A Trip Through Europe Katie Dempsey Unit

A Trip Through Europe Katie Dempsey

Unit: Europe Grade Level: 6 th grade

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.

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.

Materials Needed • Power. Point slides • Copy of each picture for students • Description of pictures • Computer and overhead

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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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.

Materials • Passports for each student • Internet usage • Postcards

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.

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

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.

Materials • Map of Europe enlarged • Internet usage • Scissors • Glue sticks • Printer

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.

Websites to use for this Activity • Pictures on Google Images http: //images. google. com/images? q=pictur es+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/Pho tos/Europe/index. html • Pictures of European Counties http: //www. europepictures. gm/

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.

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.

Materials • Blank map of Europe • Colored pencils • Physical map of Europe

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

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

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.