Teacher introduces a map of the world. As a class we talk about the seven continents. Each student covers a balloon in paper mache. The next day, when the paper dries hard, the students paint their globe light blue. The following day, the students paint the seven continents on their globe, and label each ocean and continent.
Students practice finding the different continents on their globe.
They are short games to familiarize the students with the map of the United States. As the class reads each book we learn about that country. The underlying theme of this unit is to compare and contrast urban, rural and suburban lifestyles. The student draw the items they were assigned to. Using magnets on the white easel board, as a class we create a map of the class room.