Explore countries on a map, match their capitals and recall them from memory.
Learn five countries and their capitals, then recall them from memory.
France · Germany · Italy · Spain · Portugal
Goals: associate a country with its capital, locate the country on a map and recall its capital without suggested answers.
CE2: groups of five countries in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. Country names stay visible. Start with a group already explored in class.
Use independently, in pairs or on the class display. First observe where countries are. No timer. Accents and capital letters are not assessed. Errors and supported answers return at the end.
A capital is a city hosting a country’s political institutions. It is not always its largest city. Some countries have several capitals or separate functions: this bank uses a simplified convention, notably Pretoria for South Africa.
Explore countries on a map, match their capitals and recall them from memory.