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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students discover the history behind the Canadian flag. They create their own Canadian flag out of construction paper and then brainstorm other ideas for a Canadian flag. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students explore the use of maps and their environment through the activities of the five lessons in this unit. Maps of their city, state, neighborhood, ans school are utilized in the lesson. The historical sources of the name of the school are also exp Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students are introduced to the symbolism of the flag of the United States of American. They identify flag components, history, etiquette and lore. They also use constrution paper to make a flag and discuss the Pledge of Allegiance. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students analyze the details of a topographic map and create one of their own by utilyzing a map of elevations. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students 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. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students investigate what a symbol is and give examples of a symbol, such as the American flag. They give examples of other countries and their flags. Students discuss the relationship of city to state to country. They study how symbols relate to objects and actions, how one thing can stand for another. Students talk about the design of the American flag and create their own. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students identify countries of the European Union. They locate countries of Europe on a map and pair with a student to complete a blank map of Europe. They label each country and complete worksheets for the European Union. They review and edit their maps. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students compare flags, locate states on map with flag picture or miniature. Read a newspaper article outlining five vexillology standards for rating flags. They develop a personal flag with an essay interpreting their flag to the reader. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students examine basic facts about the Middle East by exploring maps of the region. They conduct Internet research on National Geographic's Hot Spot: Iraq website, draw and label a map, and compare and contrast the geographic features of the U.S. and the Middle East. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students practice interpreting a contour map as well as reading latitude and longitude in a team activity. Following a discussion on mapping terms, teams are given maps and estimate the distance between two points. Students physically measure the distance between the two points at given location and find the difference between estimation and measurement. Full Review »
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