This location study compares two coastal cities: Cardiff in Wales and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.
Video summary
Judah, 10, from Cardiff in Wales and Reenie, 9, from Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea tell us about what is similar and what is different in these two coastal cities.
Both describe how they enjoy the balance of the two environments, the city and the sea, and how they make the most of the two settings so close to them.
We learn how they each incorporate the waterfront in their daily or weekly routine, to swim, eat ice cream, walk the dog, play and hunt fossils.
Judah attends a Welsh-speaking school. Reenie sings the national anthem every morning with her classmates.
They talk about the challenge of speaking multiple languages and switching between languages.
Together these two children's lives illustrate the cultural and geographical similarities and differences of two distinct places.
This clip was originally broadcast as part of the series Your World.
Teacher Notes
Pupils could make lists of the similarities and differences between Port Moresby and Cardiff.
How are the beaches different in the two places? What is the climate like?
Pupils could look at the world's oceans, locating each city on the map and naming the nearby bodies of water.
Pupils could be asked to map out a boat route from Cardiff to Port Moresby, and ask which oceans they cross on the way.
This clip is relevant for teaching Geography at KS1 and KS2 in England and Wales, Early and 1st level and 2nd Level in Scotland and Foundation and KS1 in Northern Ireland.
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