Group+Mini+Lecture

= Group Mini Lecture Lesson Plan =

**Members ** : Corinna Kennedy, Kayla Dorang, Chris O’Sullivan, Abby Heim  **Lesson Topic**: Seven Continents  **Subject Area**: Geography  **Grade Level**: 5  **Time**: 2-3 days

 **1. ** **Pennsylvania Standards: ** - 7.1.5.B: Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features. - 7.2.5.A: Describe the characteristics of places and regions. - 7.3.5.A: Identify the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria: population, culture, settlement, economic activities, political activities - <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">People, Places and Environment <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Culture <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">After being introduced to the seven continents, students will be able to research information and create a six slide PowerPoint with information and pictures about their assigned continent. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">After listening to other students’ presentations, students will be able to correctly answer two summarizing questions about the other six continents. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">After all presentations are complete, students will be able to correctly list and label all seven continents on a world map. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ask students to go home and ask their parents where the furthest place they’ve ever traveled is. o <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The next day, give each student a post-it note and have them write their name on it. Have each student put their post-it note on a world map. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Explain that there are seven continents and the geographic area of each continent. Have students count how many post-it notes are on each continent. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Watch this video to see the continents from a birds eye view: o <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Watch this video and help students learn the song: o <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[]
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2. **<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">NCSS Standards: **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3. **<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Learning Objectives: **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4. **<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Engagement: **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Have students form seven groups and give each group a continent. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Instruct students to use the following website and other classroom resources to create a six slide PowerPoint with information and pictures about their continent. o <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Have students share their continent PowerPoint with the class.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5. **<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Instruction **

<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">6. ** **<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Assessment ** <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Have each group include a slide with two questions about their continent. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Have other students answer the questions to monitor understanding of presentations. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Use the following website to review where the continents are located on a world map: o <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Have students take the following online quizzes o <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;">[]

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