Module 11: Where Do I Live B: Country, Continent, World- Social Studies 2 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will answer who, what, when, where, and why questions about the U.S. capital, label North America, the United States, Canada, and Mexico on a map, and label on a map or globe the continents, oceans, equator, prime meridian, and North and South Poles.

Module Materials:

  • Pencils
  • Crayons or colored pencils
  • Notebook
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Highlighter
  • Markers
  • Blank paper

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Country
  1. Answer who, what, when, where, and why questions about the U.S. capital.
2 Continent
  1. Label North America, the United States, Canada, and Mexico on a map.
3 World
  1. Label on a map or globe the continents, oceans, equator, prime meridian, and North and South Poles.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
capital
capitol
continent
border
North America
Canada
United States
Mexico
map

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Country 5 Capital City Assignment
2 Continent 5 Our Nation’s Neighbors Assignment
3 World 5 Map of the World Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Country After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain where the capital of The United States is and the characteristics of a country.
2 Continent After completing this lesson, ask your student the characteristics of a continent, the continent they live on, and what countries border The United States. Get out a world map and ask your student to find all seven continents on the map.
3 World After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain the following: the purpose of a map, the 7 continents and where they are located on a map, the names of the oceans and their location, and where the north pole, south pole, prime meridian, and equator are located.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Country
  1. What is a country?
Continent
  1. What is a continent?
World
  1. Where are some key locations on a world map?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level
1 Spotlight on the United States of America Bobbie Kalman
2 The Seven Continents: North America Karen Kellaher
3 North America For Kids: A Book Filled With Facts For Children Bold Kids
4 Continents: What You Need to Know Jill Sherman

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing