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Country: Austria
Students access a variety of Austria themed websites. They locate information about history, geography, climate, people and culture. They view a live webcam of different parts of Austria and read about famous personalities from Austria.
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Where Should We Put a Store?
Students analyze population data. They convert population data into simple density maps to help make decisions about their world. They select the best location for a school store based on population density. They present their maps...
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China's Ethnic Minorities
Third graders are introduced to various Chinese ethnic groups. They consider how geography affects ethnic groups and examine artifacts produced by Chinese peoples. They prepare a presentation of their research and artifact interpretation.
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Hey, Mom! What's for Breakfast?
Students examine how he world eats breakfast. In this food choices lesson plan, students work in groups to list breakfast foods and their ingredients and find goods and consumers on the list. The, students use the Internet to complete...
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Human Rights Violations
Students explore how human rights are different in each part of the world. In this freedome lesson, students define human rights, research how human rights in one country ultimately affect other countries, and share their findings...
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Pickles to Pittsburgh
Third graders explore the geography in the book "Pickles to Pittsburgh" by Judy Barrett. They read the story and identify the physical features of the town, discuss the elements included on a map, and create a map of the town of...
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Underground Rails: The New York City Subway System
Students explore the New York Subway system. They investigate its usefulness as mode of transportation for the people in the city and study its history compared to other city subway systems. They examine how the subway connects the...
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Cardinal Directions
Students explore cardinal directions. In this social studies instructional activity, students create maps of home and school using the cardinal directions.
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Three Mapping Activities
Pupils label three maps of China after being introduced to background information about the country. In this geography lesson plan, students color two maps and label various points of interest in China. Finally, pupils draw...
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Music in Nature
Students research the Incan civilization. In this Incan civilization lesson, students study the geography of the Andes mountains and play an Andean siku. Students discuss how the sounds of nature influenced their musical piece.
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A Visit to Mexico City: An Introduction to World Communities
Third graders complete a variety of activities as they take an imaginary trip to Mexico City, complete with passports, maps, and Spanish dictionaries. They write postcards to send home and create items to sell at the market. The unit...
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Penguins Around the World
Students gain an awareness of the diverse habitats of the 17 species of penguins. Standard: 4.4 Interdependence of Life Changes in an organism's habitat are sometimes beneficial to it and sometimes harmful.
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Computer Activities: Countries of the World
Students research a country. In this research and computers lesson, students select a country and research various aspects about it including the capital city, the flag and fun facts. Students create slides about their country and then...
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Corn Exports Visually
Learners study imports and exports and the countries that import the most corn from the U.S. They construct mini paper corn plants and label a map with these plants to represent the amount of corn the U.S. exports to countries around the...
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Women
A close study of two works of art provides the introduction to this cross-curricular writing assignment. After comparing the clothing, facial expressions, body language, setting, and color in the two 19th century paintings Tissout’s...
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Geography of the English Settlements
Third graders locate several important American colonial cities on a map and research how their proximity to water and nearby arable land affected the rate and success of settlement.
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Geography Review
Third graders name the continent, country, state, and community in which they live. They locate Maryland and Baltimore on a map of the United States.
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Water Use Around the World
Students compare their water use with other places around the world. They calculate the amount of water they use in a week and discuss how to conserve water. They discover the amount of clean water throughout the world.
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Geography: Lesson One
Students pretend they have been chosen to receive an elephant for a pet. Individually, they use the internet to research where elephants come from, their diet and sleeping behaviors. They identify their habitat and their characteristics...
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Scotland Flag
For this geography and coloring worksheet, students color a line drawing of the flag of Scotland. The page does not indicate the color placement and students will need to research this on their own.
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Land Elevation
Students investigate land elevation. In this map skills lesson, students use a physical map to identify various elevations of the land. Students find landform features such hills and coastlines.
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Identifying Border States of the U.S.
For this identifying border states of the U.S. worksheet, 3rd graders visually identify then write the names of the states that border Canada and Mexico; page 1 is a lesson, page 2 is the worksheet.
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Earth's Features
In this geography worksheet, learners label a map of the world with the Arctic Circle, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, North Pole, South Pole, and the Antarctic Circle.
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Landscape Picture Map - Lesson 8 (K-3)
Students explore the functions of landscape picture maps. In this geography skills lesson, students examine a landscape picture map and identify buildings on the map where people are employed. Students also participate in a discussion...