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Texas Map
In this Texas worksheet, students explore the state of Texas. Students look at a blank map of Texas and add the state capital, major cities, and any other major attractions of the state of Texas on the blank map.
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Texas: U. S. Geography for Children
In this Texas map worksheet, students locate and label key features of Texas on the map and create icons to symbolize the economy and culture of Texas.
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Texas Regions and Native Americans of Texas
Fourth graders research to find the regions of Texas. In this technology lesson, 4th graders create a Kid Pix project showing the location of various regions of Texas. Students show where in those regions Native American...
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Getting to the Core of World and State Geography
Students create topography relief maps. In this geography skills lesson, students review geography core knowledge skills, design and make a state relief map, and compile a student atlas.
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Sam Houston for President...Again
Fourth graders discover the political career of Sam Houston. In this Texas history lesson, 4th graders research primary resources and create a modern-day version of Sam Houston's political campaign of the 1840s.
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Where in the World Is Mexico?
Students practice map-reading skills as they locate Mexico and its cities on a world map. By creating a puzzle out of a map of Mexico, students engage in a meaningful hands-on activity to help them explore that country's geography.
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Dark Days on the Prairie
Learners explore U.S. geography by researching agriculture. In this dust bowl lesson plan, students complete a cause and effect worksheet based upon the dust bowls that covered a large portion of Oklahoma and Texas in the early 1900's....
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Name the States Worksheet 5
In this name the states worksheet, students examine 6 state map outlines and identify each of them by writing the state names and postal abbreviations.
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Freeform Texas Map
In this Texas map worksheet, students research, label and discuss the most important cities in Texas, its physical attributes and the states that surround Texas.
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"Label Me" Texas Map
In this Texas map worksheet, learners research, label and discuss the top ten major cities in Texas on a map, label the physical attributes and identify the surrounding states around Texas.
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Texas Location Word Search
In this Texas location worksheet, students identify, locate and label twenty six significant Texas locations on a Texas map. Students also complete a word search containing the twenty six key locations.
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State to State Scavenger Hunt
In this states worksheet, students utilize the Internet to access one specific website to locate the answers to five fill in the blank statements about the states found on a United States map.
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Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Young scholars 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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Africa: A Cultural Safari
Students examine the kingdoms of West Africa during the Middle Ages. They label maps and identify Africa's physical features, simulate the trading of gold, buy and sell goods using cowrie shells, and participate in a cultural safari day.
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Run/Walk Across America
Walk, jog, or run across America. Maps of individual states, visual progress, competition, and rewards, seem to be great motivational ideas. Make sure that the distances that each class has to walk or run are the same, because getting...
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Order Out of Borders
Students examine the differences between natural and man-made borders by investigating the Texas quarter. They create clay models of the state of Texas.
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Living in the Oak Woodlands: Early People of the Jewett Mine Area
Students examine the archeology and native peoples of the Jewett Mine area of Texas. Using a map, they explain the economic patterns of the native groups and how the geography of the area affected activities. They compare and contrast...
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Where Does It Come from?
Students read articles about various agricultural products and create a map using the statistics in the article. In this agricultural statistics lesson plan, students look at the geography of the country and which products come...
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New Food Saves Lives, Could End Hunger
Learners locate the country of Niger, then read a news article about a new type of food that is being used to fight childhood hunger in Africa. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with map and vocabulary...
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Diversity
Students work in groups to research and prepare an oral report about a region. In this regions lesson plan, students find out about the geography, population, state capitals, and landmarks. Students assign attributes to the...
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Hawaii
Fourth graders become knowledgeable about Hawaii the state and Hawaii the island. They also work on reading maps of the islands. They come to know the customs, climates and other fun little facts. They also come to know the eight islands.
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Where in the World? :Understanding Latitude and Longitude
Students play a grid-based game and devise clues to help classmates locate spots on the globe in order to recognize the value of using longitude and latitude for identifying locations.
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The World (With an emphasis on the United States)
Fourth graders recognize the different continents. They are introduced to longitude and latitude and how to find locations using these measurements. This series ends with an emphasis on the fifty states of the United States and their...
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States of Fitness
Students participate in physical activities coordinating to divisions on a map.