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Here is a great song that I taught to my students and that we do as a break in between lessons. It is song to the melody of farajaqua. There are also hand movements: North America: lift your right arm up South America: right arm down below the waist Africa: arms rocking back and forth across your midsection Europe: lift your left arm up Asia: keep your left arm up high, and move it to the left Australia: bring your left arm down below the waist Antarctica: waddle like a penguin (they can also turn around as they waddle) This song really is great for play breaks, and when we are done, students are more focused. We sing it four times: First is in a medium voice, second in a low voice, third whispering, and fourth silent, just hand movements.

Students create an Amazing Race challenge for another class. Students are put into production groups to create a show segment for The Amazing Race.Each group represents the different United States regions, investigates the various types of geographical regions, creates a digital poster or poster board presentation to be posted on classroom wiki for study reference, include an "artifact" (e.g. geographic tools/ technologies, stories, songs, and pictures) to further describe their specific region. As a class, students will present their final product and regional artifacts to another class as an Amazing Race challenge.