BUILD · Week 8 of 8

Where in the World?

Humanities · Migration & the Making of Modern Teesside

Progress SoW · Humanities Aut 1 · 2026–27 · BUILD · Week 8

Enquiry: How does mapping movement change our understanding of migration, connection and place?

Success looks like

I can find Teesside and one journey route on a map
I can use the key to read a map symbol
I can say one way migration shaped where we live

Aspire · GROW reach: trace a second route and compare the two journeys.

Teacher Print Tools — Week 8

Arrival Task

Arrival Task – What Do You Already Know?

1. Story (Last week)

What did your account explain?

Own answer — the enquiry it answered.

2. Maps (Recall)

What is a map key for?

It explains what the symbols mean.

3. Find (Recall)

Which country is Teesside in?

England / the UK.

4. Journey (Recall)

Name one place families travelled FROM to reach the Tees.

Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Yorkshire, Europe…

1. Retrieval (Last week)

Name one speaker's tool.

Signpost, spoken evidence, landing.

2. Symbols (Recall)

What might a black dot mean on an atlas map?

A town/city — check the key.

3. Scale (Think)

Why does a world map hide what a town map shows?

Scale trades detail for coverage.

4. Direction (Recall)

Which direction is Ireland from Teesside?

West.

1. Retrieval (Last week)

What must a landing do?

Answer the enquiry.

2. Distortion (Think)

Can a map mislead? How?

Projection, selection, symbol size — every map chooses.

3. Route (Think)

Sea vs land routes to the Tees in 1850 — what decided?

Cost, speed, ports, railways.

4. Index (Recall)

How does an atlas index locate a place?

Page + grid reference.

Starter

Starter: Every Journey Leaves a Line

Key Question: If every family's journey to Teesside drew a line on the world map, what shape would our town's story make?

🧵

The Strings

Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Europe…

Lines converge here

⚓

By Sea

Famine ships, coastal steamers

The cheap road

🚂

By Rail

After 1825, the iron road

The fast road

📍

One Dot

All lines end at the Tees

Why HERE?

Pairs: one journey your family (or someone you know) has made — where would its string start?

I Do

I Do: Reading the Atlas Like a Historian

Key Idea: Maps answer WHERE — and where unlocks WHY: distance, routes, and what the land offered.

📖 Atlas Skills

Key — Symbols decoded — never guess.

Index & grid — Page + letters/numbers finds any place.

Scale — How far is that really? The bar tells you.

🧠 Watch me think — tracing one journey

The journey: Mayo to Middlesbrough.

🛠️ Index — find Mayo, find Middlesbrough. Page and grid square for each.

🛠️ String — lay it: across the Irish Sea to Liverpool, then rail north-east.

🛠️ Scale bar — measure it. About 300 miles.

✅ Answer: sea where it was cheap, rail where it was fast. The map just explained the route that the letters could not.

We Do

We Do: Which Map Tool Answers It?

How to play: Tap a question, then tap the atlas tool that answers it. Score: 0/8

Step 1: Tap an item · Step 2: Tap its group

'Where exactly is Mayo?'

'How far is Cardiff from here?'

'What does this anchor symbol mean?'

'Find Gdańsk on page 42'

'Is Glasgow nearer than London?'

'Which lines are railways?'

'Could you walk it in a day?'

'Is that blue patch a lake or sea?'

🗝️ THE KEY

🔢 INDEX & GRID

📏 THE SCALE

I Do

I Do: The Map Adds — and Hides

Key Idea: A traced route deepens the migration story, but the map can't show hunger, hope or a cousin's letter. Maps and sources work together.

👀 Look: the map shows the distance. It cannot show the hunger, the hope, or the letter that made them go.

📖 What Maps Do

Add — Distance, direction, routes, the sea's role.

Hide — Feelings, reasons, individual stories.

Pair — Map + census + letter = the full journey.

🧠 Watch me think

My Mayo string shows 300 miles of why the journey was hard. It cannot show WHY they left — for that I need Week 2's sources. Watch me hold both: 'the map shows the road; the letter shows the reason.'

We Do

We Do: Match the Journey → Its Route

How to play: Tap a card, then tap its correct partner. Score: 0/6

🍀 Mayo → Middlesbrough

🏴 Merthyr → the Tees

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Clydeside → Teesside

🌾 The Dales → the works

🌍 Baltic ports → the Tees

✈️ Worldwide → today

Cart and branch line, short but slow

Coastal steamer or the east-coast line

Air to Newcastle/Teesside, road home

Sea to Liverpool, rail north-east

North Sea crossing to the river mouth

Rail up the spine of England

Independent Work

Independent Work — Show What You Know

Instructions: Work at your level on the printed sheet. Move up a level when you are ready — this is your call to make.

