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What's Goin' Down?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this service learning instructional activity, students investigate the locations of the world's rain forests and concerns regarding the world's rain forests.
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Grocery Store Problem Solving

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students use multiple math skills to complete grocery story problems. In this grocery math lesson plan, students study grocery ads to learn about the cost of foods. Students investigate food types and the costs of processed versus raw...
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Surfing for Earthquakes and Volcanoes

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students search the Internet for data pertaining to the world's volcanic and seismic activity.
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Our Cultural Classroom

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are introduced to the cultural diversity within their own classroom and relate this diversity to community, country and world. They create a visual family culture poster containing different aspects of their personal culture.
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A Changing Planet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners describe climate change and the future impact it could have on our physical environment. They identify the regions of the world that would encounter the most significant effects of a global warming.
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Queen Victoria: Royal Family Values

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explain how Queen Victoria's reign defined an era and helped Britain reach the status of world power.
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Walking on Maps

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners are introduced to the various types of maps and their functions. As a class, they play a game similar to twister to review map concepts. They answer questions about the map and use the internet to view larger maps of the world.
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The Carter Center’s Work in Sub-Saharan Africa

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the state of Sub-Saharan Africa. In this geography skills lesson, students examine the work of the Carter Center in Africa as they investigate the strengths and weaknesses of linguistic, tribal, and religious...
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A Natural Connection to the Azores

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students use primary sources to examine whaling voyages, biology, and geography. In this geography lesson, students analyze ship logs and plot locations of animals and determine routes using latitude and longitude.
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Symbols of Culture

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover artistic symbols from cultures around the world. In this cultural murals lesson, students observe different murals on-line, and select two to write about on their student blog. The students investigate the murals and...
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Golden Ages: Gupta Empire, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the Golden Ages. In this world history lesson plan, students compare and contrast the achievements of the Gupta Empire, ancient Greece, and ancient Rome using an interactive T-chart.
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What Do We Know About Africa?

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore Africa, its geography and climate. After completing a KWL chart, 1st graders locate Africa on a globe and discuss how its location on the earth affects its climate. Using the Internet and a given fact sheet,...
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Biomes: Islands and Evolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discover how islands form, how plant and animal species get there and what the term means.  In this biomes activity students prepare a presentation that describes the life forms and geography of an island. 
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Biomes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the worlds biomes and see how organisms adapt to these ecological communities.  In this world's biomes lesson plan students research and write a paper about one of the world's biomes. 
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Understanding Time Zones

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate the times zones around the world. They discuss situations when it is important to know the time in different parts of the world and how to find it.
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Biomes -- Part II

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use the internet to gather information on the biomes of the world. They identify the climate and unique characteristics of each biome along with any threat to them. They create their own campaign to preserve wildlife.
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It's About Time: Olympics, Winter Sports, Math, Media, Time Zones

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use the Internet to determine broadcast times for the Winter Olympic Games snowboarding competitions. In determining these times, they need to consider time zones throughout the world.
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Planning for the Voyage - Pilgrim Study Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students locate Plymouth, MA, Hudson River, Cape Cod, Holland and England on a map. They identify the reasons the Pilgrims came to the New World and explain how the investors and the colonists would each benefit from a new colony. After...
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Map Skills: Explorers, Continents, and Oceans

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use a software program to make and label a map of the world. On the map, they locate the seven continents, oceans and the countries of Europe. They also draw the routes of Christopher Columbus, Juan Ponce de Leon and...
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Different Ways to Count

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate various number systems and ways of counting.  In this various number systems and ways of counting lesson, 4th graders discuss number systems from around the world.  Students practice counting using...
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Globe Lesson 17 - Alaska and Hawaii - Grade 4-5

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students develop their globe skills. In this geography skills lesson plan, students explore the area added to the United States when the Alaskan territory was purchased from Russia.
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The Sunni/Shia Split in Iraq

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine the historic Shia-Sunni conflict to assess its present-day status in Iraq and determine how it might play out in postwar Iraq.  In this World History lesson, students research the factors that contribute to the...
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Grades 6-8 Lesson Plan - Cities as Transportation Centers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine maps of the 1800's and 1900's. In this geography skills lesson, students collaborate to read core maps and identify transportation centers and travel networks.
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A Venetian Carnival

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and analyze the story, The Cask of Amontillado, for basic comprehension and to find ironic meanings. They then do research to find why the season of carnival is celebrated around the world, and they view various Web sites...

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