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The Four Corners Region of the United States Cultures, Ruins and Landmarks
Students who live in the inner city are introduced to the four corners region of the United States. In groups, they examine how the region differs compared to where they live and their culture. They develop maps of the area and locate...
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Map Skills
Students explore geography by creating a poster presentation in class. In this mapping lesson plan, students identify the different components featured on a modern day map and how to utilize them in order to navigate. Students read a...
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Learning to Read a Regional Map
Pupils locate the local community, surrounding communities and major geographic features of the SE Utah and the Four-Corners region on a map, after receiving direct instruction.
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Scenic Attractions In Four Corners
Fourth graders find and list scenic attractions in SE Utah and the Four-Corners-region. They receive direct instruction and carry out activities in cooperative group settings. They combine their findings onto one large map at the end of...
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Scenic Attractions in Four Corners
Fourth graders find and list scenic attractions in SE Utah and the Four-Corners-region. They identify geographic characteristics of Utah and other states in the western region of the United States. They review cardinal directions and...
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Calculating Distance On Maps
Fourth graders determine the mileage from the local community to various scenic attractions in the Four-Corners-Region. They receive direct instruction and carry out activities in cooperative group settings.
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United States Map - Lesson 9
Students explore the concept of cardinal directions. For this geography lesson, students identify the compass rose on a large U. S. map and then discuss the cardinal directions.
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Using Four Main Directions in the Classroom
Students identify the four cardinal directions. In this map skills geography lesson, students use a magnetic compass to label the four directions in the classroom. Students use the four directions to locate objects in the classroom.
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The Anasazi
Sixth graders investigate and determine the origins of the ancient Anasazi who inhabited present-day Utah and the Four-Corners-Region, after receiving direct instruction and carrying out activities in cooperative group settings. They...
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Four Corners Mystery: Where In The World Are We?
Students research and describe various locations around the world using five fundamental themes of geography.
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Map Coloring
In this math worksheet, students create a map using different colors. They use a specific pattern and can use only four colors. This worksheet is a proof of the making of a map using no more than 4 colors. There is an answer key.
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Directions on a United States Map
Young scholars generate directions for an imaginary trip. In this map instructional activity, students review the four main directions and how to use a map legend. Young scholars locate destinations based on directions given by...
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Geography & Places in SE Utah
Students evaluate SE Utah and Four-Corners place names in relation to geographical characteristics of place. They examine a map of Four-Corners region and take notes listing places they know. They list the meaning of the place name and...
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Globe Skills Lesson 1 Some Early American Cultures
Students apply their knowledge of geography. In this geography skills instructional activity, students read brief selections regarding early Americans. Students respond to the questions included in the self-guided map...
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Compass Rose Directions
Second graders use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places on maps and places in the classroom, school, and community. They draw a setting map of "Little Red Riding Hood." Students give five steps of cardinal or...
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North, South, East, or West
Students participate in a game to learn cardinal directions. In this map skills lesson, students move around the room using cardinal directions.
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Globe Skills Lesson 7 The Transcontinental Railroad
Students explore the Transcontinental Railroad. In this geography skills lesson, students use map skills in order to locate legs of the Transcontinental Railroad on globes.
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Using the Four Main Directions in the Classroom
Students use the four main directions to locate features in the classroom. In this direction lesson, students review the 4 main directions using a world map. Students use a magnetic compass to locate the north wall in their classroom and...
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LLoyd's Corner
Middle schoolers write a description of how a local environment has changed over time and why these changes have occurred accordingly. They describe and record changes in Lloyd's corner over time as depicted in pictures taken at four...
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Using the Four Main Directions in the Classroom
Young scholars utilize a compass to determine where North is in the classroom. In this direction lesson, students label the four main directions. Young scholars locate features in the classroom and describe the directions to get to them....
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The Anasazi
Students investigate and determine the origins of the ancient Anasazi who inhabited present-day Utah and the Four-Corners-Region.
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Using 4 main directions in a classroom
Students use the four directions of a compass rose to locate classroom features. In this directions lesson plan, students locate the features by identifying directions.
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Australian Geography Unit
At the heart of this resource is a beautifully detailed PowerPoint presentation (provided in PDF form) on the overall physical geography of Australia, basic facts about the country, Aboriginal history, and Australia culture and lifestyle.
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"Place the State" Game
Students participate in a computer game in which they locate and place the U.S. states on a blank outline map. In small groups, they take turns dragging and dropping the states in the proper location on a map.