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Follow the Yellow Brick Road

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students watch a portion of "The Wizard of Oz" and discuss how a map could be useful to Dorothy. They identify key components of maps and design a map of their classroom, including a key.
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Continent Adventure

For Teachers K - 5th
Students review or learn information regarding the 7 continents on our planet. It is also a fun movement and fitness activity.
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World Map and Globe-Equator, North Pole, and South Pole

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify the Equator, North Pole, and South Pole on a map. In this geography lesson, students use a world map and circle the North and South Pole. Students locate the Equator on a globe and use a map marker to highlight it.
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How Can We Locate Specific Places On Earth?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover how to use longitude and latitude to locate specific sites on Earth. They compare old and new ways of locating specific places, and discover how latitude and longitude coordinates are used to locate places on Earth.
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United States Map - Lesson 9

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the concept of cardinal directions. In this geography lesson, students identify the compass rose on a large U. S. map and then discuss the cardinal directions.
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What's So Bad or Good About Conflict?

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students investigate how conflict can be positive or negative. They discuss the concept of conflict while making a class web of their ideas. They design a class bulletin board that includes a thought written by each student after the...
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Asian-American History

For Teachers K - 7th
Young scholars access web based resources in order to study the history of Asian-Americans as they immigrated and assimilated into live in America using grade level appropriate resources. Also, they examine journals, artifacts, and...
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The Jamestown Newsletter

For Teachers K - 12th
Students examine several websites regarding Jamestown and choose a topic for a newspaper story. They write their stories and choose pictures to accompany it. Working in small groups, they design a newsletter that incorporates all the...
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Graphing Conversation Hearts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students collect data and create a graph. In this mathematics activity, students separate paper hearts by color and create a graph showing the number of hearts of each color present. Students receive a handful of candy hearts that...
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Discussion of Adaptation

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discuss ways in which dinosaurs adapted to their environments. They apply the same logic to an analysis of human habitat, survival needs, and survival need fulfillment to explain how people have adapted to their environment.
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Bird's Eye View Map

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore seeing things from a bird's eye view. They listen to the book, "As the Crow Flies," view various objects from eye level views and standing on a chair, create a drawing of an object from both views, and read "Ben's...
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United States Map- State Capitals

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore the state capitals. In this geography lesson, students use a political map to identify the state capitals and place post-it notes on various capitals.
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United States Map- Continent, Country, State

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students identify their continent, country, and state on a globe. In this geography lesson, students use a globe to identify the seven continents, the United States, and the state which they live in. Students define key terms.
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World Map and Globe- Introduction to Symbols

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars investigate picture symbols. In this symbols instructional activity, students define symbols and discuss symbols that they see in everyday life. Young scholars identify symbols on maps by using post-it notes.
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Landscape Picture Map

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify a neighborhood on a Landscape Picture Map. In this geography lesson, students discuss the characteristics of their neighborhood and identify their neighborhood on a Landscape Picture Map. Students use post-it notes to...
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The Changing Landscape

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore how the landscape is constantly changing. In this landscape lesson, students identify a building under construction on the Landscape Picture Map. Students discuss the purpose of the construction and the effect on the...
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Map Scaling

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a map scale to determine distances between cities in the state of Florida.
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Mapping Counties

For Teachers K - 4th
Students practice reading a map. In this mapping lesson, students illustrate a map and compare and contrast the counties based on their population. Students also explore what a census is and read census data on a map. A student...
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United States Map - Lesson 4: States

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners use a United States Map to locate their state and use map symbols to determine the boundaries of a state. In this states lesson plan, students learn the definition of a state and identify their own on a map.
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United States Map

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students describe cities they are familiar with. In this United States Map lesson plan, students understand how cities are listed on a map. Students become aware of a map legend and the information in it.
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United States Map - Lesson 11

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars explore lakes of the United States. In this geography lesson, students identify noteworthy lakes on a map of the United States.
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Gingerbread Map

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the book Gingerbread Baby, identify local features and cardinal directions on a map, and then construct their own map. In this mapping lesson plan, 2nd graders construct their own map in groups based on where the baby...
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Following Directions

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Turn the act of following directions into a fun and engaging game! Especially designed for students with cognitive or intellectual disabilities, this lesson uses a game format as a natural reinforcer. Write a set of directions onto a set...
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Think It, Write It, Create It

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Help your scholars create a class story. They will write a page of the story and illustrate that page. Then they use a variety of digital technologies to make the story come alive. A variety of digital resources are recommended for the...

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