Identify the map and globe symbols.

Activities will enhance students' understanding of how to read the map scale and apply it to measuring distances between locations.

Students will study maps to recognize where natural resources are found through exercises provided.

Fifth graders will read a high interest novel and analyze how a character responds to a challenge. Students will reflect on the theme conveyed in the novel, too.

Maps are designed to allow people to travel to a new location without a guide to show the way. They tell us information about areas to which we may or may not have ever been. There are many types of maps available for both recreational...

Lesson that helps learners understand map concepts. After listening to the teacher read aloud each chapter of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett, students discuss the book and use a map and general direction terms to describe the...

This hands-on, inquiry-based lesson combines maps skills which include identifying map elements, applying an understanding of cardinal directions, interpreting resource maps, and identifying a location. Students will have the opportunity...

Lesson for early elementary and special education students utlizing the book Miss Moo Goes to the Zoo by Kelly Graves and graphic organizers to identify elements in a story (title, author, setting, characters, etc.). Students participate...

A collection of twenty-seven activities that can be done with topographic maps, for elementary up to university level students. Includes many accompanying resources.

A printable graphic organizer for students to use when writing on opinion or persuasive essay. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas, lesson plans, and other resources are also...

Through examining maps students will be able to identify locations and characteristics of them based on latitude and longitude and infer what events might occur in the places.

In this learning module, students will engage in a deep study of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Worksheets, tests, and map projects are provided to reinforce comprehension of The War of the Worlds. This module is designed to support...

Read a summary of the history of map-making and the maps that were produced as a result of European exploration in the Americas. See examples of these maps and find out more about each one in this exhibit from the Mariners' Museum.

In this activity, students will learn how to read a topographical map and how to triangulate with just a map. True triangulation requires both a map and compass, but to simplify the activity and make it possible indoors, the compass...

Forecasting the weather and delivering the forecast to the many people who turn on the nightly news is not an easy task. Now that you know some of the jobs in meteorology and know how to read a weather map, you and your team are ready to...

A great compilation of ideas to use when teaching about maps and how to read them. Lists of resources, materials, and very detailed lessons are provided in an easy to follow and organized way.

A lesson plan in which students complete a graphic organizer to learn a new word. Materials are included.

Informative site about mountains. Look at the picture and read all about mountains, then take a quiz to show how much you know!

A hyperhistory that takes the student on an interactive journey along with Lewis and Clark.

This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...

The pride Texans feel about their state "can be traced to roots in the Republic of Texas era." Read about this era and the president who wanted Texas to stand alone and not become part of the U.S., and check out a map and other primary...

Defines what maps are and provides illustrations and related links to a site devoted to cartography.

Use this graphic organizer to compare or contrast ideas, things, or texts. This is a great cross-curricular tool to use for both reading strategies and prewriting.

This concept map is a way for you to show relationships between words and concepts. An arrow connecting two words shows that those words are related in some way. When you're finished, you can group words that go together with a circle or...