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Democratic Republic of Congo - Map Skills Lesson PlanDemocratic Republic of Congo - Map Skills Lesson Plan
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Public Schools of North Carolina
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5th - 7th
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Democratic Republic of Congo - Map Skills

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Work on your map skills with a packet of activities about the river basins in the Democratic Republic on Congo. Learners study the maps provided before answering the geography questions and writing an acrostic poem about the region.

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Concepts

african geography, geographic regions, geographic locations, geographic features, rivers, acrostic poems, african countries, africa, watersheds, the nile river, map skills, outline maps

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use in a geography lesson when discussing the land features of Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Have kids work on the activity in a language arts class when reading Heart of Darkness or another story set in the same region
  • Send the worksheet home for kids to practice their new skills

Classroom Considerations

  • Some of the maps are in color; consider printing them once and laminating them for kids to share during the activity

Pros

  • Encourages kids to think about the ways that regions are affected by water supply and water sources
  • Comes with a set of links and additional resources

Cons

  • None

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