Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Continent Comparisons with Research Tools

This lesson was created by Todd Wernimont (Dubuque School District) for fifth grade students. Throughout this lesson plan, students will be able to organize the seven continents by certain criteria.

Discipline/Subject

Physical Geography

Theme

Population

Cartography/Maps

21st Century Universal Constructs

Collaboration

Region

North America

Latin America

Europe

Africa

Asia

Australia/Oceania

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Region

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

3. How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments