KNOWLEDGE TYPE: declarative, procedural

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE:prior knowledge of the subject of the relief of the American continent and the location of this continent on the Earth is required. The subject must have been previously taught by the teacher in class and the students must have already acquired the necessary knowledge

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn that the American continent is approximately located between 82º north latitude and 55º south latitude, and between 40º and 170º west longitude

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn that the most outstanding characteristic of the American relief is its high mountain ranges, which run parallel to the coast of the Pacific Ocean over the entire continent from North to South

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn that the American continent borders the Glacial Arctic Ocean in the North, the Atlantic Ocean in the East, the Pacific Ocean in the West and the union of the two great oceans, the Pacific and the Atlantic, together with the Antarctic, in the South

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn that the American continent is divided into two sub-continents, North America and South America, and that they are joined by the Central American isthmus