Fourth graders travel the globe through its most famous landmarks, from the Eiffel Tower to the Great Wall, and match each one to the country where it stands.
Students will be able to…
One famous structure can stand for an entire country. What are the world's most famous landmarks, and where does each one stand?
Project this and match each famous landmark to its country — tap a landmark, then tap where it stands.
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Some places are so famous that one picture tells you the whole country. What landmarks would you visit on a trip around the world?
Students match each landmark to its country.
Students locate landmarks on a map.
Students make a landmark postcard.
Students reflect on world landmarks.
Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies and Common Core literacy in social studies.
Use maps and other tools to explain relationships between the locations of places.
Explain how the cultural characteristics of places change over time.
Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence where people live.
Interpret information presented visually and explain how it helps understanding.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students pick a landmark, draw it with its country, and write one fact about it, so world geography becomes something they can picture. A printable world-landmarks worksheet is in the Social Studies library.
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