The 7 Continents: A Love Story How 2 continents fell in love…and created a big, beautiful world. By: Carla Vigil
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.
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.
7 Beautiful, Unique Continents
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
Africa
4 Hemispheres Northern Southern Western Eastern
So, just to review…
One Big, Happy Family