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US Geography: The Midwest
Students investigate the geography and agricultural products of the Midwestern United States. For this US geography lesson, students watch and discuss a video that depicts the Midwest of the US as the breadbasket of the country. They...
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States and Capitals, Mountains and Rivers
Students identify geographical locations in the midwestern United States. In this geography lesson plan, students identify 12 states and capitals and geographical features in the region by using U.S. maps. Students use blank maps to fill...
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US: Midwest Region
In this United States political map learning exercise, students examine the state boundaries of the Midwestern Region. The map also highlights each of the state capitals denoted by stars.
New Jersey Historical Commission and New Jersey Council for the Humanities
Thomas Edison: The Wizard of Menlo Park
What would change in your daily life due to a power outage? Here, learners explore the inventions brought to us by the one and only, Thomas Edison, and imagine a day without them. Scholars take part in a grand conversation and write a...
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Regions, Regions, Regions!
Students use regions to analyze the locational patterns of culture
groups at various scales. They discern the basics of region identity by discovering his/her "Home" Region through the examination of
criteria in his/her "backyard." In...