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EAL Nexus resource
Country puzzle
Introduction
Subject:
Geography
Age group:
8–11
Topic:
Finding information on countries
Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes.
Source | This resource was originally developed by Sabine Matzak and has been adapted by EAL Nexus.
©British Council 2015
Country puzzle
Continents
Continents
How many countries are
there in the world?
a) 7
b) 58
c) 163
d) almost 200
Your experience with other
countries
• Who has been to another
country?
• Who has lived in another
country?
• Who has relatives in or from
another country?
• Who would like to visit another
country?
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What might be different in
other countries?
language
food
money
clothes
traffic
festivals
What you have to do
• Outlines of various countries are
displayed in the classroom.
• Your group will receive the
northern part of one of these
countries.
• Find the other three parts (east,
south and west) and put the puzzle
together. (The outline map will help you.
Other clues are the information on the puzzle
pieces, and the shape of the pieces.)
Information on the puzzle pieces
Each country is cut up into four puzzle
pieces:
• north – name of a person living in this
country
• east – name of the country
• south – language the person speaks
• west – identity or ethnicity of the
person.
• Your group will
receive the
northern part of a
country with a
person’s name.
• Find the missing
parts (east, south
and west) with
information on the
country, the
person’s language
and nationality.
The outline maps help you to find
your country.
Put the parts together.
Write down the information on
the worksheet.
Worksheet
Use the information
on your puzzle
pieces and look up
additional
information (*) on
the internet and in
atlases.
There is no right or
wrong answer to
Names: ________________________________
Recording sheet
Information on East part
Pakistan
Information on North part
Ayesha (girl)
Haroon (boy)
Hamza (boy)
Information on South part
Sindhi, Urdu, English
Urdu, English
Punjabi, Urdu
Information on West part
Pakistani
Pakistani
Pakistani
Name of the country
Name of the person
*(boy or girl?)
Language spoken
Nationality
*(flag)
Shape of the country
The shape of the country reminds us
of a bird.
*Continent
Asia
*Capital city
Islamabad
*Neighbouring
countries
Iran
Afghanistan
China
India
*Sea coast(s)
Arabic Sea
the question about
the shape of the
country!
Whenever you see the asterisk (*), you will need to find the information in atlases
or on the internet.
Use an atlas
and the
internet to
find more
information.