Early World Maps Lesson Plans

Students research some of the factors that affect the cohesiveness and integration of countries. identify, classify and explain ways in which a country's borders might affect its political cohesiveness. They label countries on a world map according to morphology categories.

Students look at a world map and locate Scotland before reading about it.  In this Spider Magazine reading lesson, students discuss customs they are familiar with about different countries. Students illustrate a custom and record it. Students discuss customs as they read the stories in the magazine.

Students plot the general distribution of major fossil hominid taxa on a small black and white world map using data provided. They infer a continent of origin and likely path of migration using a worksheet guide and small group discussion.

Fourth graders assess the development of animal husbandry, outline it in detail as well as arrange the steps in sequential order. In addition, they discuss how certain animals came to be domesticated, concentrate to research on one of the domesticated animals, and locate on a world map where the animals originated from.

Young scholars practice telling time while reading about a goat with an unusual trait. They place hands on clock faces and write numbers on the digital clocks to show the appropriate times. They research what other kinds of milk people drink in other parts of the world. They map the different milk-producing animals on a world map.

Students read about and discuss life of Russian geneticist Nikolai Vavilov, define terms related to field of genetics, complete worksheets, conduct seed experiments, observe and record results, and locate seed banks on world map or globe.

Fifth graders identify a rare or endangered farm animal and then locate its country of origin on a world map. They also research the animal and its uses to determine why it was an imported.

Students examine the differences between primary and secondary documents. In this primary and secondary source lesson, students examine three distinct sets of primary and secondary sources dealing with the eagle as a national symbol. They play a eagle matching concentration game, and examine world maps, a Salem Impost book, and an atlas.

Third graders explore different colors, shapes and patterns. They acquire knowledge about the artist, Henri Matisse and relate their own work to his. They examine where the country of France is located on the world map. Learn the shapes related to math.

Students locate the Korean Peninsula on a world map. They, in groups, study different sources, which explain why the U.S. entered the Korean conflict. One group uses textbooks, the other uses a government document.