Places affected?

•Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) – to be covered in the context of locating the countries involved in World War II.

•Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including types of settlement and land-use – to be covered in the context of looking at why certain areas of the country were targeted or not targeted during the Blitz, and why certain parts were used for evacuation.

•Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied – covered in the context of comparing different maps of Europe, pre and post World War II and modern. 

Use the eight points of a compass – covered in the context of creating a map and instructions to show a route to the nearest bomb shelter for local people during the war