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- 5th - 6th
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Students correctly order the continents in terms of area, population and other geographic terms. After a lecture/demo, students work individually utilizing media center resources to order the continents using a variety of criteria. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students correctly order the continents in terms of area, population, and other geographic terms. After a lecture/demo, students divide into groups and attempt to order the continents given differing sets of data. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students practice throwing skills by rolling a ball at a target, and practice the location of the seven continents, the equator, and the northern and southern hemispheres. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students participate in an activity promoting them to use different balancing skills while they review/learn important facts about each of the continents. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students explore the shape of the continents by having them shape each one out of a graham cracker. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students are introduced to Africa. The purpose of this lesson is to find out what students all ready know about the continent of Africa, and what students are interested in learning more about. They focus on the physical features of Africa. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students investigate how West-African dance makes known a common past and stimulates a shared sense of values and beliefs. The cultural purpose of West-African dance is to tell history and relay stories to intensify social and religious rituals. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students are challenged to create a picture book of the pilgrimage of West African ruler Mansa Musa. It integrates social studies skills and methods with geography as students imagine they are traveling across Africa into Asia with Mansa Musa. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students locate the seven continents and four oceans on maps and label a worksheet. They study the continents and oceans via a Power Point presentation and individually use Power Point to go through a series of worksheets related to the continents and oceans, their names and locations. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students complete the Know and Want to Know columns of a K-W-L worksheet about elementary aged children. They develop instructional methods for use in elementary social studies classroom that would increase content knowledge. They modify game strategies for use in reviewing social studies content. Full Review »

