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Get artsy with this WWII group activity, starting with a whole-class assignment. Create a map of Europe, Northern Africa, and the Pacific using geometric shapes cut from construction paper and placed on the floor. Consider splitting the...

Students investigate the United States map. In this map skills geography lesson plan, students explore city symbols on the map legend and identify them. Students use post-it notes to mark various symbols.

Students create their own floor map of Europe, Northern Africa, and the Pacific. They locate, identify, and speak for one of the countries involved. In addition, they classify the country they represent as an Axis Power or as an Allied...

Students explore lakes of the United States. In this geography instructional activity, students identify noteworthy lakes on a map of the United States.

Young scholars identify a map of the United States. In this United States map lesson, students study a map of the United States and find various locations on the map. Young scholars then locate and list the state that touches their state.

Students explore map skills. In this state capital instructional activity, students view a United States Political Map and identify and use post-it notes to label the state capitals.

Students describe cities they are familiar with. In this United States Map lesson, students understand how cities are listed on a map. Students become aware of a map legend and the information in it.

Students explore the United States using a map. In this map activity, students discover how to use a United States map and a globe to locate places.

Students explore the state capitals. In this geography lesson, students use a political map to identify the state capitals and place post-it notes on various capitals.

Learners identify various locations using latitude and longitude. In this map skills lesson, students use yarn and labels to create a "human globe." Learners identify the Prime Meridian, the Equator, and Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

In these Middle Ages worksheets, students use the maps to help them find the answers to the questions that help them understand the directions of north, south, east and west. Students also color another map of France according the...

In this Map of Ghana worksheet, students are given a blank map and key. They are told to label major features and color according to directions.

Students identify their continent, country, and state on a globe. In this geography lesson, students use a globe to identify the seven continents, the United States, and the state which they live in. Students define key terms.

Students compare the United States on a globe and on a map. In this map lesson, students relate the sizes of the continents and locate the United States. Students identify the location of the continental US as well as Alaska and Hawaii.

Students identify the United States of America and it's states on a map. In this mapping lesson, students examine a globe and find the United States as well as a few land marks (Florida and the Great Lakes).  Students then look at a...

In this map worksheet, students are given three maps of France to use to answer multiple choice questions. Students complete an activity from the perspective of a Middle Ages traveler.

Students locate country capitals on a world map. In this map skills lesson, students review the definition of the word country and discuss what a capital is. Students locate and label capital cities on a world map using a map marker.

Learners locate major world mountain ranges. In this geography lesson, students identify major mountain ranges on 6 on of the 7 continents on a large world physical map.

Students find latitude and longitude on a map or atlas. They create maps with a cruise route. They practice plotting locations given latitiude and longitude.

Pupils distinguish geographic features using Ptolemy's map of the world.

Students explore the earth with maps and globes. In this map lesson, students use maps and globes to locate oceans and continents.

Students explore the Underground Railroad routes. In this map skills and Civil War instructional activity, students use map and globe reading vocabulary and skills to track the routes the slaves followed from the Bahamas to the United...

Students identify and locate cattle trails on a globe. In this map skill activity, students use a marker to locate Texas and Montana and use the map scale to calculate the distance of the cattle trail.