1. Exploring the Asturian Coast
Natural landscapes and humanised environments

2. Subject and level Social Sciences (Geography and History)
E.S.O. – YEAR 3 

3. Topic
Mapping skills
Primary, secondary and tertiary economic activities in Asturias
Candás and Perlora as settlements
Antón and his life and times

4. We are learning about
the main characteristics of the economic development of our region
how to apply mapping skills
the artistic and cultural heritage of the area of Carreño
Have a look at the full unit plan

5. Sessions
Exploring the Asturian Coast

6. Structure SESSION PLANS Session 1: Mapping the route.
Session 2: Landforms.
Session 3: Primary economic activities: farming, fishing.
Session 4: Secondary economic activities: raw materials, sources of energy and industrial activities
Session 5: Human settlements
Session 6: Tertiary economic activities
Field Trip

7. Session 1: Activities and Resources
Lesson Plan for SESSION 1: Mapping the Route
All activities in:
Worksheet 1 Mapping the route
Video: how to create a map using Google maps

8. Session 2: Activities and Resources
Lesson Plan for SESSION 2: Landforms
All activities in:
Worksheet 2 Landforms
Google Maps

9. Session 3: Activities and Resources
Lesson Plan for SESSION 3: Primary Economic Activities
All activities in:
Worksheet 3 Primary Economic Activities

10. Session 4: Activities and Resources
Lesson Plan for SESSION 4: Secondary Economic Activities
All activities in:
Worksheet 4 Secondary Economic Activities

11. Session 5: Activities and Resources
Lesson Plan for SESSION 5: Human Settlements
All activities in:
Worksheet 5 Human Settlement
Topographic Map of Asturias
EAS/Asturias% pdf

12. Session 6: Activities and Resources
Lesson Plan for SESSION 6: Tertiary Economic Activities
All activities in:
Worksheet 6 Tertiary Economic Activities
Tourist Office Website

13. Key Competences Linguistic communication
Relating observations, explanations. Interaction with other people.
Mathematics
Development of mapping skills. Calculating distance in reality by using map scale.
Knowledge and interaction with the physical world
Identifying the consequences of economic activities on the natural environment.

14. Key Competences ICT and digital processing
Use of ICT to map the route and to briefly research certain topics related to the Unit.
Social and civic competence
Evaluating the consequences of human intervention in nature.
Cultural and artistic competence
Elaborating projects on different topics and presenting them in a creative way. Valuing the artistic heritage of the area.

15. Key Competences Learning to learn
How to find information using different sources.
Autonomy and initiative
Cooperating in a group, listening to and respecting others’ ideas.
Solving practical problems by using geographical and historical skills.

16. Assessment KEY CONCEPTS
Types of primary, secondary and tertiary economic activities.
Raw materials and sources of energy.
Types of settlement.
Landforms and mapping skills.

17. Assessment KEY LANGUAGE Students …
are able to use the language in a comprehensible way
use the key language accurately
use the target language as the language of communication in class.

18. Assessment THINKING SKILLS
Students distinguish between primary, secondary and tertiary economic activities.
Students know the names of the different economic activities.
Students identify landforms and example of human intervention in the physical landscape.
Students can use different sources of information (reading materials, texts from the Internet, graphs).

19. Assessment CULTURAL AWARENESS Students:
are aware of the consequences that economic activities have on the transformation of the natural environment
value the cultural heritage of their region.

20. Field Trip
Exploring the Asturian Coast

21. Field Trip Pre-Field Trip We are working with: Field Book
Physical Education
EFL
Field Book
Social Sciences (Geography and History) Field Book Activities – I
Social Sciences (Geography and History) Field Book Activities – II
Social Sciences (Geography and History)Teacher’s Guide
All areas
Route Planning Information

22. Resources
Exploring the Asturian Coast

23. Resources Lesson Plans and Worksheets See Links Slide
Video: how to create a map using Google maps
Session 1; Activities 1-3
“Satellite view” of Google maps
Session 2; Activity 3
Map of World Mineral Extracting Countries
Session 4; Activity 3
Topographic map of Asturias
Session 5; Activities 1-2
Candás Tourist Office Website
Session 6; Activity 1
See Links Slide

24. Links
Exploring the Asturian Coast

25. Links Websites recommended in the worksheets:
carreno.es/es/index.asp?MP=32&MS=170&MN=2
TPA_IDEAS/Asturias% pdf

26. Disclaimer
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27. Authors María Menéndez Fernández Mercedes Folgueral Castaño
Esther Mª Fano Ramos