FREE Mini-Scheme: Exploring Paris
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What You Get
What You Get
This free mini-scheme includes ready-to-teach lessons written by experienced primary teachers, giving you a taste of what’s included in a full PlanBee scheme of work.
Each of the lessons within the pack contains:
- An easy-to-follow lesson plan (including plenary and assessment questions)
- An engaging slideshow for the teaching input
- A main activity with three-way differentiation to support adaptive teaching
- An alternative activity for flexibility and choice
- An overview (medium-term plan) showing the scheme contents at a glance
- An assessment grid to track learning and progress
Curriculum Coverage
Curriculum Coverage
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Each scheme provides the background knowledge you need, saving you hours of subject prep time. - Engaging, creative lessons your pupils will love
Activities are designed to spark curiosity, encourage discussion and make learning memorable.
This free ‘Exploring Paris’ mini-scheme will take your class on a fun trip to one of the most famous cities in the world! Help your class to locate France and Paris on a world map, before taking a closer look at some of Paris’ most famous landmarks, features and characteristics. They can also further develop their understanding of this famous city by comparing Paris to London.
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!
Locating Paris
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.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Differentiated clue cards
- Question cards
- Information sheet
- Map of France
Mapping the Landmarks
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.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Tourist Attractions sheet
- Differentiated worksheets
- Differentiated blank maps of Paris
Comparing Paris and London
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.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Fact cards
- True or false cards
- Information cards
- Differentiated challenge cards
Medium-Term Plan
Download a free overview to show the full content of this scheme of work.
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