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Discovery Education: Tour of South America Lesson PlanDiscovery Education: Tour of South America Lesson Plan
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Discovery Education
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Grade
6th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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Lexile Measures
1240L
Lesson Plan

Discovery Education: Tour of South America

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Familiarize your students with South America by having them create a slideshow of a "Tour of South America" that focuses on its culture, geography, and history. This will help the students learn more about South America's people and places.

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south america

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discovery education, south america culture, south america geography, south america landmarks, south america lesson plan, south america monuments

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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