Physical geography lesson exploring the importance of physical features in determining borders. Small group and whole class activities.

Lesson in which middle schoolers locate Europe on the map and describe physical and human characteristics of Europe. Lesson contains three adaptable interactive activities with comprehensive materials.

In this lesson, students examine photographs of Europe as they learn to distinguish between physical and cultural characteristics of a landscape, and make observations and inferences about the places and people in the photographs. They...

Test your geography knowledge by taking this interactive quiz over the countries of Western Europe.

This site from Flora of Europe gives a general description and photos for every type of vegetation found in Europe. It is very complete, but hard to navigate if you don't know the scientific name for the plant you're interested in.

This resource is a way to test yourself, and your students, on their geography knowledge of Europe.

This page has a map showing the 4 different types of land located in Europe. Information is provided on Europe as well as links to more maps and information.

This site has the summary of a report on nature and wildlife in Europe. Read about the natural environment, changes resulting from human activity, or access a table of contents to read more.

Lesson reviews what middle schoolers have learned in the unit on European cultural and physical landscape. Students compare maps, questions and ideas from the beginning of the unit and identify new questions for research.

Six maps of Europe showing the average rainfall, the major climate zones, agricultural products (rye, corn, wheat, rice, and sugar beets), industrial products (iron, textile, and coal), ethnic groups, and religions.

Based on a PBS documentary on Martin Luther, this site describes the life of the great Protestant revolutionary. His efforts would change Medieval Europe as well as the dominance of the Catholic Church. Includes a fun interactive game...