Two Places, One Brief

What you'll make

An illustrated comparative atlas with a developed similarities and differences explanation and data limits.

What you'll learn

• Defining a region precisely
• Physical landscape, settlement, economy and daily life
• Using several kinds of evidence
• Avoiding single stories

You'll need

Atlas or online maps · Paper for the exhibition

Africa and Asia are continents of many countries, not single places. Region boundaries and source dates must be stated. Tourism photos alone are not evidence.

Curriculum links

• Understand geographical similarities, differences and links between places through the study of the human and physical geography of a region within the UK
• Extend locational knowledge and deepen spatial awareness of the world's countries, focusing on Europe and North and South America
• Understand population and urbanisation, including international development and the causes and effects of migration
• Understand economic activity in the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors, and the change in their inter-relationships in different economic settings
• Interpret and analyse a range of quantitative and qualitative data, including statistical data on trends and relationships between geographical phenomena