BBC
Bbc: Landscapes: Scotland: Map Skills: Scale
Lesson for elementary students on map skills uses a map of Scotland to teach about the concept of scale.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Lesson Plan: Map Trap
Lesson to reinforce maps skills and concepts. Young scholars map locations around their school and use world maps to locate major landmarks.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Lesson Plan: Map the Path in My Father's Dragon
Lesson that helps students understand map concepts. After listening to the teacher read aloud each chapter of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett, students discuss the book and use a map and general direction terms to describe the...
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Map Your Schoolyard
Lesson plan introduces the concept of maps while providing a forum to practice the skill of navigating using a map.
George Mason University
Chnm: Differences Among Colonial Regions
Students will explore the differences among the three colonial regions of New England, Mid-Atlantic/Middle, and the Southern colonies. In small groups for each region, students will observe and note details of pictures, maps, and...
US Geological Survey
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation: Exploring the History of the Lake
A collection of lessons where young scholars explore the history of Lake Pontchartrain Basin. By researching and finding primary and secondary documents and artifacts, students will create a time line, concept map, and journals about...