The agenda covers attendance, a packet on the seven continents and five oceans, and a ticket to leave activity. Students will learn about each continent and ocean, as well as complete an exit ticket writing down three bits of information from the lesson before leaving class. The packet provides details on the geography, countries, and landmarks of each continent to teach students about world regions.
3. This is the part of the world
North America that we live in.
This continent consists of the
United States
_____________________
_____________________
Greenland.
The entire U.S. is in North
America. The 48 continental
states as well as the other
two states that are not
directly attached.
7. South America sits just below
South America North America and is made
up of many smaller countries.
South America is bordered by
the Pacific Ocean on the west
and the Atlantic Ocean in the
east.
Some of the major countries
that make up S. America are
_________________
Peru
_________________
Chile
Venezuela
Columbia
10. Africa is set across the
Africa ______________ Ocean from the
Americas.
Africa has more
_____________________ on its
continent than any of the other six
continents.
There are very different
_________________ within
Africa, depending on where you are.
Some of these major countries include
Egypt
Kenya
South Africa
Sudan
13. Located above Africa is the continent of
Europe Europe.
As we will discuss later in the year, this
is where both World Wars were fought.
These wars had a major effect on how
the world was run after their
completion.
Some of the major countries that make
up Europe are
____________________
____________________
Spain
____________________
United Kingdom
16. The world’s
Antarctica ______________________
continent, also known as the
South Pole.
This area is an
“_______________________”
an area of permanent ice and
snow.
The average winter
temperature here is around –76
degrees.
If Antarctica’s ice sheets had
melted, the world’s oceans
would rise by 200 feet!
18. The smallest
Australia
__________________ and
one of the largest
__________________all in
one.
Australia is the world’s 6th
largest country
Lies between the Pacific
and Indian oceans in the
Southern Hemisphere.
The Australian mainland
extends from west to east
for nearly 2,500 miles.
20. Asia Asia is the world’s
___________________ and
most diverse continent,
covering about
______________ of the land
area on earth.
It has the greatest range of
land elevation of any continent.
Some of the countries within
Asia
China
Russia
Japan
Vietnam
North and South Korea
25. The five major Oceans on
5 Major Oceans the Earth consist of the
following.
________________
Pacific Ocean
________________
Arctic Ocean
____________________- is
another name for what has
traditionally been considered
to be the southernmost
portions of the
Pacific, Atlantic and Indian
27. Ticket To Leave
-Think about what we talked about
today.
-Write down three bits of
information on a piece of paper
and hand it in to me before you
leave.