Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Themes Frame: A Historian's Tool

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the scientific, economic, and cultural themes that connect Paleolithic and Neolithic inhabitants. They complete Paleolithic and Neolithic Theme Frames, comparing/contrasting the two cultures in an essay or Venn diagram.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Was the Inside vs. Outside Paradigm Created?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils, after listening to a lecture, examine Nigeria from slave trading to the Civil War as well as listen to the Arrested Development song about slavery. In addition, they create a circle diagram for essay #1.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sea Connections

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students, after locating different marine habitats on a globe, play a card game about ecosystems, food webs and organisms.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cruising the Caribbean

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create four postcards that illustrate an island on the Caribbean.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The First Ladies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare two First Ladies. For this American history lesson, students read speeches given by Barbara Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Students respond to questions about the speeches.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Chapter 17 – The Great Depression

For Students 9th - 12th
In this U.S. history worksheet, students read assigned textbook pages on the Great Depression and respond to 27 short answer questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dialogue: Sport

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this dialogue about sports worksheet, students read a questions and answers concerning sports.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Plan on Important Citizens in the American Civil War

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students, in groups, half representing the Confederacy, half the Union, conduct research to find out about important Civil War era citizens from each side. They explore the effect these people had on the war and what effect the war had...
Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Prisoners

For Students 5th - 10th
For this North Pole worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
Graphic
United Nations

United Nations: Cartographic Section: The World Today [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is an up-to-date political map of the world today. Very detailed with a good key.
Graphic
United Nations

United Nations: Cartographic Section: The World in 1945 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what the political world map looked like after World War II in 1945. Enlarge the map so you can see what countries belonged to the UN, which were still dependent territories, and which did not belong to the UN.
Handout
Latimer Clarke Corporation

Atlapedia: World Maps/middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the locations and countries in the Middle East from this political map. Click on the link at the top of the page to see a physical map of the same region. Clicking on the country's name will take you to information about that country.
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University of Oregon

Mapping History: American History

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive and animated maps and timelines of historical events and time periods in American history from pre-European times until post-World War II.
Website
Other

Just Maps: World Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
An index of maps and flags of countries throughout the world. Also provides political maps, time zones, population, and religious maps of every region of the world.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Bus Station: Position on a Map

For Students 3rd - 5th
Help Jamal read maps, describe directions, and identify coordinates in this series of interactive exercises.
Lesson Plan
The Newberry Library

Newberry: Political and Military History: Map 15: The World at War, 1944

For Teachers K - 1st
Lesson for K-12 using historical map teaches students about the relationship between perspectives of the world and map projections.
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Latimer Clarke Corporation

Atlapedia Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides both physical and political maps of countries of the world in full color. Also contains key facts and statistics.
Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Austria

For Students 9th - 10th
See a map of Austria and read about the country's geography, government. people, economy and more.
Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Czechia

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of the Czechia. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It...
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University of Texas at Austin

The Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection contains more than 250,000 maps covering all areas of the world, and ranging from political and shaded relief maps to the detailed and the historical. Select from a region of the world or an area of highlighted interest.
Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Jamaica

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Jamaica. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It includes...
Graphic
PBS

Pbs: Geography of Music the World in the Age of Revolutions

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive map helps illuminate the relationships among the various composers as well as connections between music and its historical and cultural context. It also illustrates the importance of the physical and cultural...
Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Japan. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It includes...
Graphic
Other

Ohio Wesleyan University: World Political Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a photograph of a detailed, colorful map of political boundaries around the world with a zoom feature for a closer look. A brief description of how economic boundaries relate to political ones.