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Dusty Locks and the Three Bears
Read this twist on Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Dusty Locks and the Three Bears by Susan Lowell. Kindergartners listen, predict, and discuss the story. They then participate in a dramatization of the story and draw a picture to...
World Globes & Maps
United States Map- Intermediate Directions
Students identify the four intermediate directions. For this map skills activity, students use post-it notes to label the four intermediate directions on a map. Students locate various states using intermediate directions.
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The Southwest
Science stars unscramble twelve terms associated with the landforms and natural resources of the southwest United States. Print out this worksheet and assign it to your middle school earth scientists. Have them write definitions for each...
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Vocabulary Words of the Southwest
A simple vocabulary definition worksheet has young geographers of the Southwest putting term meanings into their own words. The fifteen words include (but are not limited to) adobe, butte, canyon, economy, erode, fossil, and landform....
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Desert Views - First Impressions: Travelers on the Gila Trail
Young scholars draw animals and plants that are described to them as they read passages of people who traveled across the Gila Trail in the Southwest. In this Gila Trail lesson plan, students also write a letter describing a plant or...
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Read "El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez"Americo Paredes version
Middle schoolers see examples of other types of written stories. They are introduced to the ballad in literature. Students obtain ideas for their own family story. They discuss how ballads can relate true stories through music. Middle...
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Bless Me, Ultima - 1
Tenth graders consider the importance of setting in the Southwest-themed novel "Bless Me, Ultima". As part of a larger unit, 10th graders research the setting of New Mexico and work in groups to prepare presentations about the region's...