North America
Unit
Geography
5th Grade
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Focus Education
Geography Unit Description
Editable presentation
Group work
Active
Discussion based learning
5th Grade Geography unit, North America from Focus Education. This unit uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built around a central question in order to build pupil curiosity and motivate learning. North America has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.
Unit contents
Overview Documents
![Long-term overview](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c52db5b0-dd8c-4452-80c0-1c8f99dd8dc7.png)
Long-term overview
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
The Long-term overview for the unit North America from Focus Education
![Knowledge organiser](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/726d99ff-80d2-46d9-bb06-7b7d48b2fd51.png)
Knowledge organiser
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
The Knowledge organiser for the unit North America from Focus Education
![Progression pedagogy](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/82073eb9-afe5-4d35-8da6-0322851e5f66.png)
Progression pedagogy
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
The Progression pedagogy for the unit North America from Focus Education
![Link it! Prior knowledge](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/9f3f5154-a184-44bc-9a3e-bd50d6cdded8.png)
Link it! Prior knowledge
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit North America from Focus Education, it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge
Lessons
![1. Where are all the North American countries located?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/3ab519b3-2941-42b5-87b9-5613e184e751.png)
1. Where are all the North American countries located?
Lesson
Geography
5th Grade
5th Grade Geography lesson from the unit North America. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Where are all the North American countries located?'
![2. What are the USA's key features, including human and physical features?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/f3cae37c-4100-4e86-85f1-76be82cf2297.png)
2. What are the USA's key features, including human and physical features?
Lesson
Geography
5th Grade
5th Grade Geography lesson from the unit North America. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What are the USA's key features, including human and physical features?'
![3. What do we know about how the USA's natural resources helped it to be one of the world's most wealthy and powerful countries?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/5aed5f15-b45d-4407-982e-debbbfb9751f.png)
3. What do we know about how the USA's natural resources helped it to be one of the world's most wealthy and powerful countries?
Lesson
Geography
5th Grade
5th Grade Geography lesson from the unit North America. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What do we know about how the USA's natural resources helped it to be one of the world's most wealthy and powerful countries? '
![4. How does life in Mexico differ to that in the USA?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/57eee705-e04e-4a96-be27-463311eca2e6.png)
4. How does life in Mexico differ to that in the USA?
Lesson
Geography
5th Grade
5th Grade Geography lesson from the unit North America. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How does life in Mexico differ to that in the USA?'
![5. Why did immigration play a key part in the development of the USA?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/08fdf894-20b3-461c-99bc-a6c49b39d3f4.png)
5. Why did immigration play a key part in the development of the USA?
Lesson
Geography
5th Grade
5th Grade Geography lesson from the unit North America. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why did immigration play a key part in the development of the USA?'
Assessment for Learning Resources
![Check it!](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/11f1e70a-5862-4ddf-b6e4-63063519412e.png)
Check it!
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit North America from Focus Education.
![Show it! Group presentation](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c2cde5e4-79b5-40dd-a3b7-25f48d18edaa.png)
Show it! Group presentation
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit North America from Focus Education
![Know it!](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/5e75a618-bfc2-44cb-bddf-40db29c26efb.png)
Know it!
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Know it! - North America - 5th Grade' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Give me 5 - USA states beginning with 'A'](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c84a7398-50ab-4aec-b4f5-6aec263d1d99.png)
Give me 5 - USA states beginning with 'A'
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Give me 5 - USA states beginning with 'A'' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Cops and robbers - What do you know about the USA?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/252ffa01-4a12-483a-b25e-ff1928c1cb51.png)
Cops and robbers - What do you know about the USA?
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Cops and robbers - What do you know about the USA?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Cops and robbers - What do you know about Mexico?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/da428c19-d463-4f03-8ceb-2a26432d3a5f.png)
Cops and robbers - What do you know about Mexico?
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Cops and robbers - What do you know about Mexico?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![What do you know about New York and California?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/6119c8f9-91a8-4654-bb5d-99ed255743df.png)
What do you know about New York and California?
