Continents
Students will gain an understanding of the seven continents, their relationship to each other and also basic facts about each one.
Resources
- Map of the world
- Clear pictures of each continent to see their shapes
- Music: I use Island of the Galapagos by Cusco
- Drum
Fine Art Standards
- DANCE STANDARD 2: The student will identify and demonstrate movement elements (time, space, energy and motion) in performing dance.
- DANCE STANDARD 3: The student will improvise, create, perform, and respond to movement solutions in the art form of dance.
Integrated Standards
- SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARD 3: Students will use geographic tools and skills to locate and describe places on earth.
- OBJECTIVE 2: Demonstrate geographic skills on a map and a globe. d: Locate and label the following on a map or a globe: the seven continents, the five oceans, the poles and the equator.
Objectives
Second grade students will create the shapes of the seven continents and understand where each one is in relation to the others. Then they will learn more basic facts about each continent.