Description
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FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS EL SALVADOR COUNTRY STUDY:
- Recommended for: Grades 6-9
- Lesson Duration: 2-3 lessons (about 100-120 minutes total; can be shortened by removing some slides)
- Formats: PPT or Google Slides; PDF
- What’s editable: All text in the presentation is editable.
- What’s NOT editable: PDF worksheets, answer keys, images in presentation
HOW OFTEN IS THIS UPDATED?
Geographical and political information can change quickly and without warning. Most information in the El Salvador Country Study is unlikely to change frequently, but you never know! I will update the information periodically, but you can edit the information in the presentation as needed.
This El Salvador Country Study was last updated on March 19, 2023.
THIS EL SALVADOR COUNTRY STUDY INCLUDES:
- PPT and Google Slides presentation about El Salvador
- 30 slides with full-color photos and maps
- 3 printable PDF activities (3 pages, not editable)
PRINTABLE EL SALVADOR ACTIVITIES
- 1-page El Salvador at-a-glance fill-in activity
- El Salvador crossword
- “What’s Your El Salvador IQ?”–trivia/research questions
- answer keys for all activities (4 pages)
- printable activities are not editable
EL SALVADOR PRESENTATION INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT:
- El Salvador location on a map, land and ocean borders
- El Salvador flag
- What can you discern from this map of El Salvador? (students can identify lakes, rivers, country borders, major roads, capital city on the map)
- capital city
- climate
- biodiversity
- brief history (Spanish colonization, Civil War 1980-1992)
- economy – main exports
- education – literacy rate, compulsory schooling
- religion
- landforms – volcanoes, crater lakes, waterfalls
- things to do – ruins, beaches, hiking volcanoes
- official language
- government & president (as of March 2023)
- El Salvador today–high crime, gang activity, drug trafficking, murder rate
- El Salvador corruption on the Corruption Perceptions Index (most recent year = 2022)
- “Do you remember…?” questions – These are recall-style questions for reviewing periodically during the presentation.
- “Let’s Vote!” slide at the end of the presentation asks students why they would or would not want to visit El Salvador.
HOMESCHOOLING PARENT?
My Country Studies are great for homeschool! I used them with my homeschooled 7th and 9th grade boys just a few years ago. We studied a different country each week, and they loved them and learned a TON!
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