Colombia is located in northwestern South America. It borders Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Brazil. The lesson teaches students about Colombia's location, borders, and maritime limits. For a long time, Colombia and Nicaragua disputed control over islands in the Caribbean Sea and maritime borders. This conflict was resolved in 2012 by the International Court of Justice, which gave Colombia control of the islands of San Andres and Providencia but gave Nicaragua more sea territory.

1. Lesson Plan Social Studies
“Colombia and its location in the World”
MorningRoutine
GreetingsandPrayer
Good MorningSong
Today is______, Yesterdaywas______, Tomorrow will be______
Feedback
Review
-Bordersof Colombia-Havestudents
-Locationof Colombia
-North,south,east,west(directions)
-Newvocabulary(bordern. - natural or artificial line separatingtwopiecesof land,resource n. -
available supplyof materials,goods,orservices.Resourcescanbe natural or human.
IntroductiontoNewMaterial
Maritime Limits- CostaRica,Nicaragua,Honduras,Jamaica,DominicanRepublic,andHaiti
Explainthe conceptof bordersbyshowingthe studentsthe political mapof Colombia.Askthe
students,“Whatdoesthisline mean?”The line signifiesaborder.Explainthe divisionof powerbetween
departmentsandall of Colombia. Teachersharesthe storyof herbrotherto explainthe maritime limits
of Colombia.
For a longtime,ColombiaandNicaraguahave beenfightingforcontrol overislandsinthe
CaribbeanSeaas well asmaritime borders.Colombiasaysthe islandsof SanAndresandProvidencia
belongtothem.Nicaraguadisagreessayingthe islandsare closertoNicaraguaand shouldbelongto
them.Thisconflicthasbeenresolvedbythe International Courtof Justice in2012. The rulinggave
Colombiacontrol of the islands,butitgave Nicaraguamore sea territory.The people of SanAndresand
Providenciafishinthe disputedwatersthatnow belongtoNicaragua.The brotherinlaw of Patriciawas
arrested and heldinjail for7 monthsfor fishinginwatersnearhishome belongingtoNicaragua.The
Isletsof Roncador,Quitasueno,Serrana,Serranilla,BajoNuevo,CayoBolivarandAlburquerque are
Colombia's.
Studentsact outfightbetweenColombiaandNicaraguaoverthe islandsandmaritime limitsin
the CaribbeanSea.
Practice and Eval

2. Tape,stickytack, signsforN/S/E/W,3 big papersforborderof Colombia,locationof Colombia,
and maritime limitsof Colombia,worksheet
1) Name the 5 countriesthat borderColombia.
a. Panama,Peru,Ecuador,Venezuela,&Brazil
2) What isthe locationof ColombiainSouthAmerica?
a. Colombiaislocatedinthe northwestof SouthAmerica
3) Name the 4 cardinal directionsanddraw themcorrectly
a. North,South,East, West
4) What isthe areaof Colombiainsquare kilometers?
a. 1,141,748 km²
5) What isthe longitude andlatitudeof Colombia?
a. 4.5833° N, 74.0667° W
6) What are Colombia’smaritime borders?
a. Colombiaestablisheditsmaritimeboundarieswithneighboringcountriesthroughseven
(7) agreementsonthe CaribbeanSea(CostaRica,Haiti,Honduras,Jamaica,Nicaragua,
the DominicanRepublicandPanama) andthree (3) on the PacificOcean(CostaRica,
Ecuador y Panama).
b. http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/en/colombia/sovereignty/maritime
7) What was ColombiaandNicaraguafightingover>
a. San AndresandProvidencia
8) What are maritime borders?
a. Bordersoverwater