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Introducing North America
Tour the Geography Center
Introduce the Geography Center to your class. Show
the research materials and explain their uses. Ask
students to locate the sections of atlases and
almanacs containing material about North America.
Thinking about North America
Prepare a KWL chart in advance. Reproduce page 8
for each student. Give students a period of time
(5–10 minutes) to list facts they already know about
North America and questions about the continent
they would like answered.
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Where Is North America?
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Transfer their responses to the KWL chart. Post the chart
in a place where you can add to it throughout your study
of the continent.
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Name
Reproduce pages 9 and 10 for each student.
“Locating North America” helps students locate North
America using relative location. Use the introductory
paragraph to review the definition of relative location,
and then have students complete the page.
Name the Hemisphere
a hemisphere.
tions: When it is
called
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hemisphere
southern hemisphere
“Name the Hemisphere” reviews the Earth’s division into
hemispheres. Students are asked to name the hemispheres in
which North America is located. Using a globe to demonstrate
the divisions, read the introduction together. Then have
students complete the page.
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North America is in the
North America is in the
__________________ hemisphere and
____________________ hemisphere.
the ___________________ hemisphere.
Bonus
Look carefully at a globe. Find the continent that touches all four hemispheres.
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What do you already
know about the
unique and fascinating
continent of
North America?
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If you could talk
to someone from
North America, what
would you ask?
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Locating North America
Relative location tells where a place is located in relation to other places. Use the
description of its relative location to help you find North America on the world map.
Color in the continent on the map below and write North America across it.
North America is a large continent located in the northern
hemisphere between the equator and the North Pole. It is
situated between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
North
Pacific
Ocean
South
Pacific
Ocean
North
Atlantic
Ocean
North
Pacific
Ocean
South
Atlantic
Ocean
Indian Ocean
South
Pacific
Ocean
Look at a map of North America. Find these places and write their relative locations:
1. Cuba ________________________________________________________________
2. Canada ______________________________________________________________
3. El Salvador ___________________________________________________________
Bonus
Write the relative location of the school you attend.
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