Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Countries and Capitals

This lesson plan was created by Lynita Hunt (WACO Community School District) for students from ninth to twelfth grade. In this lesson, students will be able to identify and label the countries and capitals of the Hispanic world.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Foreign Language

Theme

Cartography/Maps

Region

North America

Latin America

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

4. The physical and human characteristics of places

6. How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions

9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface

18. How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments

GE 2. Understand how physical and human characteristics create and define regions

GE 6. Understand how culture affects the interaction of human populations through time and space