Monday, June 8, 2020

An Update to Mapping Activities for the Americas (Level 2 Year 1, Fourth Grade)



This is a revised and expanded lesson plan for The Geography Coloring Book for the Mater Amabilis™ Level 2 Year 1 People and Places Americas studies. You can find the final mapping plans our family used in this post, along with some notes about the books we read.

Our plans were kind of all over the place through the years. If you use the plans in this post, you can follow the master lesson plan (which I'll link here after I've finished and posted it) without assigning the same maps in different years. In comparison to Level 1A, the new plans for Level 2 expand from individual countries more to the continent as a whole.

You would only choose three of these books.


Chúcaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa

Week 1
Forward and 1. Lasso
Geography Coloring Book: Argentina on p. 17

Week 2
2. Ombu
Geography Coloring Book: Paraguay on p. 17

Week 3
3. The Casita
Geography Coloring Book: Uruguay on p. 17

Week 4
4. Currycomb and 5. Tears
Geography Coloring Book: Bolivia on p. 17

Week 5
6. Gitana, the Gypsy and 7. Meat, Mate, Music
Geography Coloring Book: Chile on p. 17

Week 6
8. What the Mayordomo Didn't Know Was Not Worth Knowing
Geography Coloring Book: Ecuador on p. 17

Week 7
9. The Red Kerchief--A Mystery and 10. Something Is Brewing Again
Geography Coloring Book: Peru on p. 17

Week 8
11. The Vaquero Never Had a Chance
Geography Coloring Book: Colombia on p. 16

Week 9 
12. An Urgent Message
Geography Coloring Book: French Guiana on p. 16

Week 10
13. The Patron
Geography Coloring Book: Guyana and Suriname on p. 16

Week 11
14. Bolas and 15. The Match
Geography Coloring Book: Venezuela on p. 16

Week 12
16. Itchy Hooves and 17. To Iguazu
Geography Coloring Book: Brazil on p. 16


The Cay

Week 1
Chapter One
Geography Coloring Book: Netherlands Antilles on p. 13

Week 2
Chapter Two
Geography Coloring Book: Bahamas on p. 13

Week 3
Chapter Three
Geography Coloring Book: Dominican Republic on p. 13

Week 4
Chapter Four
Geography Coloring Book: Haiti on p. 13

Week 5
Chapters Five and Six
Geography Coloring Book: Puerto Rico on p. 13

Week 6
Chapter Seven and Eight
Geography Coloring Book: Jamaica on p. 13

Week 7
Chapters Nine and Ten
Geography Coloring Book: St. Kitts and Nevis on p. 13

Week 8
Chapter Eleven
Geography Coloring Book: Antigua and Barbuda on p. 13

Week 9
Chapters Twelve and Thirteen
Geography Coloring Book: French Territories on p. 13

Week 10
Chapters Fourteen and Fifteen
Geography Coloring Book: Dominica on p. 13

Week 11
Chapters Sixteen and Seventeen
Geography Coloring Book: St. Lucia on p. 13

Week 12
Chapters Eighteen and Nineteen
Geography Coloring Book: Trinidad & Tobago on p. 13


The Secret of the Andes

Week 1
Chapters 1-2
Geography Coloring Book: Peru on p. 14

Week 2
Chapters 3-4
Geography Coloring Book: Chile on p. 14

Week 3
Chapter 5
Geography Coloring Book: the Amazon and its Tributaries on p. 15

Week 4
Chapters 6-7
Geography Coloring Book: the Orinoco and its Tributaries on p. 15

Week 5
Chapter 8
Geography Coloring Book: the Rio de la Plata on p. 15

Week 6
Chapter 9
Geography Coloring Book: the Parana on p. 15

Week 7
Chapter 10
Geography Coloring Book: the Paraguay River on p. 15

Week 8
Chapters 11-12
Geography Coloring Book: the Uruguay River on p. 15

Week 9
Chapter 13
Geography Coloring Book: the other Rio de la Plata tributaries on p. 15

