All About India Grades 3-5

by Ruth Solski

Overview

This 11 Teacher-Directed Activity Lessons provide teacher support information on India and ideas on how to implement it in the classroom.

There are 36 reproducible Student Activities that correspond with the various lessons. They may be done independently or as large group reading with follow-up assignments.

Reproducible worksheets help students develop skills using maps and a globe to locate the country and its physical features: rivers, oceans, cities, and bordering countries. National symbols, languages, and money are also discussed.

This book supports many of the fundamental concepts and learning outcomes from the Alberta Grade 3 Social Studies Curriculum, Connecting with the World, Communities in the World.

Lesson Topics:

Activity 1: An Introduction to India

Activity 2: Mapping Skills

Activity 3: Geographical Areas of India

Activity 4: Learning About India's Climate

Activity 5: The Indian People and Family Life

Activity 6: Lifestyles in India

Activity 7: Work of the Indian People

Activity 8: India's Culture

Activity 9: India's History

Activity 10: Transportation in India

Activity 11: India's Government

80 pages, including an answer key.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781550358674
Publisher:	On the Mark Press
Publication date:	08/09/2007
Series:	Countries Around the Globe , #1
Pages:	82
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.17(d)
Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

From the beginning of Ruth's teaching career, she had written her own lessons and theme units. In the early years, she was inspired by a school board consultant and wrote curriculum with a team of teachers for her school board. With the encouragement from a friend she decided to self-publish. In 1986 Ruth started selling her classroom resources to teachers across Canada, under On The Mark Press.Today On The Mark Press consistently evolves to comply with current curriculum standards. We want our learning resources to give, teachers and parents an edge for planning and implementing learning. Our activity-based lessons have more focus on practical exercises rather than teaching instructions. These resources can be used from start to finish, choose specific exercises or simply use them to stimulate creativity in the classroom. Our future including providing our resources in print, PDF eBooks/Digital download, and links for lessons for Google Classroom. Ruth has authored over 500 books and Ruth's mission continues to be making learning fun for children and a teacher's workload lighter!