Montessori Continent Activities & Geography Projects | Elementary Cultural Studies

World Geography continent work with open-ended social studies projects designed to help students learn about continents through cultural geography and physical geography work.

Suitable for children in Montessori elementary or public school classrooms.

These activities encourage students to undertake geography projects independently or in groups. Many of the projects integrate naturally into other social studies and science topics.

Each continent includes several projects with a combination of mapping exercises and open-ended research activities.

These activities are suitable for students who:

• Are fluent readers
• Have completed plenty of geography work such as atlas work
• Are able to work independently
• Know how to undertake research

Each continent includes:

• Mapping rivers of each continent
• Mapping physical features
• Mapping mountains
• My Itinerary writing activity
• Quick Facts page
• Climate and biome research
• History of each continent
• Animal research x2
• Landmark research x2

Please note:

• Antarctica has slightly fewer projects
• All pages are black and white

71 pages

Perfect for:

• Montessori cultural studies
• Upper elementary geography
• Continent studies
• Homeschool geography
• Independent project work
• Research projects

This resource works beautifully for deep geography exploration and long-term continent studies.

71 pages

Check out my Geography Projects Bundle and my Geography Task Cards.