GEOGRAPHY: ACROSS THE POND — EXPLORING EUROPE

Do you find it is challenging to determine what countries to cover when teaching Europe? This lesson explores 10 countries from Northern Europe to Central Europe to Southern Europe. Your students will love exploring Europe through stations! It is a great introduction to Europe and covers the following countries:

• Portugal
• Greece
• Iceland
• Sweden
• Ukraine
• Romania
• Italy
• Germany
• France
• U.K.

(Note: Although this is designed for two weeks (45 minute classes), it can be modified as the teachers discretion if there is a time limit. Simply require student to complete 5 countries rather than 10. Typically each group will study one country a day, unless you have longer class times such as in block classes.)

OBJECTIVES:

(1) The learner will identify and give examples of governments with rule by one, few, or many in Europe.

(2) The learner will identify the location of renewable and non-renewable natural resources such as fresh water, fossil fuels, fertile soils, and timber.

(3) The learner will identify the physical characteristics of a place such as landforms, bodies of water, natural resources, and weather.

(4) The learner will demonstrate an understanding of the patterns, characteristics

(5) The learner will compare similarities and differences among people such as music, clothing, and food.

(6) The learner will describe and explain the effects of physical environmental processes such as erosion, ocean currents, and earthquakes on Earth’s surface.

(7) The learner will describe a variety of regions such as landforms, climate, and vegetation regions.

(8) The learner will describe elements of culture, including language, religion, beliefs and customs, institutions, and technologies.

MATERIALS:

• Center printouts (10) placed into folders, 1 country sheet per student (30 students = 30 Italy Sheets)

• 10 pocket folders (Place the student country sheets in the left pockets.)

• 3 Prong Folder Per Student (They will add their country pages to their notebook)

• Atlases, books, magazine, articles for each country station.

• Map of Europe, one per student

• Exit Cards

INCLUDES:

• Detailed teacher guided instructions
• Introduction activity looking talking about fun facts bout Europe (Fun Fact Sheet Included) + (Suggested video if time allows)
• Printable materials for each of the 10 stations: Map of Europe, Country Station Charts
• Teacher Answer Guide
• Assessment: T-Chart Comparison & Exit Cards

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