This class begins with students learning basic mapping skills
through fun activities. After several weeks, with this knowledge firmly
in place, the students will spend the rest of the year learning all
about our wonderful United States of America. Each week we will spend
time discovering the location of and facts about different states.
Mapping skills will also continue throughout the year. By the time the
class ends, every child will be able to map the location of every state
in the U.S.A., and as an extra challenge.... capital cities if they
choose to do so. Each week the children will answer some simple
questions about each state that involve learning about the geography and
location of that state. We go over these questions in class together
and have great discussions. Your student will also choose a state to
study throughout the year. A small project will be sent home for
homework each week. At the end of the year, the students put on a
Geography Fair and put together all the projects that they have done in
one presentation. This makes it extremely easy with no pressure and no
need for parental anxiety when the Geography Fair comes around. Homework
will take approximately 1.5 hours per week (15 minutes per day).
- Teacher: Stephanie Green