Year 3 Geography Lesson – How Would You Get to Paris?
Introduce pupils to European geography with this engaging Year 3 geography lesson from our Allons à Paris! unit. Children will learn how to use an atlas, map and globe to locate Paris, plan a route from the UK, and identify key features along the way such as the English Channel and the River Seine. This lesson develops map skills, locational knowledge and the use of compass directions, helping pupils understand how to plan and describe a journey between two places. Pupils record their route, practise directional language, and begin to compare their own locality with the French capital.
What’s included?
- A complete lesson plan with objectives, misconceptions and prior learning links.
- Interactive teaching slides introducing Paris and travel routes.
- Differentiated worksheets for plotting and describing a journey.
- Key vocabulary such as continent, capital city, route, English Channel and compass directions.
- Opportunities for cross-curricular links in history, literacy and maths.
Learning outcomes
- Use an atlas confidently to locate Paris and plan a route.
- Describe the stages of a journey using geographical vocabulary.
- Identify physical features such as rivers, seas and mountains along the route.
- Recognise Paris as a European capital city and compare with other capitals.
This lesson forms part of our KS2 Geography Scheme of Work and is designed to be accessible for mixed-age teaching as well as single year groups.
