1. Where In The World Are We From? England Mexico China Canada Italy Russia Chile Egypt
2. What is a Map? Map: a visual that shows all or part of Earths surface and features, like oceans, continents, countries, mountain ranges, lakes, and other places.
3. Name that Continent Antarctica Africa Asia Australia Europe North America South America *This is an educational game, where the students are told characteristics about a continent and they predict which continent it is. I have the questions written on the whiteboard.
4. XpeditionAtlas We have reviewed what a map is and know the seven continents. Lets explore Earth further: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/ *This website is a great tool to explore Earth. The students and I will navigate this website. The students know the seven continents and now with this website, the students will become more familiar with where certain countries are located within the continents. The students will use this website individually during slide seven.
5. On your map, find Waldo! Waldo is in… California New York Italy Japan Mexico France Australia Brazil China Ireland Where’s Waldo?
15. Academic Content Standard:People Who Make a Difference: 2.2 Students demonstrate map skills by describing the absolute and relative locations of people, places, and environments: 3. Locate on a map were their ancestors live(d), telling when the family moved to the local community and how and why they made the trip.
