Third Grade Geography: Continents and Oceans

Audience Participation

·         Created by: Ashley Bentley, Kendal Conway, and Michelle Black

·         Name of the Lesson: Our Wonderful World

·         Course: Geography

·         Grade level: Third

·         Virginia State Standards

Geography 3.5: The student will develop map skills by positioning and labeling the seven continents and five oceans to create a world map.

·         Learning Objective(s):

1)    Given a list of places, the student will identify the continents with 7/7 correctly.

2)    Given information about world oceans, the student will correctly identify the names of the oceans 100% of the time.

·         Instruction:

1)    Identify the seven continents on a world map (Slide two).

2)    Use Socrative technology to assess knowledge (Multiple Choice Question).

3)    Identify the five oceans on a world map (Slide three).

4)    Use Socrative Technology to assess knowledge (True/False Question).

5)    Lesson wrap-up (Slide four).