Countries Around the World
Take a trip around the globe and explore the people, history, and landforms of several fascinating countries. Each country represented in the collection has books of varying text complexities. Support resources and activities accompany each grade range and individual title.
Why Use Countries Around the World
Learning about and understanding the different cultures and experiences of people around the world is an important part of becoming a global citizen. The Countries Around the World collection provides students with introductions to a variety of different places, peoples, and cultures. The books included vary in text complexity, supporting your differentiated instruction while also meeting the requirements of state and national standards.
At each grade range you will find support resources for the collection:
- Teaching Tips
- Activity Cards
- World Maps
Each title is accompanied by book-specific support resources as well:
- Text-dependent Discussion Questions (on the back cover)
- Comprehension Quiz
- Individual Country Map
How to Use Countries Around the World
The variety of resources available in the series allows for flexibility in your instructional approach.
- Follow suggestions in the Teaching Tips for classroom activities using Activity Cards.
- Use the Comprehension Quizzes to check for understanding.
- Select books to assign for independent reading or to use for small-group instruction.
- Review the individual Country Maps and World Maps to teach visual literacy skills.
- Support comprehension and text-dependent collaborative conversations using the Discussion Questions for each book.
- Have students write about the topic of a collection, using the books from the collection as models.
- Assign a research project related to one of the books in the collection.