This is an online version of this resource. When you buy the course it is provided in a printable PDF format.
Our geography lessons give an overview of the continents using Pleasant Talk of Places. Your child discovers world geography through mapping exercises and literature. They learn how to use an atlas and explore the world’s cultural and climatic diversity.
Week 1 - Overview of the Continents.
As an introduction to the world map and continents please read the following book.How to Bake and Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
Look at your atlas (separate purchase - we make some recommendations in your course introduction) and then complete the Map Study Questions and World Geography Notebooking Pages.
Map Study Questions
1. What 5 oceans can you see?
2. Find the seven continents:
· Europe
· Asia
· Africa
· North America
· South America
· Australia, New Zealand & Oceana
· Antarctica
3. Where is the North Pole?
4. Where is the South Pole
5. Where is the Equator?
6. Where is the Tropic of Capricorn?
7. Where is the Tropic of Cancer?
8. What is the biggest country?
9. What shape is the world? Why are maps not round?
10. What is a compass rose?
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Answer guide provided with resource.
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World Geography Notebooking Pages
Write the seven continents on your map. Notebooking pages are provided as part of the resource PDF.
