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Countries Teacher Resources
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Lead your class in an activity about word associations related to professions and gender. After reading a New York Times article, class members identify the roles of women in Kenya and how they are challenging tradition. In groups, learners research the situation of women in a specific country and discuss how roles can be changed. Extend the lesson to focus on citing textual evidence in informational text, as well as evaluating claims in a text.
Students identify the seven continents, then choose countries to conduct research on. They write reports on their chosen countries, determining the population, location, and continent. As a class, students then compare/contrast countries.
Students examine artwork by Thomas Hart Benton. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students analyze the painting The Sources of Country Music, listen to folk music, and examine how recording technology and the movies shaped the images of country style music.
One worksheet, three projects. Learners explore Eastern Europe and mark Eastern European countries on a map. They then collect and record census data on thirteen different countries, and write a 3-5 page expository essay on one of the countries. They use the data collected and describe the current political and social climate of that country.
In this vocabulary words worksheet, learners read the book Cross Country Vacation and put their vocabulary words into abc order and into sentences. Students do this for 10 words.
Fifth graders discuss different countries, their cultures, similarities and differences and choose a set of focus questions to research. They create a narrative story using their researched information in first person narrative stories.
In this Cross Country quiz worksheet, students take a seven question online quiz about the book. Page has multiple links to answers, additional resources and Facebook.
Explore how lack of access to water impacts peoples' lives in poor countries. Through text reading and discussion, middle schoolers are presented with the story of a young girl who lives and functions with limited water resources. They write a paragraph that summarizes the article and includes their own personal reflection. Consider also asking learners how they can reduce their own water usage and discuss why this is important.
Students research and report on an assigned country. In this "Communities Around the World" instructional activity, students collect information about countries, government, climate, customs, friends and foe, languages and more. Students prepare and oral report for the class. Students create a bar graph to compare the size and populations of different countries.
Students research information about countries throughout the world. Using that information, they create a chart that compares the size, population and governments. They discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living in a small or large country. To end the activity, they answer geographic questions related to the countries.