l.c: to identify human and physical features....human features human geography relates only to the...
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L.C: To identify human and physical features.
What do you understand by the terms human and
physical features in geography?
Human Features
Human geography relates only to the human environment; something that is built by humans and would not have existed in nature without humans.
Features include anything from a house to a city, and all the related infrastructure such as roads, rail, canals etc.
Human Features
Physical Features
The features that are naturally-created are known as physical features. Natural geographical features consist of landforms and ecosystems.
For example, terrain types, physical factors of the environment) are natural, physical geographical features.
Physical Features
1. Human or Physical?
Big Ben and Houses of Parliament in London
2. Human or Physical?
Angel of the North, Gateshead
3. Human or Physical?
Durdle Door on the Jurassic Coast, Dorset
4. Human or Physical?
Wembley Stadium, London
5. Human or Physical?
Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in UK
6. Human or Physical?
Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire
7. Human or Physical?
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol
8. Human or Physical?
River Severn, the longest river in the UK
Challenge 1
• Can you locate some of the famous human and physical features in the UK on a map?
• Include a key to show whether the features are human or physical.
Learning Challenges:
• To compare human and physical features in Guildford and GrandcampMaisy.
• To use geographical vocabulary to describe similarities and differences between Guildford and Grandcamp Maisy.
What human and physical features can you think of in Guildford?
List them in your Home Learning book.
The Guildhall
Abbot’s Hospital
Stoke Park
University of Surrey
Guildford Cathedral
Guildford Castle
The Spectrum
G Live
The River Wey
Challenge 2 - Think like a geographer!• In your home learning books, using your local knowledge, answer the following
questions about Guildford in full sentences.
• What is the name of this place?
• Where is this place and which other places are near it?
• Is it a village, town, suburb or part of a city?
• What types of buildings can we find and what are they used for?
• What different types of land-use can we find?
• Are there any green spaces and what are they used for?
• Who lives here and what do they do?
• How do people use this landscape in different ways?
• Are there any local ‘landmarks’ (both human and physical)?
• What types of transport links can we find?
• What evidence is there of connections to other places?
• What was this place like in the past?
• How and why is it changing?
Look at these photos of GrandcampMaisy – are they human or physical
features? How do you know?
The Harbour – l’havre
The Pier - la jetée
The Jetty -la jetée
The Fish Market – le marché aux poissons
The Beach – la plage
World War II Memorial Statue –le monument commémoratif de guerre
Notre-Dame Church – l’église de Notre-Dame
World Peace Statue - le monument commémoratif de la paix mondiale
The World Peace Statue was a gift from the Chinese sculptor Yao Yuan to commemorate the US Rangers' heroic capture of La Pointe du Hoc.
Yao Yuan dedicated his Grandcamp-Maisy World Peace Statue to all those who fought in Normandy during WWII and donated the sculpture to the Normandy Region.
Find out more:https://www.travelfranceonline.com/world-peace-statue-grandcamp-maisy-wwii/
Grandcamp Maisy
Challenge 3 - Think like a geographer!• In your home learning books, now using your knowledge of
Grandcamp Maisy, answer the following questions about Grandcamp Maisy in full sentences.
• What is the name of this place?
• Where is this place and which other places are near it?
• Is it a village, town, suburb or part of a city?
• What different types of land-use can we find?
• Who lives here and what do they do?
• How do people use this landscape in different ways?
• Are there any local ‘landmarks’ (both human and physical)?
• What was this place like in the past?
Going Deeper
• What are the similarities and differences between Guildford and Grandcamp Maisy?
• What is the evidence to justify your points?
– Think about the photos and the maps you have looked at today.