Large Group Activity Guide

Activity: Map of the Middle East

Educational Goal: Students will be able to look at a map of the world and know where the Middle East is
located and be able to point out the countries that are in the Middle East.
Time to Complete: 10 20 Minutes
- 20 minutes
Age: (Preschool or School Age)
- School Age
Curricular Area or Domain: (Affective, Aesthetic, Cognition, Symbolic Play, Language, Physical, Social
Emotional)
- Cognition
- Social Emotional
Developmental Focus: (Language, Cognitive, Fine Motor, Gross Motor, Social and Emotional)
- Cognitive
- Language
Materials:
- Projector
- Map of the World
- Map of the countries in the Middle East
Lesson:
Opening: Hello boys and girls! Remember yesterday when we were talking about people who
live in the Middle East? And how their culture is different than ours? Well today we are going to
talk about where the Middle East is exactly in the world.
Body: Teacher will explain to the students how there are many different places in our world. The
teacher will then show the students a map of the world, discussing where we live and then
discussing where Middle East is located. Then the teacher will discuss with the students the
different countries that are in the middle east and how the compare to the States that we have in
the United States.
Closing: The teacher will have the students come up and show where the Middle East is located
on the map. The teacher will ask the children if they enjoyed learning about Middle Eastern
culture.
Transition: (What are you going to do next?)
- Introduce where Middle East is located, and how they have a different culture than us in the
United States
Evaluation: (Questions to ask yourself.)
1. Were the students able to come up to the bored and point out where the Middle East is located?
2. Did the students seem interested in what we were talking about?