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'What do you know about New York and California?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Mini quiz - North America](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/6bc45da8-b82a-4b95-a5f6-4003d3fbd50f.png)
Mini quiz - North America
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Mini quiz - North America' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Word sorts - USA](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/50c59c07-6d18-4378-8e5d-cee2c597e45e.png)
Word sorts - USA
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Word sorts - USA' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Give me 3 - North America](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/7fc71b63-10bb-44ac-b142-613d2b73054f.png)
Give me 3 - North America
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Give me 3 - North America' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Picture match - Countries of North America](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/925b1d85-c1b2-4cdf-9d05-0223d840bffd.png)
Picture match - Countries of North America
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Picture match - Countries of North America' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
Unit contents
Overview Documents
![Long-term overview](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c52db5b0-dd8c-4452-80c0-1c8f99dd8dc7.png)
Long-term overview
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
The Long-term overview for the unit North America from Focus Education
![Knowledge organiser](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/726d99ff-80d2-46d9-bb06-7b7d48b2fd51.png)
Knowledge organiser
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
The Knowledge organiser for the unit North America from Focus Education
![Progression pedagogy](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/82073eb9-afe5-4d35-8da6-0322851e5f66.png)
Progression pedagogy
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
The Progression pedagogy for the unit North America from Focus Education
![Link it! Prior knowledge](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/9f3f5154-a184-44bc-9a3e-bd50d6cdded8.png)
Link it! Prior knowledge
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit North America from Focus Education, it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge
Lessons
![1. Where are all the North American countries located?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/3ab519b3-2941-42b5-87b9-5613e184e751.png)
1. Where are all the North American countries located?
Lesson
Geography
5th Grade
5th Grade Geography lesson from the unit North America. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Where are all the North American countries located?'
![2. What are the USA's key features, including human and physical features?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/f3cae37c-4100-4e86-85f1-76be82cf2297.png)
2. What are the USA's key features, including human and physical features?
Lesson
Geography
5th Grade
5th Grade Geography lesson from the unit North America. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What are the USA's key features, including human and physical features?'
![3. What do we know about how the USA's natural resources helped it to be one of the world's most wealthy and powerful countries?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/5aed5f15-b45d-4407-982e-debbbfb9751f.png)
3. What do we know about how the USA's natural resources helped it to be one of the world's most wealthy and powerful countries?
Lesson
Geography
5th Grade
5th Grade Geography lesson from the unit North America. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What do we know about how the USA's natural resources helped it to be one of the world's most wealthy and powerful countries? '
![4. How does life in Mexico differ to that in the USA?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/57eee705-e04e-4a96-be27-463311eca2e6.png)
4. How does life in Mexico differ to that in the USA?
Lesson
Geography
5th Grade
5th Grade Geography lesson from the unit North America. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How does life in Mexico differ to that in the USA?'
![5. Why did immigration play a key part in the development of the USA?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/08fdf894-20b3-461c-99bc-a6c49b39d3f4.png)
5. Why did immigration play a key part in the development of the USA?
Lesson
Geography
5th Grade
5th Grade Geography lesson from the unit North America. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why did immigration play a key part in the development of the USA?'
Assessment for Learning Resources
![Check it!](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/11f1e70a-5862-4ddf-b6e4-63063519412e.png)
Check it!
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit North America from Focus Education.
![Show it! Group presentation](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c2cde5e4-79b5-40dd-a3b7-25f48d18edaa.png)
Show it! Group presentation
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit North America from Focus Education
![Know it!](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/5e75a618-bfc2-44cb-bddf-40db29c26efb.png)
Know it!
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Know it! - North America - 5th Grade' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Give me 5 - USA states beginning with 'A'](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/c84a7398-50ab-4aec-b4f5-6aec263d1d99.png)
Give me 5 - USA states beginning with 'A'
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Give me 5 - USA states beginning with 'A'' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Cops and robbers - What do you know about the USA?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/252ffa01-4a12-483a-b25e-ff1928c1cb51.png)
Cops and robbers - What do you know about the USA?
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Cops and robbers - What do you know about the USA?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Cops and robbers - What do you know about Mexico?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/da428c19-d463-4f03-8ceb-2a26432d3a5f.png)
Cops and robbers - What do you know about Mexico?
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Cops and robbers - What do you know about Mexico?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![What do you know about New York and California?](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/6119c8f9-91a8-4654-bb5d-99ed255743df.png)
What do you know about New York and California?
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'What do you know about New York and California?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Mini quiz - North America](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/6bc45da8-b82a-4b95-a5f6-4003d3fbd50f.png)
Mini quiz - North America
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Mini quiz - North America' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Word sorts - USA](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/50c59c07-6d18-4378-8e5d-cee2c597e45e.png)
Word sorts - USA
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Word sorts - USA' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Give me 3 - North America](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/7fc71b63-10bb-44ac-b142-613d2b73054f.png)
Give me 3 - North America
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Give me 3 - North America' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
![Picture match - Countries of North America](https://files.pango.education/resource-thumbnails/small/925b1d85-c1b2-4cdf-9d05-0223d840bffd.png)
Picture match - Countries of North America
Resource
Geography
5th Grade
'Picture match - Countries of North America' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 5th Grade unit, North America
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