Major Cities of Europe Lesson Plans

Students explore the cities of Cairo, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Mecca and Tehran.  In this Middle East lesson plan, students complete a map, research one of the five the cities and prepare a presentation that includes details about the city.  Students also create a musical instrument that these five cities are known for.

Students study European cities and label countries on a map, match cities to countries, and answer true and false questions. For this European cities lesson plan, students also guess the names of cities they see pictures of.

Students take a virtual trip on the Xpeditions Express through Europe to the cities of London, Paris, Innsbruck, Venice, Budapest, and Istanbul. They select the cities they would most like to visit.

Students conduct Internet research on a selected city or country in Europe. They launch a search engine, explore various websites, write down basic facts about their country on a worksheet, and create a travel brochure.

Seventh graders compare feudal societies in Europe and Asia. In this feudalism lesson, 7th graders research the political, economic, and social attributes of feudal Europe and feudal Asia. Students create feudalism picture books as a culminating activity.

Students research a country in Europe. In this geography lesson, students choose a European country and research the geography and culture. Students create a Powerpoint presentation about the country they researched.

The average temperatures found in European cities is the focus of this activity. Pupils utilize worksheets, and excel files embedded in the plan in order to find, and convert, temperatures found across Europe. This is a good activity for learning how to effectively utilize spreadsheets.

Students explore Paris. In this geography skills lesson, students watch "City Life in Europe," and conduct further research on the city of Paris and the country of France. Students create postcards that feature Parisian landmarks. 

Students discover how the history of a place or event affects one's present perceptions of that place or event. They examine the current tensions caused by the decision to make Weimar, Germany Europe's cultural capital.

Students explore the social classes that formed in the feudal systems of the Roman Empire, medieval Europe and feudal Japan. In small groups they research and present the historical context behind the development of horse calveries in each civilization.