INTRODUCTION. COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

DINGBATS. COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD.

(It can be used as starter activity. The purpose of starters is to warm up, to create the yearning to know more, to set objectives, to create delight. We highly recommed the book, "100 Ideas for teaching geograhy", by Andy Leeder, Continuum int. publishing group ltd, London, 2006, that suggests these and other interesting activities)

Look to the images and say the name of a country

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(a little help, start with CH)

2)

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(image a+b+c= a country that is very far)

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O

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7) (a little more dificult)

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C

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taken from visual geography (http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/visual.htm) made by Anne Bowerman (and her son Michael), Westergate Community School in West Sussex.

COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU)

Study the EU map with all the countries and capitals

(the official site of the European Union can help you)

. Build a table (with excel or word) and fill it with this data:

Area (in sq. kms), population, population density, GDP per capita (gross domestic product by person) and year of entry in EU.