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Americas: Physical Map

For Students 5th - 12th
In this Americas physical map worksheet, students make note of the major landforms and bodies of water located on the North American and South American continents.
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Americas: Political Map

For Students 5th - 12th
In this North America and South America outline map worksheet, students examine the political boundaries of the 2 continents.
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Africa & Asia: Physical Map

For Students 5th - 12th
In this African and Asian physical map worksheet, learners investigate the major landforms and bodies of water located on the African and Asian continents.
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Africa & Asia: Labeled Map

For Students 5th - 12th
In this African and Asian political map worksheet, students examine national boundaries and national capitals of the continents.
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Human Prehistory

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners discuss the history of humans.  In this human history lesson, students describe how the placement of the continents changed and where the humans began and traveled to. They discuss interaction with Neanderthals and dogs. 
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Where is the Water?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore freshwater ecosystems. In this geography lesson, students brainstorm all the lakes and rivers they know then mark them on a map. Students will then mark all the major freshwater resources on each of the seven continents,...
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Historical People of Asia

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Asian history activity, students respond to 17 questions that require them to identify historical figures from the continent and list biographical information about each of them.
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Europe Map Quiz

For Students 7th - 9th
In this Europe map quiz worksheet, students examine an outline map of the continent and label the names of each of the countries.
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48 Contiguous States

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
What do your pupils know about the United States? This resource asks learners to respond to 10 questions about certain states and landmarks. Useful for a geography lesson and to help familiarize your learners with the continent. An...
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Major Lakes of North America

For Students 9th - 12th
In this North American learning exercise, high schoolers explore the locations of the major lakes on the continent. The map may be used for a variety of geography lessons.
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South America Outline Map

For Students 4th - 10th
In this outline map worksheet, students discover and investigate the continent of South America. No country borders or physical features are depicted. This blank outline map may be used for a variety of classroom activities.
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European Map

For Students 4th - 10th
In this blank outline map activity, students explore the political boundaries of the continent of Europe and those of the countries located there.
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Europe Map

For Students 5th - 10th
In this blank outline map instructional activity, students explore the political boundaries of the continent of Europe. This map may be used in a variety of classroom activities.
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Blank Europe Outline Map

For Students 6th - 10th
In this blank outline map learning exercise, students explore the political boundaries of the continent of Europe and those of the countries located there. This map may be used in a variety of classroom activities.
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Blank Europe Outline Map 2

For Students 4th - 10th
In this blank outline map worksheet, students explore the political boundaries of the continent of Europe and those of the countries located there. This map may be used in a variety of classroom activities.
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Africa Map

For Students 7th - 12th
In this blank Africa map activity, students investigate the continent of Africa and it's political boundaries. No country borders are denoted.
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Africa Outline Map

For Students 4th - 10th
In this outline map worksheet, students discover and investigate the continent of Africa and the political boundaries of its nations. This blank outline map may be used for a variety of classroom activities.
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Africa Outline Map: Labeled

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Africa outline map worksheet, students explore the political boundaries of the continent of Africa the countries located there. Each of the nations is labeled on the map.
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Africa Political Map

For Students 6th - 8th
In this blank outline map worksheet, students explore the political boundaries of the continent of Africa, the countries located there, and label other geographic features.
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Stories from Africa

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss the size of adult African elephants after a demonstration on their height. They try to guess the animal of discussion based on clues given about their size and characteristics. As a class, they try to identify other...
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Proud to Live in New Jersey

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore New Jersey. In this New Jersey social studies lesson, students define vocabulary and participate in activities centered around the agriculture, geography, industry, history, and culture of New Jersey. Students construct...
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Planet Earth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore and analyze data from different maps in order to explain geographic diversity among the continents. Student groups research continents' physical features and examine how they contribute to quality of life for inhabitants.
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Making a Globe

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the mercator projection or nautical chart and observe how global maps do not have the same distance as flat maps. They design handmade globes using the meridians and equator as guides to draw in the land. They paint and...
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Introduction to African Folklore

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are read "Anansi the Spider" to begin their discussion on continents. Using a map, they locate the continent of Africa and the country of Ghana. They discover who the Ashanti people are and view examples of their artwork. They...