Supported

Task: String map: trace TWO journeys on the desk map with string, label start and end.

Steps: Index finds the start · lay the string · label both ends · finger-trace while saying the route.

Standard

Task: Trace three journeys with grid references, distances (scale bar) and one 'the map shows / cannot show' pair.

Steps: Grid ref for each start · measure with the scale · one sentence per journey · the add/hide pair.

Stretch

Task: Compare two routes fully (distance, likely transport, time) and answer: what does the map add to Week 3's causes — and hide?

Steps: Two routes measured + reasoned · add/hide paragraph · one question a map alone can never answer.

Lundy Loop

Lundy Loop — Your Voice in This Enquiry

Why: Article 12 — your view on this history counts, and it changes what we do next week.

🚪 SPACE

The Journeys Map with every string stays up permanently — this term's landmark belongs to the room.

📣 VOICE

Add your OWN string (any journey that matters to you) and say one line about it — or post it silently.

👥 AUDIENCE

Families at the showcase read our string map; your labels are what they'll learn from.

⭐ INFLUENCE

Class verdict on the term: which week should next year's Aut 1 do MORE of? Your vote goes into the real SoW review.

Exit Ticket

Instructions: Answer independently. No notes.

1.

What is a map key for?

Decoding the symbols.

2.

Name one journey and how those families likely travelled.

E.g. Ireland — by sea then rail.

3.

What can a map NOT show about a journey?

Feelings/reasons — the why.

1.

Give the two-step method to find any place in an atlas.

Index (page) then grid reference.

2.

What did the scale bar let you do today?

Measure real distances.

3.

Complete: 'The map shows the road; the ___ shows the reason.'

Letter/source/evidence.

1.

How can a map mislead?

Projection, selection, symbol choices — maps are made, not neutral.

2.

Why do sea routes dominate the 1850s journeys?

Cost — the sea was the cheap road before rail spread.

3.

Term verdict: which skill from Weeks 1–8 will you keep using? Why?

Honest audit — any defended answer.

Knowledge Organiser (BUILD W8): Where in the World?

Humanities Aut 1 · 2026–27 · Enquiry: How does mapping movement change our understanding of migration, connection and place?

Key Word	Definition
Key	Decodes a map's symbols
Index	Finds the page for a place
Grid reference	Locates a place on the page
Scale	Converts map distance to real distance
Route	The path a journey takes
Projection	How the round world is flattened — always a choice

Key Facts

Most 1850s Irish journeys came by sea to Liverpool, then rail.
The Stockton–Darlington line made the Tees reachable by rail from 1825.
Every map selects and simplifies — read it like a source.
Our string map holds every journey this class traced — and our own.

Arrival Task

1) What did your account explain?

2) What is a map key for?

3) Which country is Teesside in?

4) Name one place families travelled FROM to reach the Tees.

1) Name one speaker's tool.

2) What might a black dot mean on an atlas map?

3) Why does a world map hide what a town map shows?

4) Which direction is Ireland from Teesside?

1) What must a landing do?

2) Can a map mislead? How?

3) Sea vs land routes to the Tees in 1850 — what decided?

4) How does an atlas index locate a place?

Starter: Every Journey Leaves a Line

Key Question: If every family's journey to Teesside drew a line on the world map, what shape would our town's story make?

We Do 1: We Do: Which Map Tool Answers It?

Groups: 🗝️ THE KEY, 🔢 INDEX & GRID, 📏 THE SCALE. Sort: 'Where exactly is Mayo?', 'How far is Cardiff from here?', 'What does this anchor symbol mean?', 'Find Gdańsk on page 42', 'Is Glasgow nearer than London?', 'Which lines are railways?', 'Could you walk it in a day?', 'Is that blue patch a lake or sea?'

