Category: BUNDLES

This full-year notebooking project will have students ‘thinking like a geographer! They’ll research 18 different countries and record important information that will have them investigate and record using a 5 Themes of Geography lens: location, place, human environment interaction, movement and regions.

PREREQUISITE: Good working knowledge of the 5 Themes of Geography (or) complete 5 Themes of Geography BUNDLE 

As the students proceed and create a beautiful project, they’ll…

• – Learn about each country
• – Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to synthesize information and write about each country through a 5 themes of geography lens.
• – Create a wonderful project displaying their learning.

Included Countries:
South America

1. – Argentina
2. – Bolivia
3. – Brazil
4. – Chile
5. – Columbia
6. – Peru
7. – Uruguay
8. – Venezuela

North America

1. – Canada
2. – United States
3. – Mexico
4. – Costa Rica
5. – Belize
6. – El Salvador
7. – Guatemala
8. – Honduras
9. – Nicaragua
10. – Panama

Sample questions include:

• – (Location) Describe the relative location of the country.
• – (Location) What is the latitude and longitude of the capital city?
• – (Place) What major landforms are found in the country?
• – (Place) What is/are the climate type(s) of the country?
• – (Regions) When considering this country, describe and give examples of at least one type of functional region within it.
• – (Movement) Describe any historically important migration patterns of information you have found about past or current migration for this country. You may include internal, external migration, emigration, immigration, return and/or seasonal migration.
• – (Human/Environmental Integration) Give examples of how people who have lived in this country changed or modified the environment.