Geography Partner Activity
Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1
21st Century Skills: Collaboration, Information Literacy
Objectives:
PS.NL: I can name countries on a map.
PS.NM: I can name the main cities on a map.
PW.NL: I can write the names of countries on a map.
IR.NL: I can recognize some cities on a map.
Questions:
¿Dónde está ____?
¿Cuál es la capital de ___?
____ está aquí (and point to the location on the map).
La capital de ___ es ____.
Materials:
Copies of a blank map of Central America
Copies of a blank map of South America
Internet access and devices or printed and labeled Spanish maps
Resources:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/worldlanguages/spanish/buenviajelevel1/chapter1/student.shtml
http://luventicus.org/mapas/americadelsur.html#mapa
http://www.luventicus.org/mapas/americacentralyelcaribe.html
http://www.www.freeworldmaps.net/es/sudamerica/mapapolitico.html
http://www.freeworldmaps.net/es/norteamerica/mapapolitico.html
Overview of activities:
1. Students will work independently using the internet or printed maps in Spanish to label the
countries and capitals on a blank map of either Central America or South America.
2. Students will pair up with someone that has completed the opposite map. They will work
together asking and answering the essential questions to present their findings to their
partner and to complete the second map so that each student has completely labeled set of
maps of both Central and South America.
Procedure:
1. Hand out blank maps
2. Assign half of the students to Central America and the other half to South America
3. Allow independent working time for students to label their blank map with the countries
and capitals of their assigned region.
4. Pair a student with the map of Central America to a student with the map of South America
5. Students use the essential questions and answers to teach and quiz each other about the
locations and capitals of Spanish Speaking countries. Each student should have a completely
labeled set of maps when finished.
6. Teacher moves about the room answering questions, modeling pronunciation, keeping
them on task, and informally assessing the students.
Central America
Step 1: Working independently, use Spanish resources to label the
countries and capitals on this map.
Step 2: Teach your partner the location and capital of each country in
Central America.
Example: Cuba está aquí (“Cuba is here” and point to the
location on the map). La capital de Cuba es La Habana. (“The
capital of Cuba is la Habana”)
Step 3: As your partner shows you the locations and tells you the
capitals, complete the map of South America.
Step 4: Take turns quizzing each other in Spanish. See the Questions
and answers below for help.
¿Dónde está ____?
____ está aquí (and point to
the location on the map).
¿Cuál es la capital de ___?
La capital de ___ es ____.
South America
Step 1: Working independently, use Spanish resources to label the countries and capitals on this map.
Step 2: As your partner shows you the locations and tells you the capitals, complete the map of Central America.
Step 3: Teach your partner the location and capital of each country in South America.
Example: Ecuador está aquí (“Ecuador is here” and point to the location on the map). La capital de Ecuador
es Quito. (“The capital of Ecuador is Quito”)
Step 4: Take turns quizzing each other in Spanish. See the Questions and answers below for help.
¿Dónde está ____?
____ está aquí (and point to the location on the map).
¿Cuál es la capital de ___?
La capital de ___ es ____.