Continents Unit Study

We're using a file folder unit study approach to kick-off geography this year. There is one folder for each continent.

We get a lot of use from file folders. I  buy them in bulk to save money, and the colorful ones are just more fun. The finished units and folder games don't take up much space -- since it all fits in a folder -- which is really nice.

Here are 4 pages we made to build our folders (free for your personal homeschool use!). For the cover, the continents were traced from Geography For Fun Projects (Continent Puzzle p29), but any atlas would work. There is plenty of room left in the folder to add anything you might want to include. We'll print off some coloring sheet maps for ours.

Resources we used to complete the unit folders are listed below. Library books, atlases, and the internet would all work to find this information too.

Books:

Continents (New True Books: Continents (Paperback))
Geography For Fun Projects (Continent Puzzle p29)
Illustrated World Atlas Set; 3 titles (Atlas of Continents, World, Oceans) (Atlas of Continents)

Websites :
Facts, biomes, countries, coloring sheets, fun facts
animals (by continent) coloring pages
online coloring pages (also printable)

These links weren't necessary for completing the unit folders, but they are fun supplements.

Introductory info:
Encyclopedia Brittanica video
7 Continents, 5 Oceans - size, populations, and video

Fun quizzes:
Earth's continents and oceans, tutorial and quizzes

Websites:
Dynamic Earth (plate techtonics) - interactive images, great to read with an adult
Continental Drift - perfectly age appropriate with links to related topics

Supplemental information can be found here:
Animal photos grouped by continent
Outline maps printable for classroom use
Worldometers world and country population counters

If you're looking for a manipulative or craft, this would be fun:
Montessori Continents Map and Quiet Book