An absolute must-have for your unit on the 50 states, this resource contains reading handouts, activity-based worksheets, and comprehension questions for each and every one of the United States of America.

The last activity in a nine-part series has teams create a Google Earth map using the data they collected during a field trip. Using the map, groups analyze the results and make adjustments to the map to reflect their analysis. A short...

Lead your class in exploring their local communities as well as the general environment. As they determine continental distributions by investigating minerals, rocks, and fossils located in their local region, pupils construct...

Work on your map skills with a packet of activities about the river basins in the Democratic Republic on Congo. Learners study the maps provided before answering the geography questions and writing an acrostic poem about the region.

Young geologists piece together the puzzle of plate tectonics in an earth science lesson. Given a physical map of the world, they search for land formations that indicate the location of different types of plate boundaries.

Here is your go-to student resource on primary geography concepts, including facts about the surface of the earth and its hemispheres, latitude and longitude, globes, types of maps, and identifying continents and oceans.

What can a Ganesh statue, hand ornament, and print block tell you about India? Introduce your learners to the geography, history, and culture of India by analyzing primary sources and using the well-designed worksheets provided in this...

Travel the world from the comfort of your classroom with a lesson that features Google Earth. High schoolers follow a series of steps to locate places all over the earth with sets of coordinates. Additionally, they measure the distance...

In this state fact chart worksheet, students are provided with a chart showing all 50 states, their abbreviations, state bird, flower, animal, and the year of statehood. There are also basic facts about each state. The worksheet...

Is GIS the real manifestation of Harry Potter's Marauders Map? Introduce your class to the history of geographic information systems (GIS), the technology that allows for easy use of spatial information, with a resource that teaches...

How does the Earth continually repair itself? Explore the answer to this question, and others, with a unit on plate boundaries and interaction. Pupils classify the types of movement at plate boundaries and identify the...

Every year, more than 14 billion pounds of garbage is dumped into the oceans of the world, most of which is plastic and toxic to ocean life. Lesson 32 in the series of 36 focuses on environmental concerns, specifically pollution. Under...

The United States Civil War resulted in the highest mortality rate for Americans since the nation's inception. Delve deeper into the causes for the drastic separation of states with a history lesson plan that features analysis charts,...

As part of a study of post Civil War era, young historians investigate the changes in voting rights during the Reconstruction Era (1863-1876), the fraud involved in the Hayes-Tilden presidential election of 1876, and efforts by Pap...

Brief history of the NAACP with visualizations showing data, maps, and charts that show the changing geography of NAACP grassroots activism.

Maps and charts detail electoral support, showing the number and percentage of votes for Communist candidates in every county and state from 1922 to 1946, party membership by state or district from 1922-1950, the intense geography of...

Explore the history and geography of the Panther Party, including maps and a timeline detailing more than 500 incidents involving the Black Panther Party in dozens of locations stretching from Berkeley to Algeria and a set of interactive...

Explains what active and passive continental margins are and where they can be found. Includes a world map showing their locations.

Students in Mexico answer questions about their lives, comparing their experiences to those of American children. They talk about popular names, celebrations, food, geography, social and environmental issues, the economy, history,...

This site has the summary of a report on nature and wildlife in Europe. Read about the natural environment, changes resulting from human activity, or access a table of contents to read more.

A travel-oriented page that gives good, general information about Argentina. The origin of the name "Argentina," description of the landforms, geography, cultural activities and gastronomy are covered.

The National Geographic Society provides this lesson on cardinal directions for primary students that employs common classroom materials.

This site provides an extensive amount of weather information. Includes current information, forecasting, and historic weather related events. Weather map symbols and terminology explained.

Illustrated reference material designed for elementary students provides and overview of the geography and history of Egypt, housing structure and the types of daily activities typical to the culture.