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A Place of My Own: A Study of Maps

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate maps. They demonstrate their knowledge about maps and place landforms in the proper place as they create salt dough maps. They create a geography folder as well.
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Worksheet
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Maps Reinforcement

For Students 6th - 8th
For this map worksheet, middle schoolers complete 6 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions about 3 different map figures.
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Lesson Plan
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Analyzing the Relationship between Snowpack and River Flow

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners use the Internet to research current and past snowpack levels and river gauging station readings. They determine the relationship between snowpack and river flow. They predict future river flow.
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Lesson Plan
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Mapping Where Animals Live

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
What type of reptiles live in New York State? This instructional activity gets the class thinking about what factors determine where particular animals live. They analyze the Hudson Valley environment, identify specific reptile and...
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Rivers, Maps, and Math

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use maps to locate and label the major rivers of North and South America. Using the internet, they identify forests, grasslands, mountain ranges and other landforms on the continents as well. They compare and contrast the...
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Worksheet
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Rivers and Coasts: Where Rivers Meet the Coast

For Students 5th - 6th
In this map making worksheet, learners cut out the images of the bird, mobile home, and power plant. Students place each image along the river or coastline based on their research of rivers and coastlines.
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PPT
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The Geography of the Middle East

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Topographic, political, and satellite maps establish the world of the Middle East for your class- a land about which they have heard quite a lot, but might not really understand. This presentation would be a good introduction into a unit...
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Listening Comprehension: Retell Main Events of a Story

For Teachers K
Story retell is a very important skill. Little learners use a story map and a previously heard story to walk through the retell and story sequencing process. They complete this activity as a whole class and then on their own. 
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Ancient Rome Map Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
It wasn't just the great leaders of ancient Rome that shaped their civilization—the geography of the region played a major role as well. After first identifying major land masses, bodies of water, and city states on a map of Europe,...
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Lesson Plan
Indian Land Tenure Foundation

Maps and Homelands

For Teachers K - 2nd
You are never too young to learn about maps. To better understand the concept of a homeland, students work together to construct a map of their local area out of paper puzzle pieces. They'll put the maps together and then add details by...
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Lesson Plan
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Map the Civil War

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore the Civil War through original maps.  In this mapping lesson, students calculate distance and show it on an original map. Students examine the type of landscape and its landmarks and draw symbols on the map.
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Journal Maps

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
Inspire your class to look at their environments as if they were seeing them for the first time in order to gain a better understanding of the concept of perspective. After exploring their communities and keeping a journal of major...
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Lesson Plan
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The Mekong River

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Junior geographers explore the region through which the Mekong flows, its pathway, the landscape, how people depend on the Mekong, and future uncertainties. They apply the five themes of geography to examine the region. They create a...
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Lesson Plan
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Introducing Topographic Maps: Guiding Students from Concrete Models to Graphic Representations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students interpret topographic maps and infer human activity as it is influenced by the landscape.
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Lesson Plan
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Water Features - Lesson 2 - U.S. Political Map Grade 4-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students locate water features on maps. In this geography lesson plan, students complete worksheets that require them to identify water features on a U. S. political map.
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Lesson Plan
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Map Memory

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, working in a whole class setting, label a United States map with the names of all the states that they know. They transfer the names of the states to an individual map and color it. Next, they receive directions on how to...
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Worksheet
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Geography

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this geography activity, students answer multiple choice questions about maps, rivers, land, and more. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions.
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Worksheet
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The Roman Empire-Map Activity

For Students 5th - 7th
In this Roman Empire worksheet, students complete a map activity in which they label and color civilizations, countries and physical features as instructed. There are no maps included.
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Interactive
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Famous Rivers Quiz

For Students 7th - 12th
In this online interactive geography worksheet, students examine the descriptions of 16 famous rivers and identify them by name within 3 minutes.
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Lesson Plan
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Introduction to the United States Map

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify a map of the United States. In this United States map lesson plan, students study a map of the United States and find various locations on the map. Students then locate and list the state that touches their state.
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Lesson Plan
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Mapping Landforms of South Carolina

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders analyze South Carolina maps. For this geography lesson, 3rd graders locate the five land regions in the state are and discuss how the regions are different. Students identify the major bodies of water and analyze how they...
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Interactive
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North American Rivers Map Quiz

For Students 7th - 12th
For this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, learners examine the map that includes 13 rivers in North America. Students match the names of the rivers to the appropriate places on the map.
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Interactive
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Asia Rivers Map Quiz

For Students 7th - 12th
In this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students examine the map that includes 18 Asian rivers. Students match the names of the rivers to the appropriate locations on the interactive map.
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Interactive
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Europe Rivers Map Quiz

For Students 7th - 12th
In this online interactive geography quiz learning exercise, students examine the map that includes 14 European rivers. Students match the names of the rivers to the appropriate locations on the interactive map.