How will they make decisions? What do they already know?

Adam Jevons-Newman is KS2 and curriculum leader at Farmilo Primary School and Nursery in Nottinghamshire.

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