Week 10
Chapter 14
Geography Coloring Book: the Andes Mountains region on the small map on p. 15

Week 11
Chapter 15
Geography Coloring Book: the Guiana Highlands and Brazilian Highlands land regions on the small map on p. 15

Week 12
Chapters 16-17
Geography Coloring Book: the Central Plains land regions (Llanos, Selvas, Gran Chaco, Pampas, and Patagonia) on the small map on p. 15


Where the Flame Trees Bloom

Week 1
Introduction
Geography Coloring Book: Color Cuba on p. 12

Week 2
The Teacher
Geography Coloring Book: Mexico on p 12

Week 3
Choices
Geography Coloring Book: Belize on p 12

Week 4
The Surveyor
Geography Coloring Book: Costa Rica on p 12

Week 5
Lightning
Geography Coloring Book: El Salvador on p 12

Week 6
Samone
Geography Coloring Book: Guatemala on p 12

Week 7
The Legend
Geography Coloring Book: Honduras on p 12

Week 8
Canelo
Geography Coloring Book: Nicaragua on p 12

Week 9
The Rag Dolls
Geography Coloring Book: Panama on p 12

Week 10
Mathematics
Geography Coloring Book: Caribbean Sea on p 12

Week 11
The Ice Cream Man
Geography Coloring Book: Gulf of Mexico p. 12

Week 12
The Feast of San Juan
Geography Coloring Book: Jamaica on p. 12

Week 13
Epilogue
Geography Coloring Book: Cuba on p. 13


Maya Quest: Interactive Expedition
The mapping activities here are on the same map as those for Where the Flame Trees Bloom so a family would choose one or the other of these books or forgo the mapping activities for the second book selected.

Week 1
pp. 2-11
Geography Coloring Book: Color Mexico on p. 12

Week 2
pp. 12-33
Geography Coloring Book: Belize on p 12

Week 3
pp. 24-33
Geography Coloring Book: Guatemala on p 12

Week 4
pp. 34-41
Geography Coloring Book: Costa Rica on p 12

Week 5
pp. 44-59
Geography Coloring Book: El Salvador on p 12

Week 6
pp. 60-73
Geography Coloring Book: Honduras on p 12

Week 7
pp. 74-87
Geography Coloring Book: Nicaragua on p 12

Week 8
pp. 88-99
Geography Coloring Book: Panama on p 12

Week 9
pp. 102-109
Geography Coloring Book: Caribbean Sea on p 12

Week 10
pp. 110-117
Geography Coloring Book: Gulf of Mexico on p 12

Week 11
pp. 118-125
Geography Coloring Book: Cuba on p. 12

Week 12
pp. 126-131
Geography Coloring Book: Jamaica on p. 12


Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibottson
This is not one of the Mater Amabilis™ suggestions, but a book my family has enjoyed.

Week 1
Ch 1-2
Geography Coloring Book: Color Brazil on p 14

Week 2
Ch 3-4
Geography Coloring Book: French Guiana on p 14

Week 3
Ch 5-6
Geography Coloring Book: Color Suriname on p 14

Week 4
Ch 7-8 
Geography Coloring Book: Guyana on p 14

Week 5
Ch 9-10
Geography Coloring Book: Venezuela on p 14

Week 6
Ch 11-12
Geography Coloring Book: Colombia on p 14

Week 7
Ch 13-14
Geography Coloring Book: Argentina on p. 14

Week 8
Ch 15-16
Geography Coloring Book: Eucador on p 14

Week 9
Ch 17-18
Geography Coloring Book: Bolivia on p 14

Week 10
Ch 19-20
Geography Coloring Book: Paraguay on p 14 

Week 11
Ch 21-22
Geography Coloring Book: Uruguay on p 14

Week 12
Ch 23-24
Geography Coloring Book: Falkland Islands on p. 14

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