In our first theme we will be exploring the question: “What is so special about the USA? By the end of the unit we are aiming for the children to be able to:

• know key differences between living in the UK and in a country in North America
• know how to use graphs to record features such as temperature or rainfall across the world
• know the names of many North American countries
• know why the USA has a thriving economy
• know the features of the USA, including its capital, population and languages
• know about issue such as immigration in the USA
  know about the climate of the USA and how it compares to the UK
• know what natural resources the USA has
• know basic information about at least four other North American countries