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National Geographic

National Geographic: More Human Geography and Borders

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lesson explores the ways in which human and cultural factors such as language and religion affect borders. Whole class and small group adaptable and interactive activities.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Study of Human Geography

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Geographers are social scientists who are interested in human activities as well as the physical environment. Human geography includes a wide range of topics, such as the study of languages, religions, customs, economics, and political...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: More Physical Geography and Borders

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lesson on the physical features that create borders and boundaries. Small group and whole class activities, background information, worksheets and assessment.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Ecology/geography Classification

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This outdoor lesson helps students better understand ecological and geographical classifications by teaching it simultaneously in science and geography class. Presenting the two classifications together will help reinforce the idea of...
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Other

Digital Library for Earth System Education (Dlese)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides materials for teachers on a huge array of topics. Search site by topic, grade level, and desired output (such as lesson plan, case study, assessment or tutorial). Site is focused on earth science, geography, and...
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Human Environmental Interactions [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Inspired by Hemispheres' 2004 Teachers' Summer Institute, People and Place: Human-Geographic Relations, this curriculum unit was designed to address human adaptation to and modification of the environment. How have humans adjusted to...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Human Settlement and Geography

For Teachers 3rd
Learn why people live in places with lots of people.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Languages and Religions of Europe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lesson activities in which students explore major religions and languages of Europe. Comprehensive adaptable learning materials.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Look at Our Natural Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson students will have the opportunity to research, analyze, and collect data on how the natural environment influenced the Native Americans long ago, and how it still influences us today. Using information gathered from...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: African Unity Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will be able to discuss and debate current issues for a specific African country, then develop solutions to these issues by participating in a simulation of a meeting of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Classroom Feud

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
As part of a unit about the state of Alabama, students spend time collecting information about the state, which they in turn report to a classroom in another state using distance learning equipment. Then the two classroms in different...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Urban Models in the Real World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By using Google Earth and city road maps, students will compare the layout of their city to one of the three North American urban models and see which one is the best fit.
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University of Arizona

Pulse: From Global to City Air: Air Quality, City Design and Disease

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are challenged to design a healthy city in this unit plan. The cross-curricular unit covers content standards for ninth grade in science, language arts, world geography, and math. Students explore air quality and the impact it...
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Other

Transcontinental Phragmites

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this lesson, students will examine the spread of Phragmites, an invasive species, across the Atlantic from Europe to the United States, and look for connections to human navigation patterns, while applying their knowledge of American...
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James Madison University

James Madison University: Online Elementary Economics Lessons

For Teachers K - 1st
James Madison University has developed a variety of online economic lessons for elementary students. Explore basic economic and financial concepts.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Africa Its People and Places

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A very comprehensive lesson plan that helps prepare students for a trip to Africa taking into consideration climate, customs, geography, and language.
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Keene College

Keene State College: Regions Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers will find real examples of regions that changed and why the change happened. They will then write a story about why a region changed over time, giving the geographic factors (physical and human) responsible for the change.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Hearths of Agriculture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two period lesson focuses on crop familiarity and its relationship to current agricultural production.
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My Science Site

Environment Canada: Clean Water: Life Depends on It! [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An extensive lesson unit on water quantity and quality and why it is important in relation to human life. Provides lessons that incorporate language, social studies, geography, and health. Tests are also provided. This is one chapter of...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Lesson Plans Library K 5

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource presents a lesson plan library which holds hundreds of lesson plans organized by grade level and subject area. Often rooted with an Internet research piece, each lesson plan contains specific objectives, procedures,...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: China Through Mapping

For Teachers 1st - 5th
For this lesson, Mimi Norton integrates world geography with the study of Chinese culture and history by engaging her young students in a variety of activities to locate natural and human-made landmarks on maps of China. To build...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Life on the Great Plains

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A detailed lesson plan that explores "the concept of region and how culture and experience influence the perception of regions." Site provides many excellent websites for students and teachers to explore during their study of the Great...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Mapping Our Worlds

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this activity, introduce your young scholars to the world of maps and discover a world of information online. Students learn how to identify different types of maps, comparing maps to the rooms of a house.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Comparing Education Around the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about Ken and Joab, two boys who are starting first grade. Ken attends school in Japan, while Joab lives in Kenya. Students compare and contrast the circumstances surrounding the two boys' experiences at school.

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