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A Trip Through Europe Katie Dempsey

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Interesting presentation for children of 6th of primary.

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A Trip Through Europe

Katie Dempsey

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Unit: Europe

Grade Level: 6th grade

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Objectives

• Before viewing the video students will spend time talking about European exploration.

• During the slide show students will see first hand photos as a way to make a connection to what we are talking about in class.

• Students will make connections through the photos to past information that will be important for them to remember throughout the course.

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Activity # 1• This could be used as an introduction to a lesson on

European exploration.• Before getting into European exploration, a series of

pictures could be shown to students in order to get them excited about the lesson.

• After pictures are shown and a description is given with each picture, students can pick a picture to write about.

• I will have a copy of each pictures to give to students for them to write about. This will give them the opportunity to write what they can remember about the picture.

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Materials Needed

• PowerPoint slides• Description of

pictures

• Copy of each picture for students

• Computer and overhead

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Purpose

• The purpose of this lesson is for students to get to see first hand the differences of Europe.

• Many students are visual learners. Having a lesson such as this will help students to actually think about a picture.

• It will also give them a change to gather their thoughts and write them down.

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Picture #1

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Picture #2

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Picture #3

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Picture #4

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Picture #5

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Picture #6

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Activity #2

• Students will be given a “passport” to visit different European countries.

• They may use internet resources to send postcards to family members discussing different things they have seen or eaten on the trip.

• These places must be historical and be related to European countries we have been exploring.

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Materials

• Passports for each student

• Internet usage

• Postcards

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Purpose

• The purpose of this lesson is for students to take a long inside other counties.

• By creating a passport system they can feel like the are actually visiting another country.

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Website to use for this activity

• Information about Europe http://www.visiteurope.com/us

• Pictures of Countries in Europe http://www.picturesofplaces.com/Europe/

• Background information on each country http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/eurbgnhp.html

• Maps and information on European countries http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/eu.htm

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Activity #3

• Students will build a map of European countries.• By finding pictures online, students will cut them

into the shape of a country and place them on a map of Europe.

• They must find a picture of each country we are studying.

• The picture should not be of the outline but a picture of something that can be found in that country such as a bridge, cathedral or monument etc.

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Materials

• Map of Europe enlarged

• Internet usage

• Scissors• Glue sticks• Printer

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Purpose

• The purpose of this lesson is for students to be able to visualize what it looks like in each country.

• By putting a picture with a country students will have a better idea of what they are studying.

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Websites to use for this Activity

• Pictures on Google Images http://images.google.com/images?q=pictures+of+europe&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title

• Pictures of European Country http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/Europe/index.html

• Pictures of European Counties http://www.europepictures.gm/

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Activity #4

• Students will use a map of Europe to identify landforms that exist within the areas we have been discussing.

• Landforms that should be noted are rivers, lakes, bays, mountains, tributaries, islands, valleys and peninsulas.

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Purpose

• The purpose of this activity is for students to study the geography of this region.

• By labeling a map, students will be able to identify natural barriers that might exist.

• This also shows me that students know how to read a map.

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Materials

• Blank map of Europe• Colored pencils

• Physical map of Europe

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Activity #5

• Students will create a brochure of a European Country.

• They will need to include:

• National flag• Number of people

who live there• Landforms and

physical features

• Neighboring countries• Something important

about this country• 3 pictures from the

country• Capital• Government type• Language

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Materials

• Three fold paper• Glue Sticks• Scissors• Internet Usage• Makers• Printer

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Purpose

• The purpose of this activity is to give the students an opportunity to become experts on a certain country.

• Students will have a change to leave their brochure out for everyone else in the class to see.

• It is a great way to display student achievement.