We Do 2: We Do: Match the Journey → Its Route

Draw lines to match:

🍀 Mayo → Middlesbrough · 🏴 Merthyr → the Tees · 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Clydeside → Teesside · 🌾 The Dales → the works · 🌍 Baltic ports → the Tees · ✈️ Worldwide → today

Cart and branch line, short but slow · Coastal steamer or the east-coast line · Air to Newcastle/Teesside, road home · Sea to Liverpool, rail north-east · North Sea crossing to the river mouth · Rail up the spine of England

Scaffolding – Supported

Word Bank

key, symbol, string, start, end, sea, rail, west

Route Frames

"The journey starts in…" | "They crossed the…" | "The string ends at the Tees because…"

Scaffolding – Standard

Atlas Method

Index → page. Grid → square. Scale → distance. Sentence: start → route → end, with one measured distance.

Scaffolding – Stretch

Add/Hide frames

"The map adds ___ that the sources couldn't show" | "But it hides ___ — for that we need ___" | "Comparing routes, ___ because ___"

📘 Reference Zone — keep this beside your map

Three atlas tools — each answers a different question

Tool	Answers	Example question
🗝️ THE KEY	What does that symbol mean?	“What does this anchor mean?”
🔢 INDEX & GRID	WHERE exactly is it?	“Find Gdańsk on page 42.”
📏 THE SCALE BAR	HOW FAR is it really?	“Could you walk it in a day?”

Never guess a symbol. The key is there so you do not have to.

Our six journeys — and how they travelled

Journey	Route
🍀 Mayo → Middlesbrough	Sea to Liverpool, then rail north-east
🏴 Merthyr → the Tees	Coastal steamer, or the east-coast line
🏴óó Clydeside → Teesside	Rail up the spine of England
🌾 The Dales → the works	Cart and branch line — short, but slow
🌍 Baltic ports → the Tees	North Sea crossing to the river mouth
✈️ Worldwide → today	Air to Newcastle or Teesside, then road

What a map ADDS, and what it HIDES

➕ ADDS — distance, direction, the route, the sea’s part in it.
➖ HIDES — feelings, reasons, one family’s story.
🤝 PAIR THEM — map + census + letter = the whole journey.

The model sentence: “the map shows the road; the letter shows the reason.”

🌍 And it went BOTH ways

People came here from all over. What they made went back out just as far.

Dorman Long of Middlesbrough built the Sydney Harbour Bridge — Teesside steel, shipped to Australia, opened in 1932 and still standing.

That is this whole term in one line: people arrived, and what they built left.

🛑 WHICH TOOL DO I NEED?

Read what the question is asking for:

A picture or symbol → the KEY 🗝️
A place → the INDEX & GRID 🔢
A distance → the SCALE BAR 📏

If you are still stuck, say the question out loud. The tool is usually in the words.

❓ THE MAP WILL NOT TELL ME WHY THEY LEFT.

It never will — and spotting that is the lesson, not a mistake.

A map can show 300 hard miles. It cannot show hunger, or hope, or a cousin’s letter. For the reason, go back to Week 2’s sources and Week 3’s push, pull and network.

Write both: “the map shows ___, but for the reason I need ___.”

🔤 Words I might need: atlas · key · symbol · index · grid · scale bar · route · distance

🧵 Independent Work – Supported (TRACE TWO JOURNEYS)

String Map Record

Journey 1: from __________ to Teesside. How they travelled:

Journey 2: from __________ to Teesside. How they travelled:

My own string starts in: __________

📏 Independent Work – Standard (TRACE & MEASURE)

Three Journeys

1) Journey + grid ref + distance:

2) Journey + grid ref + distance:

3) Journey + grid ref + distance:

4) "The map shows… / cannot show…":

🧭 Independent Work – Stretch (TRACE, MEASURE & COMPARE)

Route Comparison

1) Two routes measured (distance, transport, rough time):

2) What the map ADDS to Week 3's causes:

3) What it HIDES — and the source that fills the gap:

4) One question no map can answer:

Exit Ticket – Supported

1) What is a map key for?

2) Name one journey and how those families likely travelled.

3) What can a map NOT show about a journey?

Lundy Loop — this lesson

Space → Voice → Audience → Influence. The adult’s first job is Space: regulate before you educate.

Space	The Journeys Map with every string stays up permanently — this term's landmark belongs to the room.
Voice	Add your OWN string (any journey that matters to you) and say one line about it — or post it silently.
Audience	Families at the showcase read our string map; your labels are what they'll learn from.
Influence	Class verdict on the term: which week should next year's Aut 1 do MORE of? Your vote goes into the real SoW review.

Closing the loop: out loud, as a class, is enough here. Any inclusion counts — a nod, a word, a pointed finger. If a pupil wants theirs written down, an adult scribes it in their words. Pass is always allowed.