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 ____.