Materials

• Maps, atlases, almanacs, and textbooks that contain information on Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Antarctica
• Handouts listing locations in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Antarctica to be identified
• Unlabeled outline political maps of the Eastern Hemisphere

Instructional Activities

1. Display the following questions on the board or overhead:
   • What is the longitude and latitude running through the center of the following: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Antarctica?
   • What type of climate do these countries/continent have?
   • What major cities are in these countries/continent?
   • What resources are available in these countries/continent?
   • What physical features are present in these countries/continent?
   • What ethnic groups lie in these countries/continent?
   • What country colonized these countries/continent?
   • What language(s) is/are spoken in these countries/continent?
   
   Divide the class into groups of three or four students each, and instruct each group to work together to answer the above questions. Allow students to use their textbooks and other available resources to develop their responses.
   
   
2. Distribute unlabeled outline maps, handouts, and atlases to students, and instruct them to lightly shade in and label the following countries:
   • Australia
   • New Zealand
   • Papua New Guinea
   • Antarctica
   
   
3. On the same map, instruct students to draw and label the following:
   • The Great Dividing Range
   • The Great Barrier Reef
   • The Pacific Ocean