FREE Mini-Scheme: Exploring Paris - The Complete Series (3 lessons)

With lesson plans, fun slideshows, differentiated activities and a wide range of printable resources, these ‘Exploring Paris’ lessons are perfect for teaching your class about the City of Light...and all for free!

The first lesson in this mini-scheme starts by encouraging your class to discuss what they already know about Paris, before learning to locate France and Paris on a map. They will then look at photos of Paris to start to identify some of its human and physical features, as well as finding out some facts about its geography and history. During their independent learning, children can use clues to label a map of France, or use different sources of information to find out about Paris.

During this lesson, children will find out about some of the major tourist attractions and landmarks of Paris, including the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Louvre Museum. They will then use digital mapping to locate some of these major landmarks, using different online features to explore them further.

The third and final lesson in this lesson will have your class locating Paris and London on a map and starting to consider what similarities and differences there are in their locations, as well as in their physical and human geography. Children will look at photos to compare the two cities, before using different sources of information and a range of activities to contrast and compare the two cities further.