City Town and Rural Place

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil; drawing or spoken answers are welcome.
• Topic notes: City: a relatively large densely built settlement. Town: a smaller settlement with a local center in this exercise. Rural area: an area with relatively low population density. Uninhabited area: an area with no residents in the stated example.
• Original exercise cards: A fictional map shows many tall buildings and crowded blocks. / A fictional settlement has a small center of shops and homes. / A fictional map shows scattered homes and large fields. / A fictional island record states nobody lives there. / A small settlement groups homes around several local services. / Homes are spread far apart across farmland. / A model valley is marked as having no homes or residents. / A large settlement has many closely packed neighborhoods.

Learn the idea

Settlements differ in size and density. A city usually has many people and buildings close together. A town is a smaller settlement in this exercise. A rural area has lower population density and may include farms or small settlements. These descriptions are comparisons, not universal legal definitions.

City: a relatively large densely built settlement. Town: a smaller settlement with a local center in this exercise. Rural area: an area with relatively low population density. Uninhabited area: an area with no residents in the stated example.

Compare how closely homes are grouped. Use the card’s words to tell a city, town, rural area or place with no residents apart. Ask an adult to read the notes and cards aloud. Point, draw or say your answer.

1. Ask an adult to read the four notes. Find the words City, Town, Rural area, Uninhabited area.
2. Compare how closely homes are grouped. Use the card’s words to tell a city, town, rural area or place with no residents apart.
3. Read the worked answer. Then try the other cards and explain which words helped you choose.
4. Point to, draw or say two different examples: one for City and one for Town. Explain how their clues differ.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

New card: “A large settlement has many closely packed neighborhoods.” Match it with a note, then point to or say the words that helped. Check: The card says: “A large settlement has many closely packed neighborhoods.” That matches City. City is a relatively large densely built settlement.

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