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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tooling Around Arizona: Reading Arizona Maps

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study geography. In this Arizona maps activity, students develop their map reading skills. They have class discussions and work independently with various copies of Arizona maps to practice those skills. This activity mentions...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Great Topo Race

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create a three dimensional island out of cardboard to examine how to read and use a topographical map. They make sure that their island can sustain life and that it has one volcanic mountain peak. They trace the parts of their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Social Studies For Elementary School

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders become familar with maps and work in groups to get an overview of what Europe is like. The real assignment is in the form of students creating their own trip if it could really be taken.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Historical Atlas

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders evaluate how revolutions have affected the world throughout history (i.e. boundaries of nations, culture, economics, etc...) through the research for and creation of a historical atlas for assigned countries.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Dirt at Your Feet May Limit Your Growth

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine how soils within a community may enhance or inhibit development. In small groups, they analyze county soils maps, and develop a prospectus for a construction company looking to construct a housing development site.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

From North to South...Quebec's Forest Regions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners identify and describe the different regions of Canada. With a focus on the forest regions, they use an atlas to locate the ecozones. They identify the characterstics of the climate and vegetation and the relationship between...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is an Explorer

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils become explorers. They examine a picture of an explorer and create props to explore within the classroom. Students are studying the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. They explore how to read a map and create a map of the classroom so...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Our State Road Trip

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students take a virtual tour of the country of China instead of a state. Using the Internet, they examine the differences between a political and physical map and use latitude and longitude to locate specific places. They also research...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Geography of Aboriginal Languages in Canada

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the relationship between geography and the Aboriginal language communities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Helping Hands: Promoting Gloval Awareness

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore Canadian support for foreign aide. In groups, 11th graders discuss Canadian aide policies and express their opinion of each. Students brainstorm methods of contributing to developing nations. They complete...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geography and Social Sciences

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify and explain how geography is connected to other academic areas and historical events.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Japan: A Cultural Study

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders "take a trip" to Japan. They discover what life is like for a typical Japanese child and compare/contrast it to life in America. They give an oral presentation of Japanese holidays and festivals.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Types of Maps

For Students 2nd - 8th
Details on the different types of maps, scale, and symbols.
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Graphic
University of Chicago

University of Chicago Press: What Is a Map? A Collection of Unusual Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
Showcases a collection of unusual maps from the book "Maps: Finding Our Place in the World." Types of maps included are journey maps, city maps, slave maps, imaginary maps, and handy maps.
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Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Earth's Systems: Map It

For Students K - 1st
Explore different types of maps and how different things are represented on maps in this media gallery from WGBH. Maps are used to help locate different places and different things. Map symbols are representations of larger things in the...
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Instructional Video
Other

Phoenix Learning Group: Map Skills: Using Maps Together (Clip)

For Students 3rd - 5th
An introductory clip to a five-part "Map Skills" series. It emphasizes the importance of combining information from different types of maps in order to get a more complete understanding of a location's characteristics. [1:39]
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eBook
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tar Heel Reader: Maps (3)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Purposes, parts, and types of maps are featured for students to explore.
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Instructional Video
Other

There's a Map on My Lap!: All About Maps

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Reading from the book "There's a Map on My Lap!: All about Maps" by Tish Rabe (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library). The book introduces beginning readers to types of maps and their parts. [8:02]
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Map Tasia

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to explore 3 basic types of maps, physical, political, and historical. Characteristics of each are discussed and web links to additional examples are given. A short quiz...
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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Types of Maps

For Students 3rd - 8th
Enchanted Learning provides an easy-to-understand explanation of projections. Site also provides a graph of related terms such as conic projection, cylindrical projection, Mercator projection, and more.
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Graphic
Princeton University

Princeton University: Qed: Mapping Globalization: Map Category Queries

For Students 9th - 10th
A large database of historical maps that can be searched by map type, time period (prehistory to 21st century), theme, and world location. Themes cover economics, war, disease, trade, migration, and much more.
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Graphic
Other

Relief Web: Countries

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on countries throughout the world, current news, and different types of maps.
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Unit Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Zoom Into Maps

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What can we learn from maps? How can we use maps? How can we best read maps? Find out the answers to these with detailed explanations of making the most of maps presented to us. Examples of historical, pictoral, miratory, etc. types of...
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Handout
Other

Discover Canada Through National Maps and Facts: Relief

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Links to all of Canada's provinces and territories relief maps. Maps can be viewed as a picture or as a .pdf file. Be sure to check out the links to lesson plans as well as the many other types of maps.