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Geography Awareness Week: Practice Mapping Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
You won't get lost, after learning map skills during Geography Awareness Week.
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Interactive
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World's Biggest Lakes Quiz

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students examine the chart that includes the area of 20 of the world's largest lakes. Students identify the names of the lakes in 4 minutes.
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Lesson Design Archaeology- World Map

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice locating positions on the world map. In this map skills lesson, students explore the world map and items such as the compass rose, Equator, mountains, cities, etc. The students practice locating positions on the world...
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The Globe and World Map

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore how to use maps for travel. In this map skills lesson, students read the text, With Love from Gran and discuss the places the character traveled. Students list the names of each city and country on chart paper.
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Worksheet
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World Map Labels

For Students 6th - 11th
In this geography skills worksheet, students identify the countries and bodies of water labelled on the maps of the world, Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, the Middle East, North America, Australia, and South America.
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World Map and Globe-Equator, North Pole, and South Pole

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars identify the Equator, North Pole, and South Pole on a map. In this geography lesson, students use a world map and circle the North and South Pole. Young scholars locate the Equator on a globe and use a map marker to...
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Population Connection

Where Do We Grow from Here?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Did you know that the population is expected to grow to 11 billion by 2100? The resource serves final installment in a six-part series on the global population and its effects. Scholars interpret data from the United Nations about the...
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Space Awareness

The Sun Compass of the Vikings

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Evidence shows the Vikings likely navigated by using a simple sundial to find their course. Videos, a short story, and discussion help bring this time period to life as they study European history with a hands-on experiment. Scholars...
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

Location, Location, Location

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Why do some places in the world have more people living there than other places? Learn about the ways the countries have formed around natural resources with a reading comprehension activity. After kids read a short passage, they answer...
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Workbook
Los Angeles Unified School District

World History Medieval and Early Modern Times

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
A slew of graphic organizers, worksheets, and student activities are packaged here for your world history pupils. From comparing and contrasting the Qur'an and Sunnah, studying cultural diffusion across eastern nations, or examining the...
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Organizer
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Physical World Map

For Students 5th - 12th
For this world map worksheet, students practice their geography skills as they label the 7 continents and 5 oceans. Teachers may use this physical map for various classroom activities
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Worksheet
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World Map

For Students 3rd - 7th
In this world map worksheet, students practice their geography skills as they label the 7 continents and 5 oceans. A word bank in included.
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Worksheet
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Globe Lesson 9 - Around the World - Grade 6+

For Students 6th - 8th
In this geography skills worksheet, middle schoolers read 5-travel scenarios and use their problem solving skills to respond to 9 short answer questions.
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Where in the World Is ...?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners move themselves around a "world" map on the classroom floor, using lines of latitude and longitude to locate specific spots. They determine the locations of 11 countries where Peace Corps Volunteers are serving and identify in...
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World Religions

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the symbols and historical figures of the five main religions of the world. They participate in a class discussion, listen to a lecture and take notes, and write five Haikus, one about each major religion of...
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Fall Around the World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What is autumn like in Shanghai? How much rain falls during September in Sydney? Is Moscow cold in October? Take a virtual trip around the world with a research assignment on autumn in different countries. After learners answer questions...
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Where in the World is Hawaii?

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students compare a globe and a two-dimensional world map and explore how they both represent the planet Earth. They locate the Hawaiian Islands on the globe or the world map and describe how the geographical position is unique.
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Worksheet
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Mystery State # 5

For Students 5th - 6th
Mystery state number five is none other than Utah! Quiz your kids on state knowledge while building deductive reasoning skills. They use each of the five clues to determine the name of the mystery state. A great warm up when studying...
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Unit Plan
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Geography: Ancient Rome

For Teachers 4th
Students research Ancient Rome, the Mediterranean Region, Roman myths, and Latin. In this Roman life lesson, students study maps of the region, learn their language and customs, research the Punic wars, the catastrophe of Pompeii, and...
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Globe Skills Lesson 8 Dust Bowl Travelers

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students develop their globe and map skills, In this geography lesson, students examine the Dust Bowl as they complete an activity that requires them to plot latitude and longitude.
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Worksheet
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Globe Skills Lesson 5

For Students 6th - 11th
In this map skills instructional activity, students read a text selection about locations during the American Revolution and then respond to 8 fill in the blank questions.
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This Is Tanzania

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore Tanzania. In this geography skills lesson plan, students read This is Tanzania by Richard Lupinsky, Jr. and discuss the impact that volcanoes have had on the nation. Students analyze the imagery in Lupinsky's piece and...
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PPT
Geography for Geographers

Five Themes of Iceland

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
How do the five themes of geography relate to the country of Iceland? Pupils learn about everything from the differences between relative and absolute location to how humans both adapt and change the environment. The presentation...
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Council for Economic Education

China - Where Will They Fit in the World Economy?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Teach scholars why China is so crucial to global economics through an informative resource. Activities include using databases to search for information, watching a video or listening to a podcast, and reading about China's economy as a...

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