1. Geography lessons for Conversational Spanish
The lessons that follow are for beginners in Conversational Spanish. Over the next five days you will accomplish the following:
Learn to use Google earth to visit Spanish- speaking countries.
Identify the countries and their capitals on a map.
Create a Powerpoint with a slide for each country and its capital, adding photos from Google Earth.
Write a journal entry of your observations about the countries, comparing them with your own.
Read and listen to questions about the countries in Spanish, and give oral answers in Spanish.

2. Geography Lesson using Google Earth
To the parent/teacher:
Download Google Earth, a free program from Google.
When you open the program you will see the earth before you. You can zoom in and out, search countries, cities, and even specific addresses around the world. Try locating your home or school. Zoom in until you can actually see your street and buildings.

3. To the student:
Open up Google Earth from your desktop. The world will appear on your screen. Play with it; find the continents, the oceans, places you have heard of. Find your home on the map. Focus in and look at it.