Where In the World is Alabama?

This week we began learning a little about geography.

We began by learning where our city is in our state and what county we are located in. 

Then, we talked about our bordering states, and continents. 

Finally, we learned about lines of longitude, latitude, the Prime Meridian, and the Equator.
The concept of cities, counties, states, countries, and continents still confuses many of my students.  I think one reason they get confused is because many countries on other continents resemble the states within the United States making the United States seem like a continent to them, and the states seem like countries.  

The information:

The final product:  The circles actually stack on top of one another but we had them spread out to allow our glue to dry.