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Learning from Maps and Timelines Time Travel

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars create timelines depicting the important events in the lives of the groups that arrived at the Fort St. Louis. They include the fate of La Salle and the colonists.
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A Snapshot of the Connecticut River Valley - 1880

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze a variety of images and documents and make inferences from their readings and articulate causality.
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Grid it, Map it

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students participate in designing a city layout using grids and coordinates. They work on a city space and create a grid on a life size layout on the gym floor.
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Between the Rivers

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders compare and contrast historical American cultures.  In this American history lesson, 2nd graders participate in reading, writing, oral, and hands on activities. Students discuss the similarities and differences...
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North American Lakes Map Quiz

For Students 7th - 12th
In this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students respond to 11 identification questions regarding North American lakes.
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Down By the River

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils examine how watersheds work and determine the difference between point and nonpoint source pollution. They research management practices to reduce pollution and investigate how everyone can participate in reducing water pollution.
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Lewis and Clark In Columbia River Country

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research biographies of people who participated in the Lewis and Clark expedition using Internet resources. They role play characters while acting out a campfire scene from the expedition.
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Mapping your watershed

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students investigate the importance of watersheds around the world. By visiting resource links, students can locate watersheds and their sources in the USA and Russia and analyze their effects on the surrounding topography. This lesson...
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Asia Seas Map Quiz

For Students 6th - 12th
In this online interactive geography quiz instructional activity, students respond to 18 identification questions regarding the seas of Asia.
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Europe Mountain Ranges Map Quiz

For Students 6th - 12th
For this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students respond to 6 identification questions regarding the mountain ranges of Europe.
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Oregon Trail Maps

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the Oregon Trail. In this Oregon Trail lesson, 4th graders collaborate to conduct Internet research regarding states along the Oregon trail route. Students present their findings to their peers.
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North American Mountain Ranges Map Quiz

For Students 7th - 12th
For this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students respond to 7 identification questions regarding North American mountain ranges.
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Asia Lakes Map Quiz

For Students 6th - 12th
In this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students respond to 6 identification questions regarding specific lakes located in Asia.
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Mapping Brazil

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Brazil learning exercise, students label cities, oceans, and surrounding countries around Brazil. Students label and color 10 places.
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Landforms By Hand: Geography, Map Skills

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students experiment with landform vocabulary by using their own hands and a bar of soap as media.
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National Marine Sanctuaries Shipwrecks

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Junior oceanographers access the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Shipwreck Database and plot the locations of several shipwrecks. Shipwrecks are always an enthralling subject and this activity allows your learners to act as...
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Adventure to Alaska

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students use their imagination and research skills to create a virtual tour of the "Land of the Midnight Sun." They are told that Alaska is the largest state in the United States. Students gather information about Alaska to help them...
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Local Area - What Is a Region?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine the physical characteristics of the Connecticut River Valley. They view and analyze maps, identify common physical characteristics, and color in the Connecticut River on a map of New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Local Area - What Is a Region?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the physical characteristics of the Connecticut River Valley. They analyze maps and pictures, identify physical characteristics of the region, and color in the Connecticut River on a map.
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Local Area - Is the Land Connected to Us?#144

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars examine how human influences have affected the Connecticut River Valley. They determine what a region is in relation to its human influences. They label the important human features of this region including dams, canals,...
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Give Me a Clue!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils write clue cards for learning the names and locations of each river basin in Kansas using their knowledge of cardinal and intermediate directions.
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The Hunter-Dunbar Expedition of 1804-1805

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the origins of the Hunter-Dunbar Expedition and why it was so important. They map George Hunter and William Dunbar's expedition route on the Ouachita River and examine excerpts of George Hunter's journal.
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Track Your Trip

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are shown how to read a map and identify key cities, landmarks, rivers, state boundaries, and train routes. They solve basic mathematical problems. Students reivew the componets of a map legend. They are asked to find...
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Changing Geography

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students visually examine, identify and analyze the components of various images of the automobile. They discern how to use a road map by planning a route, then use road maps to explain how the state has developed over time.