Lets Visit Spain CONTINENT ECHO SONG StudentS North

Let’s Visit Spain

CONTINENT ECHO SONG Student(S): North America Teacher (T): A canyon grand S: South America T: Rain-forest land S: Antarctica T: The Snow is high S: And Africa T: The deserts dry Together: North America, South America, Antarctica, And Africa VERSION 2 Student (S): Europe, Asia Teacher (T): Castles, great wall S: And Australia T: Best reef of all S: South Pole, North Pole T: Bottom and Top S: And that’s my world T: It’s time to stop Together: Europe, Asia, And Australia, South Pole, North Pole, And that’s my world! Activity 1. Preparing to Travel Before you can visit Spain, you have to prove that you are who you say you are. When you visit another country, a border inspector checks your passport. The inspector asks you questions and you say yes or no. If your answers match your passport, they will let you visit the country. (Ask students their name, country, and address off their passports)

Activity 2. Exploring Spain ¥ ¥ ¥ Today you will visit the continent called Europe. The first country we will visit in Europe is Spain. (Using a globe fly Mr. Traveler from Ohio to Spain) (Page 39 in workbook – map of Europe – Have students color Spain red) (Page 37 in workbook – flag of Spain – Have students color the flag of Spain) What continent is Spain located on? Put workbook pages into suitcases.

Activity 3. Hide and Seek in Spain (Students should turn to page 41 and circle objects on that page as they are mentioned in the story) Once there was a king who lived in a city in Spain called Madrid. He often sat and looked down at his kingdom from a tall tower in his castle. There were lots of castles in Spain. For many years, armies from neighboring kingdoms had attacked the king’s city. They would throw spears and shoot flaming arrows over the top of the stone wall that protected the city. But the stone wall that protected the city was so high and so thick that the armies could not get inside to hurt the people of Madrid.

Activity 3. Hide and Seek in Spain (Students should turn to page 41 and circle objects on that page as they are mentioned in the story) Now when the King of Madrid looked out over the walls, he saw neat rows of grain, green and tall, reaching toward the sky. In a few months, the grain would ripen and golden-brown. Then the farmers would cut down the grain to be made into bread to feed all the people living in Madrid. The king also saw acres upon acres of grapevines and cork trees. Cattle roamed the hills in search of grass, and children herded them along to make sure none were lost.

Activity 3. Hide and Seek in Spain (Students should turn to page 41 and circle objects on that page as they are mentioned in the story) The king also saw women dressed in beautiful dancing dresses and men called matadors who were bull fighting. When night began to fall, all the children, farmers, and cattle would come back through the city gate and return to their homes inside the city wall. The King of Madrid smiled to himself. His city was one of the best in Spain, because of the strong stone wall that protected his people.