# Lesson 194: My country collage

🟡 SOCIAL STUDIES (40 Lessons) • 🟠 E. Projects

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## Objective

I can tell, in simple words, what a country is and create a country collage that shows flag colors, land and water, and special things from my country with pictures and labels.

## Materials

- Large paper or light card for the country collage
- Crayons, colored pencils, or markers
- Optional: magazines, printed pictures, or stickers to cut and glue
- Notebook page for planning and writing short labels
- Picture of your country's flag or a simple map (book, poster, or printout)

## Mini-lesson — What is a country collage?

A country is a big area of land where people share a government and many rules. It is bigger than a town or city.

Ways to show a country

- A map shows where the country is on the Earth.
- A flag shows colors and shapes for the country.
- Pictures can show land, water, animals, buildings, and people.

What can be in a country collage?

- Flag colors in one corner of the page.
- Land and water shapes, like hills, rivers, or the sea.
- Special things from your country: buildings, foods, animals, or games.
- People from your country learning, working, and playing.

Pictures and labels together

- A collage uses many pictures on one page.
- Labels are short words, like "flag", "river", or "city", that tell what a picture is.
- Good collages are neat, colorful, and kind when they show people.

In this lesson, you will make a country collage that fits your family or classroom. An adult can help you choose the name of the country and what to show.

Picture strip: Simple country collage

## Guided Practice — Plan your country collage

You will plan your country collage on a notebook page before making it on big paper.

1. At the top of your notebook page, write or trace: "My country collage".
2. Ask an adult to help you write the name of your country in the middle of the page.
3. Draw a small flag box. Add simple flag colors for your country, or choose colors with an adult.
4. Under the flag, draw two small boxes. In one box, sketch land and water, like hills, rivers, or the sea. In the other box, sketch something special, like a building, animal, or food from your country.
5. Next to each sketch, write or trace a short label, such as "flag", "river", "city", or "people".
6. Show your plan to an adult and explain each picture in one sentence.

Tracing Pad
Lines
Trace
Pen

## Practice — Make and share your country collage

Use your plan to make a full country collage and talk about it with an adult.

1. On large paper, draw a flag area in one corner. Fill it with simple flag colors for your country.
2. In the middle of the page, draw land and water shapes, such as hills, rivers, the sea, or fields. You can pretend it is a simple map of your country.
3. Around the land and water, draw or glue pictures of special things from your country: buildings, animals, foods, games, or clothes.
4. Add short labels under your pictures. Write or trace words like "flag", "river", "city", "village", or "people".
5. Color your collage neatly. Try to keep it clear so others can see your ideas.
6. Show your collage to an adult. Point to each part and say a full sentence, such as "This is the river in my country." or "These are people playing in a park."

## Quick Check — My country collage

Answer each question about countries, maps and flags, and country collages. These questions check simple ideas only.

1) What is a country?

A single house on one street. A big area of land where people share a government and many rules. A small toy on your desk.
A country is bigger than a town or city and has its own government.

2) Which picture helps show where a country is on Earth?

A map. A shoe. A spoon.
Maps show where countries are on the Earth.

3) What does a flag show?

The weather every day. The favourite toy of every child. Colors and shapes that stand for a country.
Each country has its own flag with special colors and shapes.

4) Which sentence talks about land and water in a country?

"My toy is under the bed." "My country has hills, rivers, and the sea." "The pencil is blue."
This sentence names land and water in a country.

5) What is a collage?

A page with many pictures that show one big idea. One tiny dot on paper. A box you never open.
A collage uses many pictures on one page to show an idea.

6) Why do we add labels to a country collage?

To cover the pictures. To make the page heavier. To tell what each picture is, like "river" or "city".
Labels are short words that name the parts of your collage.

7) Which would be a good picture for a country collage?

A scribble with no meaning. A drawing of people in your country playing in a park. A picture of a random shape with no label.
Pictures that show real people and places from your country fit the collage.

8) Which sentence talks kindly about your country?

"I am proud of my country and I can learn about other countries too." "Only my country is good and no one else matters." "I never want to know about any place."
We can be proud and still be kind and open to others.

9) What helps your country collage look neat?

Coloring over all the labels. Putting every picture on top of another picture. Leaving space between pictures and writing labels in straight lines.
Space and clear labels make the collage easy to read.

10) What is one goal for this lesson?

To draw anything with no idea. To show flag colors, land and water, and special things from my country on a collage. To name every country in the world today.
The goal is to show your own country with pictures and labels.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Student can say in simple words what a country is. Student can name at least one way to show a country (map, flag, pictures). Student created a collage that includes flag colors, land and/or water, and at least one special thing. Student used short labels to name parts of their collage. Student can explain one or two parts of their collage in full sentences.

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can make and explain a country collage. 🙂 I know some ideas for a country collage, but I want more practice. 😅 Country collages still feel a bit tricky to me.

#### Next time I will practise…

Naming land and water in my country Adding clear labels to my pictures Talking kindly about my country and others
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