Kristy Soltmann

ELD 376
Professor Gallo
March 24, 2015
Social Studies Lesson Plan
The 7 Continents
Grade: 5th grade Social Studies Lesson Plan with Arts
Objective:
Students will be able to identify the seven continents and the five seas correctly with a
80% accuracy.
Materials:
Video clip
Post-it notes
Maps worksheet
Pencil/pen
Color pen/marker
Chromebooks
Engage:
When the students enter the classroom a video will be setup and ready to play
once everyone has arrived and seated. The students will be reminded to read the
front board with instructions of what they need to have on their desk.
Once every student is ready, the teacher will play The Continent Song video to
grab the students attention.
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf--PQNDn7g&feature=player_embedded
Explore:
After watching the video, the students will Think-Pair-Share with their social
studies partner and talk about what they think they will be learning as well as
what they learned from the video.
Explain:
Once every student is ready for the class to start, the teacher will remind the
students to make sure they have their supplies needed for the video and the rest of
the lesson is out.
The students will Think-Pair-Share with their partners while the teacher rotates
throughout the room.
After, the students will come together as a whole, to share what we have learned.
The students will learn about the seven continents as well as five seas.
A blank map will be handed out to students. The students will individually
complete the map.

Elaborate:
After the students complete their maps, the students will switch papers with one
of their classmates and grade.
As a class, we will go through the map and correct it. *The students will correct
their classmates maps in a colored pen/marker.
Following, the students will get their papers back and prepare for the next task.
Students will then work on their group, on the chromebooks in completing the
continent game.
o http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/geographygames/copycat/
While the group plays the game, the students will call out each continent that
being focused on.
Evaluate:
The students will hand in their map to be graded.
The students will also hand in their post-it notes along with their maps.