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© 2012; 2014 NIA Unit Studies, All Rights Reserved
Map Travelers
Sample
“The World is a book, and those
who do not travel read only a page.”
~ Saint Augustine
By:
The Warmacks
© 2012; 2014 NIA Unit Studies, All Rights Reserved
Map Travelers
“The World is a book, and those
who do not travel read only a page.”
~ Saint Augustine
NOTE: This is a Sample.
Pages are not in the order that they appear in the
purchased copy
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Thank You!
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Copyright © 2012; 2014 by NIA Unit Studies, All rights Reserved
Maps, Flags, Photos, Passport, Airline Tickets, and Information sheets Copyright © 2012; 2014 by NIA Unit Studies All Rights Reserved
SECOND EDITION: SAMPLE
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Introductory Information
Is your family ready to travel the big, wide, world? Before you begin on your exciting
adventure, you will want to print out and assemble your child’s very own personal passport so
have your children spend a day getting that ready to go. As you “travel” through the countries
and learn about them, make sure to have them stamp their passport with any rubber stamp or
even stickers if you have that on hand. As you begin your worldwide journey, you can print out
all the pages for the week or just print out the pages you would like to do as you go along. I will
list some reference books that you can use to find the answers to the information sheets on the
bottom of the schedule (under additional books) as well as many other projects to learn about the
country and its culture. Before you begin each continent, I have given two options for your
students, 1) they can draw a picture of the continent themselves and label the countries or, 2)
they can just label the countries in the continent by using the maps in your student book section
of this pdf.
A Curriculum that fits YOUR Family!
I have created this curriculum with many different learning styles as my children have
different learning styles (hands on, research and open ended projects/assignments, note booking
style, literature, and visual with movies). I have some countries scheduled for a week long study
while others are scheduled for only a day or two. With those things in mind, choose whatever
projects and activities that your children will enjoy, don’t feel like you need to complete them
all, and if you feel like you want to spend more time or even less time on a country, than do so.
Adjust this curriculum around what works for you and your family!
In addition, I have included many movies, with ratings, and many books that go along with each
country. Please keep in mind that what one family thinks is ok to watch or read, may be
different from what another family thinks is ok. Please check the reviews yourself before
making a decision. I have linked all the additional books to Amazon so that you may read the
descriptions and the reviews. If you have a great library system, you should be able to find many
of the books through your local library. For movie/DVD reviews, you can use this site…
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/video/movie-reviews/dvd
There are also links to crafts or projects. I have tried to use well known, main websites but
please check the links before you begin to make sure they are working properly beforehand.
You will also need some sort of world map. This can be a wall map, map in an atlas, a globe, or
even an online map of the world. You want something where you children can locate the
countries that they are learning about.
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Research
I have included information sheets that your child will need to fill out. Most of the information
can be found either in the non-fiction books that I have suggested or online.
A great online site for countries is… http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/
Most of the countries that are in this curriculum are found on that site with the exception of a
few. Another site…
http://www.timeforkids.com/around-the-world
So let’s begin our travels!
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Passport Instructions
Print each page double sided. Once all printed out, cut along the solid red line and place the
passport pages in page order. Fold in the middle and staple booklet together.
Using the Passport When using the passport, make sure your child stamps the page with either a stamper you
have at home or a sticker. Once you have “visited” the country, you can have your child go back
to the passport and write any interesting facts that they learned about that particular country.
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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
-Locate Italy on a map -Fill out info sheet, color flag, and glue airline ticket on sheet -Stamp passport
-Locate Germany on a map -Fill out info sheet, color flag, and glue airline ticket on sheet -Stamp passport
Italian Marble Frame (link here)
Venetian Canal (link here)
Cardboard Castle (link here)
Cuckoo Clock (link here)
Margherita Pizza (directions below)
1 Hazelnut gelato (link here)
Soft Pretzels (link here)
Roasted Nuts (link here)
The Thief Lord (PG) The Lizzie McGuire Movie (PG)
Night Crossing (PG)
Make a model of the Leaning Tower of Pisa using blocks or Legos.
Research the Carnival of Venice and make a paper mache mask.
Make your own coat of arms (link here)
Research the history of the cuckoo clock.
Make paper cones for serving the roasted nuts.
1) Margherita Pizza
Ingredients -your favorite pizza dough recipe (or an already pre-made
pizza crust)
-1 -2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
-several large leaves of fresh basil
-1 tomato cut in slices
-a large fresh mozzarella ball
Countr
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Pro
jects
Recip
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Cre
ative
Movie
s
Europe
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Directions…
1. Soak your wheat in water (the bathtub works well for this or you can do it in a bucket). Soak for
about an hour or until you are able to bend the wheat without it breaking.
2. Take about 9 stalks of wheat and starting at the top, braid to about ¾ of the down. Repeat with
another 9 stalks of wheat.
3. Hold the two braided stalks together by the tops of the wheat and loop each end down to create a
heart.
3. Tie the stalks of wheat together where the center of the heart forms and make a loop so that you can
hang it!
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2) Lewis and Clark Expedition Find a place to take a hike (neighborhood, state park, hiking trail, etc). Take your journals with you and
some colored pencils. Set a time frame of when you will stop to write in your journals and that will be
considered your “day” (example, set every 20 mins to be your “day”). At the end of your “day”, stop to
write and draw in your journal about what you saw. Create names for your “new” discoveries.
Suggested Books & Additional Movies (please check reviews to see if these books or movies suit your family)….
Movies: Liberty's Kids (TV-Y7)
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving / The Mayflower Voyagers (G)
The Adventures of Huck Finn (PG)
Little Women (PG)
The Music Man (G)
The Wizard of Oz (G)
It’s a Wonderful Life (Not Rated)
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (Not Rated)
Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (Not Rated)
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front (Not Rated)
The Grapes of Wrath (Not Rated)
National Treasure (PG)
National Treasure Book of Secrets (PG)
Andre (PG)
Paulie (PG)
Fiction: American Girl Doll Series of books
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller
Paddle-To-The-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
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Non Fiction: The Little Man in the Map: With Clues To Remember All 50 States by E. Andrew Martonyi & Ed Olson
Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America by Lynne Cheney & Robin Preiss Glasser
United States of America (A to Z) by Jeff Reynolds
How the U.S. Government Works by Syl Sobel
M Is for Majestic: A National Parks Alphabet by David Domeniconi & Pam Carroll
N Is for Our Nation's Capital: A Washington DC Alphabet by Roland Smith, Marie Smith & Barbara Gibson
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Important Information
Capital City:
Population:
Language:
Currency:
Interesting Facts:
Glue Ticket Here
Welcome to Wales! Croeso i Gymru!
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Destination:
Flight Number Gate Seat
Boarding Time
From To
Name
Name
Boarding Pass
World Airlines Canada
Canada
Canada
6135985 12C 7 12C FIRST
CLASS
Destination:
Flight Number Gate Seat
Boarding Time
From To
Name
Name
Seat & Class
Boarding Pass
World Airlines MEXICO
MEXICO
MEXICO
6135985 12C 7 12C FIRST
CLASS
Destination:
Flight Number Gate Seat
Boarding Time
From To
Name
Name
Boarding Pass
World Airlines United States
United States
United States
6135985 12C 7 12C FIRST
CLASS