Lesson plan

Comparing Landscapes: Arizona and South Sudan


GeoLiteracy

Description

In this lesson students will learn geographic features of South Sudan and Arizona in order to have a better understanding of how diverse our world is or isn’t. Students will read the novel “A Long Walk to Water” to learn about South Sudan and then compare its landscape to Arizona. The activities in this lesson can be templates for analyzing any two landscapes, especially one found in a book and then the student’s own environment.

Duration

2 class periods

Author

Kynna
Guzman

Standards

4: The physical and human characteristics of places

Teacher Instructions

GuzmanSudanT.pdf (114.51 KB)

Student Materials

GuzmanSudanS.pdf (63.7 KB)
GuzmanSudan.pptx (2.52 MB)

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

GuzmanSudanV.pdf (1.43 MB)

Supplemental Files