| Materials Needed: Explore Geography
Picture Dictionary (one per student or student group) and Explore
the Ancient World Activity Sheet : "Name That Place!" |
| Teacher Directions: Select a group
of geographical terms that your class has studied (e.g., desert, island,
peninsula). Review with students the places they have studied that
are examples of these terms. For example, after reading about the
ancient Israelites, students would know that the Israelites crossed
the Sinai Desert. After reading about the ancient Greeks, students
would know that the Minoans built their civilization on the island
of Crete and that the city of Mycenae was on the Peloponnesian Peninsula. |
| Organize the class into pairs or groups of three. Assign one term
to each group. Give each group a copy of Explore the Ancient World
Activity Sheet: "Name That Place!" Review the directions with students.
Have students look up the term in the Explore Geography Picture Dictionary,
and then identify a specific place they have studied that corresponds
to their term (e.g., desert - Sinai Desert). Students may use their
Explore the Ancient World student text to help them identify a place
that is an example of their term. |
| Have students make up clues to describe the location of the place.
One of their clues should be their geographical term. Ask student
groups to read their clues aloud, while the rest of the class members
try to identify the place. Ask students should then locate the place
on a world map. |
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Make it Easier: List on the board the places students
have studied, as well as the geographical terms. As a group, have
students match the places with the terms. Ask them to make up clues
for one or more terms. |
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Make it Quicker: Choose one geographical term and do
the activity with the whole class. This could be done at the beginning
or end of each day. |
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Make it More Fun: Divide the class into teams. Have
each team take a turn reading their clues. Give points to teams for
correct guesses. |
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Make it More Challenging: Introduce the terms latitude
and longitude to students. Explain that these imaginary lines help
us know exactly where a place is located. Ask students to use degrees
of longitude and latitude as one of their clues. |
