LESSON PLAN PHYSICAL AND HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS INDIA
Learning Objective:
To understand the physical and human characteristics that make India unique.
Starter: Re-cap where India is on the map and the major cities. Do a quick discussion on types of environmental regions that can be found in India and any other facts the pupils may know.
Main body of the lesson: (Group presentation using ICT for research - can present using a poster or powerpoint) (Perhaps discuss what is a human characteristic and what is a physical characteristic.) Human Characteristics of India:
By 2025 India will have the world's third largest economy after the USA and China. Major Indian industries include motor vehicles, shipbuilding, chemicals, telecommunications, computers and software development.
The population of India in 2013 was 1.27 billion people, this makes India the second most populous country after China.
There are nearly fifty cities in India with a population of 1 million people or more
The capital city of India is New Delhi, this is in the north of India this has 11,007,835 inhabitants according to the census in 2011.
The largest city in India is called Mumbai with 12,478,447 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.
India used to be part of the British Empire and gained independence in 1947.
India is the world's largest democracy with six main political parties and general elections held every five years.
The life expectancy in India is around 67.5 years.
Over 80% of people in India are Hindus, 13% are Muslim, 2% are Christian and the remaining 5% are mainly Sikh or Buddhist.
Around 25% of India's population still live on less than $1.25 a day.
Physical Characteristics of India:
India is the seventh largest country in the world. It covers 3,287,263 km2.
India has a monsoon climate with four seasons:
Winter: December to March
Summer (dry season): April to June.
Monsoon (rainy season): July to September.
Autumn: October to November.
India has three major rivers: the Indus (3180km), which flows through Pakistan, Tibet and India. The Ganges River (2525km) which flows through India and Bangladesh. Finally, the Brahmaputra (2900km) this flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.
The Himalayas mountain range goes through the north of India.
Plenary: Group presentations showing their research on the topic to the rest of the class.
All images sourced from Google images population picture: http://www.populationlabs.com/maps/India_Population_Map.png