Year 6 Geography Lesson Plans
3 free Year 6 Geography lesson plans for KS2. Each includes learning objectives, key vocabulary, a timed lesson structure and common misconceptions, and downloads as an editable Word document.
Year 6 geography provides a fitting culmination to the primary curriculum by focusing on the big picture: global trade and economic interconnection, the environmental challenges facing the planet, and a deep-dive into the human and physical geography of the United Kingdom itself. These units draw together strands from all previous years and require pupils to apply their full repertoire of geographical skills and knowledge.
Human Geography
Pupils explore how trade connects countries around the world, examining the origins of everyday goods, the concept of fair trade, and the ways in which economic activity shapes places and people's lives.
Pupils investigate globalisation — how the world's economies, cultures and peoples are increasingly interconnected through trade, communication and movement.
Year 6 Geography through the year
Trade and Economic Activity
Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including economic activity including trade links.
Trade and Economic Activity lesson plan →Globalisation
Understand human geography including economic activity and trade links, and the global distribution of natural resources.
Globalisation and World Trade lesson plan →Environmental Issues and Sustainability
Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including climate and the natural world.
Environmental Issues and Sustainability lesson plan →UK Geography: Regions and Economic Diversity
Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region or area of the United Kingdom.
Water and Natural Resources
Understand the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals, and water.