1. Download the files suggested in the MED section and make copies for students.

2.The first activity is s fun activity for multiple purposes, however, students need to reinforce information about the Americas, and they are going to work with a mapping activity.

3. Work on the pronunciation of BRASIL and BRAZIL and give students some facts such as Brazil is the biggest country in South America, Spanish is not spoken there, but Portuguese. You may add some questions concerning soccer and elicit names of famous football players.

4. Distribute the worksheet and ask students to have their color pencils with them.

5. Read the first instruction and give students time to do what is asked.

6. Do the same process with the rest of the instructions until they complete them all.

7. Ask students to work in pairs and ask questions, 

•  What color is Peru? / the Pacific Ocean /
• what country is yellow?, etc.

8. Ask students what the capital of Mexico is.

9. Distribute the word search, draw students’ attention towards the list of countries at the bottom of the page and ask where these countries are (Central America)

10. Ask students which names look and sound similar to Spanish.

11. You may want to present the capitals and countries to the class because this topic is not presented in second grade.

12. Set a time limit for students to search the words, when time is up, ask them to swap papers and complete their partners’ worksheet.

13. Check answers with the class and review where those countries are and what color their flags are.

1. Have the beam projector to show the slideshow suggested in the MED section, and download the file for the second activity to make copies for students.

2. In this session, students are going to work with two different countries and reinforce knowledge, write information about them, and practice.

3. Write on the board PERU and ask students what they know about that country. It is probable they say 'nothing', however, if somebody says 'llamas' that would be a great way to start the class. 

4. This is a beautiful slideshow of 5 only 5 slides for students to learn some interesting facts about Peru.

5. Play the slideshow and make pauses with each slide to make comments and ask students to describe the pictures.

6. Scroll down and choose what sections you want to work with. However, do not miss the one “FAST FACTS” to present and discuss with students.

7. Ask students to write that section in their notebooks.

8. Ask students to work in groups and ask questions to each other, “What’s the capital of Peru? Describe the flag, what money (currency) they use, etc.

9. Write next to the word PERU you wrote on the board, GUATEMALA, and ask students to give you a couple of differences and similarities (language, currency, flag, etc.) 

10. Distribute the activity. The answers to the paragraph can be found when you click on the underlined words Guatemala, as indicated in the instructions.

11. It is not necessary that students study or know  Geography, the purpose is to learn some facts about the country in order to identify with a particular feature rather than simply saying it is in Central America.

12. Feel free to write down the answers on the board scrambled for them to choose from.

13. Read the paragraph and guide the activity.

14. When they have completed the paragraph, ask students to do the word search.

1.  Download the files suggested in the MED section, and make copies for students.

2. The first activity is a fun activity with multiple purposes, however, students need to reinforce information about Mexico. Students don’t know this information so you may want to guide them and pre-teach, peninsula, gulf, desert, etc.

3. Ask students where they are from, eliciting states.

4. Write on the board MEXICO and ask students to say as many things they can think of about their country, and write them on the board.

5. Distribute the worksheet and ask students to have their color pencils with them.

6. Ask students to tell some facts about Mexico, the capital city, money, flag, etc.

 7. Read the first instruction and give students time to do what is asked.

8. Do the same process with the rest of the instructions until they complete them all.

9. Ask students to work in pairs and ask questions, “ What color is the Yucatan Peninsula? / the Pacific Ocean, etc.

10. This is a reading comprehension activity for students to learn a few facts about the United States in terms of the number of states it is made up of.

11. Distribute the worksheet and ask students if they have ever been to that country and what they remember.

12. Ask students what language is spoken there, the money, and to describe the flag.

13. Read the paragraph with students and help with vocabulary as needed.

14. Ask students to label Alaska and Hawaii on the map.

15. Ask students to write the words traced and monitor.

16. If time allows, ask students to fix sentences using the words they traced and help them with sentence structure, or try a couple and leave the rest for homework.

17. Ask students to color the map of the United States.