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Learning European Geography
Sixth graders discover locations and countries in Europe by identifying them on a map. In this European geography instructional activity, 6th graders read the book The Lost Little Elephant, with their class and discuss the...
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Far From Home
A timely and provocative lesson inspires high schoolers to tackle the Syrian refugee crisis. They analyze a compelling photo essay before discussing and writing about it.
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2 Cities: Europe's Capital Cities
In this European cities worksheet, students label the countries and then provide an alphabetical key for each country. Students then label each capital city and provide a numerical key for each city.
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Map Activities
In this geography learning exercise, students follow the directions and shade 3 different regions of a UK political map, shade European Union countries on a political map of Europe, match 4 physical feature of Africa to their...
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Create a cross-curricular learning experience based on the children's book Joseph Had a Little Overcoat with this collection of learning activities. Starting with a class reading of the story, children go on to learn about the...
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Going into the Great North
Students observe and investigate the areas included in the Great North. In this geography lesson, students observe a documentary based on the Great North. Later the students will draw and identify countries within the arctic circle and...
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Marvelouw Mongolia
Young scholars are able to: tell basic information about Mangolia: locate it on a world map, locate its capital, name the countries surrounding Mongolia, read a Mongolian folk tale, and explore about the balalaika.
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Reaching Across Borders In Southern Africa
Students gain a greater understanding of how political borders impact human and environmental development. Then, either individually or as a class, establish a correspondence with a Peace Corps volunteer working in Africa.
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Pilgrims: The First Americans
Fifth graders become familar with the pilgrims and first Thanksgiving through essays about important people of the time. In this Thanksgiving lesson plan, 5th graders choose an important figure from the time of the Pilgrims and...
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Words in the News Dutch EU vote - 01 June 2005
Students complete word work and vocabulary building based on news article about the Dutch EU vote in 2005.
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Words In the News Dutch EU Vote
Middle schoolers participate in word work and vocabulary building activities before reading an online article. They examine political posters and campaigns before designing an election poster.
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What's So Great About Peter?
Students research the origins of the name of their town or city. They pick another city and do the same, individually. They also write a bio poem about a historical figure.
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From the Land, Of the Land: An Interdisciplinary Lesson on Indigenous People
Learners research the concept of indigenous people then write a diamante poem about them. They research online and use an online poem tool to create their poem.