1. The 7 Continents: A Love Story
How 2 continents fell in love…and created a big, beautiful world.
By: Carla Vigil

2. Standards: Core Content for Assessment
SS-EP-4.1.2
Students will use geographic tools to identify major landforms (e.g., continents, mountain ranges), bodies of water (e.g., oceans, major rivers) and natural resources on Earth’s surface and use relative location.
I CAN use geographic tools (maps, globes, mental maps) to identify major landforms (continents) on Earth’s surface.

3. Learning Objective
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to use a map, globe, or a mental map to recall the 7 continents and at least one fact about each.

4. 7 Beautiful, Unique Continents

5. North America

6. South America

7. Europe

8. Asia

9. Australia

10. Antarctica

11. Africa

12. 4 Hemispheres
Northern
Southern
Western
Eastern

13. So, just to review…

14. One Big, Happy Family