Perusing Peru ~ Lesson Plans and Links for Learning about Peru

I know…it’s a bad title. But can you blame me? :)

One of the last countries that we learned about in South America was Peru. Peru is the third largest country in South America and nearly half of the country is covered by the Amazon jungle. There are many plants and animals found in Peru that are not found anywhere else on earth. The Andes mountains also run through the country of Peru.

You can view the other countries that we’ve studied from South America on my South America geography page.

Week 1 Layout

Monday

• Review our South America song from Geography Songs {see words below}
• Use atlas and globe to locate the country of Peru; read in the atlas about Peru
• Read one of our books from our bookshelf about Peru.

  South America

Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia,

Ecuador, Peru and Chile and Bolivia,

Uruguay and Paraguay, Brazil and Guyana

and Suriname ~

These are the countries of South America.

The French have French Guiana.

The British have the Falkland Islands.

Brazil is the biggest country and

Chile is the longest.

Tuesday

• Review geography song
• Learn {and review} some terms: mountains, mountain pass, lake, desert, rain forest, jungle
• Independent reading from bookshelf
• Filled out the map of Peru notebooking page

  Click on thumbnail to download pdf file

Wednesday

• Review geography song
• Listened to the national anthem of Peru
• Visited the National Geographic for Kids Peru page
• Independent reading

Thursday

• Children Just Like Me book ~ no children from Peru so we talked about the Americas pages 8-9
• Watched a video about Lima, Peru
• Reading together Missionary Stories with the Millers: Jack McGuckin

Week 2 Layout

Monday

• Review geography song
• Took a sightseeing tour through Peru
• Put together our South America GeoPuzzle
• Independent reading from bookshelf
• Learned about the flag of Peru

Click on thumbnail to download pdf file

Tuesday

• Learned about the history of Peru
• Tried {and listened to} some of the native lingo of Peru
• Watched Peru ~ Land of the Incas
• Read together one of books from bookshelf

Wednesday

• Review geography song
• Story from Around the World in 80 Tales ~ Wish Upon a Star
• Took the Peru Challenge Quiz
• Independent reading from bookshelf

Thursday

• Summarized one of our reading books and copy summary/dication
• Added our notebooking pages to our binder and stamped our passports!

Books & Resources

Resources and Websites

• National Geographic Kids ~ Peru guide
• Time for Kids ~ Peru
• Travel for Kids ~ book links and ideas for kids
• YouTube video ~ about Lima, Peru
• Peruvian national anthem
• Native lingo of Peru ~ sound clips to listen to some phrases
• Peru ~ Land of the Incas: You Tube video {short commercial at start}
• Guide to Peru