Extension and Enrichment Ideas
Extensions:
Lesson 6- Review Study Guide for the Unit Test as a group
Lesson 7- Unit Test
Lesson 8- "World Celebration!" Students may dress up in their native or traditional attire for the day. Teachers may include international healthy snack selections, continent shaped cookies (cookie cutters: http://www.cheapcookiecutters.com/collections/country-cookie-cutters#) read stories from around the world, and allow students to play international games. As a closure activity, students may have a classroom meeting discussing differences and respect or ways to make our Earth a better place.
Lesson 9- Writing letters to International Pen Pals (http://www.epals.com/search/)
Enrichment:
Printing Larger Maps:http://www.yourchildlearns.com/megamaps/print-world-maps.html
National Geographic's Giant Maps: http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/special-events/giant-traveling-maps/
Google Maps GL Map Exploration: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=35.317366,95.625&spn=89.669926,221.132813&t=h&z=3&vpsrc=6