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Create A Map!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine two- and three-dimensional shapes, and discuss map skills and attributes. They plan and create their own school campus maps using pre-cut building site shapes.
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Land Elevation

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate land elevation. In this map skills lesson, students use a physical map to identify various elevations of the land. Students find landform features such hills and coastlines.
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Choropleth Mapping Skills

For Students 8th - 12th
In this geography learning exercise, students identify and describe how to apply choropleth mapping skills. They examine the map given and convert it into a choropleth map through coloring. Then students use those colors to shade in...
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Using Four Main Directions in the Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars identify the four cardinal directions. In this map skills geography lesson, students use a magnetic compass to label the four directions in the classroom. Young scholars use the four directions to locate objects in the...
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Production of the Lunar Relief Map Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students replicate the lunar surface. In this mapping skills lesson, students study the topography of the moon. Students then use craft materials to create topographic maps of the lunar surface where the Eagle landed.
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The Globe and World Map

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars explore how to use maps for travel. In this map skills lesson plan, students read the text, With Love from Gran and discuss the places the character traveled. Young scholars list the names of each city and country on chart...
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Country Capitals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners locate country capitals on a world map. In this map skills lesson, students review the definition of the word country and discuss what a capital is. Learners locate and label capital cities on a world map using a map marker.
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Landscape Picture Map

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore pollution of water sources. In this ecology lesson plan, students define and identify natural resources. Students use map skills to locate local rivers and lakes used for recreation. Students brainstorm ways in which to...
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The Underground Railroad

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the Underground Railroad routes. In this map skills and Civil War lesson, students use map and globe reading vocabulary and skills to track the routes the slaves followed from the Bahamas to the United States and from...
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Globe Skills Lesson 8 Dust Bowl Travelers

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students develop their globe and map skills, In this geography lesson, students examine the Dust Bowl as they complete an activity that requires them to plot latitude and longitude.
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Globe Skills Lesson 4 The Colonial Period

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice their map skills. In this Colonial geography lesson, students complete an activity that requires them to locate English colonial locations using latitude and longitude coordinates.
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Mapping the Civil War

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students identify the locations of pivotal American Civil War battles. In this map skills activity, students label Fort Sumter, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Battle for Atlanta on an outline map. The map is not included.
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Cattle Trails

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners identify and locate cattle trails on a globe. For this map skill lesson, students use a marker to locate Texas and Montana and use the map scale to calculate the distance of the cattle trail.
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Globe Skills Lesson 6 The Louisiana Purchase

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the Louisiana Purchase territory. In this geography skills lesson plan, students use map skills in order to plot and note latitude and longitude, measure scale distance, and locate landforms that were part of the...
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Consequences of the French and Indian War

For Teachers 8th - 12th
In this map skills worksheet, young scholars examine maps that show European land claims in North America in 1753 and 1763. Students respond to 4 short answer questions regarding the information.
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Topographic Maps

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete a worksheet about topographic mapping. In this map skills lesson, students examine the features and discuss the uses for topographic maps.
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Globe Lesson 4 - Intermediate Directions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the concept of intermediate directions. In this geography skills activity, students use map skills in order to identify intermediate directions as they complete a map activity.
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Globe Skills Lesson 7 The Transcontinental Railroad

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the Transcontinental Railroad. In this geography skills lesson plan, students use map skills in order to locate legs of the Transcontinental Railroad on globes.
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Globe Skills Lesson 5

For Students 6th - 11th
In this map skills worksheet, students read a text selection about locations during the American Revolution and then respond to 8 fill in the blank questions.
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The Global Grid System-World Map Activity

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars demonstrate how to use the global grid system. In this map skills lesson, students use a world map to locate various locations. Young scholars identify locations based on the global grid system. Students complete a...
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Introduction to the Globe

For Teachers K - 4th
Students investigate how to use a globe. In this map skills activity, students define what a globe is and locate the various continents on the globe. Students are also asked to locate the four oceans on the globe.
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Globe Skills Lesson 11The Vietnam War

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students develop their globe and map skills, In this geography lesson, students examine the Vietnam War as they complete an activity that requires them to plot latitude and longitude.
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In Mr. Lincoln's Shoes

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners demonstrate basic map skills. In this US history activity, students review cardinal directions and use a compass rose while at the same time discuss what life was like for Abraham Lincoln.
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Post Roads

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students locate the major cities in the colonies during the Revolutionary War. In this map skills lesson, students use a globe to locate cities such as Charleston and Boston using latitude and longitude coordinates.

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