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Piecing It Together!
Young scholars use clues to identify states on maps. They work together to identify the state a major city is in as well. They share their map with the class once it is completed.
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Mongolia Geography
Students examine the geography and culture of Mongolia. Individually, they cut out cut-outs of animals to place on their maps and label the grasslands and desert areas. They locate major cities and rivers along with vegetation.
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Calculating Impervious Cover in the City of Austin
High schoolers use GIS to calculate park impervious cover in Austin, TX. They consider that there are different types of impervious cover from hard, packed dirt to cement paving. Students consider the limitations of data in several areas...
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Europe To The Max DVD: Four Great Cities of Europe Questions
In this geography skills worksheet, students watch the video "Europe to the Max." Students then respond to 18 short answer questions about London, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris.
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2002 City of Newark Mayoral Campaign
Learners research community issues and develop a consensus of issues they think the next mayor should address and study the candidates' positions they have chosen to track.
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The Birth of a Rocky Mountain City and Railroad: Georgetown and the Loop Railroad
Students explore the evolution of a town. In this social studies activity, students discuss why Georgetown and the Georgetown Loop Railroad were developed and discuss life as a prospector. Students write a letter explaining what life is...
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City Desk with Malcolm X
High schoolers view a film about civil rights and the role Malcolm X played in the civil rights movement. They create a timeling about the events that occured from segregation to integration. They discuss discrimination as well.
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State Notebooking Pages
When learning about US geography, it can hard to remember facts about 50 different states. Help your young scholars organize all of this information with a collection of easy-to-use note-taking guides.
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Imaginary Nation: Constructing a Map
Your young geographers will combine what they have learned about the five themes of geography and their inner creativity to design a physical map for an imaginary nation.
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Australian Geography Unit
At the heart of this resource is a beautifully detailed PowerPoint presentation (provided in PDF form) on the overall physical geography of Australia, basic facts about the country, Aboriginal history, and Australia culture and lifestyle.
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Eastern Europe in 1989
Major political shifts occurred in Eastern Europe during the late 1980s. Locate, identify, and label 90 different areas on the provided map. A list of cities, countries, and water ways is provided.
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In the Eye of the Storm
Students share opinions about what information the public needs about an impending hurricane. They research and report on a major U.S. hurricane and compare different reports about Hurricane Katrina.
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Vermont Map, Word Search, Scrambled Places and Crossword Puzzle
In this geography worksheet, students learn the important physical features and major cities in the state of Vermont by completing any of the 5 worksheets. There is a free form map, a "label me" map, word search, scrambled places and...
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Map of Papua New Guinea
In this geography of Papua New Guinea worksheet, students color and label a map with major cities and physical features. Students will need to do their own research to label this blank map.
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Rhode Island State Map
In this geography of Rhode Island worksheet, students color and label a map with the major cities and physical features. Students also study a U.S. map to learn the location of the state of Rhode Island.
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Map of Austria
In this geography of Austria worksheet, students color and label a map with major cities and important physical features. Neighboring countries are also shown but are not labeled.
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New Hampshire Map
In this state maps worksheet, students identify the state map of New Hampshire. Students fill in the state capital, major cities, and other attractions.
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Disposing Garbage
Young scholars explore environmental cleanliness by completing a worksheet in class. In this waste management instructional activity, students identify the technological advances in society and how they increase waste production our...
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Carve That Mountain
Learners investigate major landforms (e.g., mountains, rivers, plains, hills, oceans and plateaus). They build a three-dimensional model of a landscape depicting several of these landforms. Once they have built their model, they act as...
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Where Were You?
Students examine various New York Times readers' reflections on the life and death of President John F. Kennedy, by reading and discussing "Readers Reflect on President John F. Kennedy." Students then write their own personal...
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Identifying Biomes
In this biomes worksheet, students will use an atlas to find the location of 12 cities listed on a graph onto their world map. Then students will use the cities' annual precipitation to figure out what biomes that city is found.
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Mapping West Virginia
Fourth graders explore West Virginia. In this Unites States geography lesson, 4th graders discuss the type of land and the cities in West Virginia. Students create two overlays, with transparencies, that show the natural land and the...
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Byzantium
Students examine the history of today's Istanbul. In this historical perspectives lesson plan, students research how Byzantium became Constantinople and later Istanbul as they examine the cultures of the city and create time lines that...
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North American Cultures
Young scholars take a closer look at the geographic theme of place. In this geography skills lesson, students research their city and create murals that highlight its history, residents, landmarks, and resources.