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Immigration in America
Students use primary sources to study immigration. In this immigration lesson, students analyze photographs, posters, letters, and documents from Ellis Island. Students complete analysis worksheets as they evaluate the primary sources.
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Nureyev: The Unconquerable Will
Learners consider the development of dance across cultures. In this dance genre lesson plan, students study the history of Russia and the Mongol Tatars. Learners research how classical ballet made its way to Russia and create...
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Journeys...The Voices of Change
Students trace the immigration patterns of their ancestors. They plot information on a world map, develop a timeline of target immigration patterns, research and write a report on immigration and participate in a class play.
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Writing Exercise: Mesoamerica
Use writing to examine Mesoamerica with this short-answer exercise. Informational text isn't provided to help scholars answer these three questions, so you could either provide it or make it an individual research project. Learners...
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Why do people mover where they do?
Students read factual stories of migration to Hawaii, analyze and explain push and pull factors, interview parents about their cultural heritage, identify countried of origin of their ancestors, graph migration patterns on an world map,...
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Writing Exercises: Ancient Greece
Combine subjects with a cross-curricular writing exercise. Although limited as an engaging or interactive activity, this Ancient Greece assignment has learners responding to 3 clear and simple prompts, each of which can easily lead into...
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You're In My Space!
Students explain how political, social, and economic boundaries can be changed through cooperation and conflict. Small groups are assigned a particular trouble area of the world. Each group studies a particular side of the conflict.
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The Gifts of the Nile
Get your class thinking about the geography that shaped the Egyptian landscape and culture. They compare ancient climate zones and geogrpahical fetures, locate evidence of plate tectonics, take and quiz, and write a short essay. The...
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Projects For USA Units
Young scholars study different regions of the United states through interdisciplinary activities. This lesson presents very creative, artistic ways for students to explore the variety of regions found in the United States.
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Basic Ideas of Geography
Students understand that geography helps one to see links with people and places across the country and around the world. Four key ideas of geography are studied.
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Lesson 2: Geography Determines History
Students describe the geographic location of the Creek War and analyze the importance of geographic location in planning battles. They debate the relavence of the statement: geography determines history.
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Geography and Runaway Journeys Lesson Plan: The Great Dismal Swamp
Students examine the geography of swamps and the Great Dismal Swamp. They research primary accounts, period literature, and analyze how fugitive slaves lived in the swamps.
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The Geography of American Communities
Young scholars, in groups, describe the geography of Los Angeles using information from local places and street names.
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Cultural Geography
In this Cultural Geography worksheet, learners fill in answers to ten questions about cultural factors such as language and religion without using a word bank.
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The Geography of the Philippines
Students examine the geographic features and population distribution of the Philippines. They analyze maps, take a quiz, define monsoon, and discuss how the people in the Philippines have adapted to their environment.
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Social Studies: Great Circle Route
Students compare routes between Minnesota and China using a map and globe. Using the "great circle route" method, students find the shortest route between two points.
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New Hampshire and the Five Themes of Geography
Students explore the location, place, human-environmental interactions, movement, and regions of the New Hampshire landscape through the use of visual representations.
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Focused Learning Lesson: World Geography
Students compare human activities and the physical characteristics of the land and how they have given some regions labels. They also analyze the cultural changes occuring in these regions.
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Geography Game
Second graders, in groups, selects a letter as a starting point and announces the direction in which he intends to move on a map. The team that closes a square takes possession of the square and marks it with their symbol.
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History/Geography
Students review North America, Africa, Europe and Asia. They identify Australia as the smallest continent. They identify Australia as an island continent nicknamed "the land down under." They color a map of Australia.
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U.S. Archaeological Sites: Geography Practice
For this archaeological sites worksheet, students read about sites in the Unites States and use a map to complete a set of 7 short answer questions.
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Focused Learning Lesson: World Geography
Students examine the distribution of economic systems of the world. They learn the difference between developing and developed countries.
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The Geography of the Olympics
Students plot the location of the Winter and Summer Olympics since 1896. Using the maps, they analyze data on where the Olympics have been held and discuss why that location was chosen. They discuss the possiblity of Indianapolis...
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Geography - Climate
Tenth graders explore how to analyze a climograph and identify the differences between two different climates. They explain how important climate is to their everyday lives
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