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Europe at Exploration 1500

For Teachers 6th - 11th
In this world empires and trade in 1500 worksheet, students examine a world empire map, world trade map, and Europe map. All maps display information from 1500.
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Social Studies: Ancient China

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the contributions and influences of dynasties on Chinese history. They role-play as citizens during selected dynasties and write daily autobiographical entries. Students complete projects on the geography,...
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The Middle-East; Water and Life

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine the physical and cultural impressions made by water in the Middle East, as well as their own lives, through exercises in reading, writing, geography and art. They explore how water as an economic good drives...
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Early China

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students journey back in time to early China. In this Chinese history lesson, students explore China's geography; read about the Shang, Zhou, and Han Dynasties; compare Confucianism and Daoism. Students create PowerPoint...
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Introduction to Tibet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners explore Tibet. In this Tibet geography and culture instructional activity, students work in groups to read and summarize a data set pertaining to a particular cultural aspect of Tibet. Learners present information from their...
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Identifying Continents and Oceans

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students locate and identify the four major oceans and the seven continents on a world map. They use an unlabeled world map and compass rose to describe relative locations of the continents and oceans.
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Tropical Regions/Mapping Biodiversity

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use a world map to locate the country of Puerto Rico. In groups, they identify the various types of vegetation found on the island. They compare and contrast the biodiversity of the country to the United States. To end the...
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Counting Your Loot!

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students calculate the value of a given amount of gold and silver. They convert amounts of U.S. dollars to other currencies. Students must locate the country that the foreign currency involves on a world map.
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Circle the Earth - Explore Surface Types on a Journey around Earth

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students use CERES percent coverage surface data with a world map in locating landmasses and bodies of water at Earth's Equator.
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Did You Feel That? Earthquake Data Chart

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students plot earthquakes on the world map using coordinates of longitude and latitude. They designate the earthquakes magnitude with a symbol which they include in the map key.
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War and the Animal

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments in a spatial context. They gain personal insight into the horrors of war and the importance of ethnicity. Students define all key terms, analyze a world map...
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AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The student will locate countries on a world map from which we import foods that our climate prevents us from growing locally.1. Discuss the term "export." Divide learners into groups of four. Give the groups five minutes to brainstorm...
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Where Do Animals Come From?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use library search engines to research an animal and its origin. In this animal research instructional activity, students research their assigned animal using ProQuest. Students then find the country of origin of the animal...
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Lori Schmidt's Lovely Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students color code a world map by region to show the different amphibians and reptiles that live there. They discuss the Nile Crocodile, Snapping Turtle, Komodo Dragon, Indian Python, and Lacertidae. When completed, they create a key...
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Gale's Curriculum

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders develop an understanding of Southeastern Asian culture. They increase knowledge of world geography in relation to Southeast Asian countries. Students research a variety of Southeast Asian animals and habitats to be used...
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Earthquake Analysis

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students analyze and plot the coordinates for several recent earthquakes on a world map. They learn not only about research and geology, but about map-making and data analysis. They think of other ways to analyze the data given.
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Words in the News: Togo's New President

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars discuss how Americans elect a new president. They locate where the country of Togo is on a world map. In groups, they work together to match new vocabulary words with their defintions. They read an article about Togo's new...
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The New Californians

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify the groups of immigrants who came to California. They trace the route they possibly took to American on a world map. They discuss the reasons why they left their homeland and what challenges they faced once...
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Mineralogy, Astronomy, & Ancient Wisdom

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners complete a variety of activities surrounding minerals, crystals, and mineralogy. They locate common minerals on a world map, complete a lab in which they identify the chemical and physical properties of various minerals, etc.
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A Message in a Bottle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars investigate the motion of water currents by mapping the possible movement of messages cast into the ocean in bottles.They accurately plot the appearance of bottles on a world map and illustrate the flow of an ocean...
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Exploring Explorers

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders illustrate the routes taken by different explorers on a world map. They explain the need for the different exploration voyages. Students explore the web for information that may contain different points of view or...
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Tracing Our Own Family Pilgrimages

For Teachers K
Students observe a world map and are introduced to vocabulary like: cities, continents, rivers, lakes, and oceans. They discuss the names of the cities they live in and locate them on the map; then using a colored pushpin indicate: the...
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Absolutely and Relatively: The Puerto Rico Quarter Reverse

For Teachers 5th - 8th
How much does your class know about Puerto RIco? How much can they learn from the back of a 2009 quarter? Use the coin, part of a series of quarters that depict US territories, to teach learners about the geography, culture, and history...
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Where Is Japan? How Are We Alike And Different?

For Teachers 1st
First graders use literature, maps, and globes to explain how physical environments in various parts of the world are similar to and different from one's own, and that certain areas have common characteristics and can be called regions.

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