Learning Objective:
To be able to describe the location
of a place in a regional and national
context
Title: Where is my place?
Starter: Direction
 What are the four main
compass directions?
 North is always at the top
followed by east. One way to
remember the order of the
four main compass
directions is to make up a
rhyme e.g. naughty
elephants squirt water
 Make up your own rhyme to
help you remember these
directions.
 What are the eight main
compass directions?
Compass Directions – Starter 2
Sara’s House
Football Ground
Philip
The Factory
School
1.Look at the simple map on the
left. What direction must Philip
go to get to the following
places:
I.The factory
II.School
III.The Football Ground
IV.Sara’s House
1.What direction is it from:
I.School to the football ground
II.Sara’s house to the factory
III.Football ground to the factory
Introduction:
What are the different scales in
Geography?
Local – Area immediately around us
Regional – County
National – Country
Global – World Wide
Describing the location of a city
What do we
mean by
location?
Describing location
 ITT – What information should we include
when describing the location of a city?
Try to think of three pieces of information that
you could include when describing the
location of a city.
 PW – Share your ideas
 Using your shared ideas write a description of
the location of Hull. You can use an Atlas to
help.
How does a good
geographer describe
the location of a city?
Site and situation!
Site and Situation
 Site – the reason why the place was chosen for a
city.
 Example – Hull was chosen for a site for a settlement
because it is a near a river. Therefore, fishing
developed and jobs were available for people.
 Situation – where a place is in relation to other
places.
 Example – Hull is located 40kms to the east of York.
 Online Activity
Example 1 – The location of
London
 London is situated in the south east of
England. It is located on the River Thames.
London is situated 75km south east of
Oxford. The M25 runs around London. A
number of other motorways lead to London.
These include the M1, M11 and M23.
 London is sited here because the land is flat
and easy to build on. Being located on a river
London developed as a port. This created
many jobs so people moved to the area.
Example 2 – An annotated sketch map
You could also produce a
sketch map to show where a
place is (situation) and main
reasons why it is located here
(site) . You could colour code
site and situation factors e.g. all
factors relating to the site could
be written in blue and all factors
relating to the situation could be
written in red