Young scholars explore cultures through storytelling. They read African folktales. Students discuss characteristics of folktales. They research and write a folktale that includes an animal. Additional cross curriculum activities are...

Pupils discover the strong emphasis Islam puts on education. Using the Internet, they identify advancements in ethics, math and astronomy. They explain the importance of madrasahs, or traditional places of learning in Islam, and...

Students research the founding of the Byzantine Empire in this lesson. They examine the geographic advantages of Constantinople, and the establishment of the empire. Finally, they compare the Byzantines, Romans, and present-day...

After a lesson on geography and the features of a river, learners view a map of the Birmingham river system, which is in England. They are then asked to label 4 features on the map.

In this Egyptian game activity, students cut out the game board and the game pieces and follow the directions to play "Mehen", the snake game.

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.

Students use the internet to explore the culture, history, language and animals of Brazil. They read first hand accounts of students growing up in the South American country.

In this geography learning exercise, learners match the name for each of 20 rivers of the world with the major city where it is located.

For this culture, history, and traditions review worksheet, students respond to 7 multiple choice questions regarding cultural geography.

In this geography worksheet, students answer 6 questions using a coded map as a reference, then students identify labeled geographic features.

Students identify the four cardinal directions. In this map skills geography lesson, students use a magnetic compass to label the four directions in the classroom. Students use the four directions to locate objects in the classroom.

Students identify major rivers on a map of the United States. In this geography lesson, students discuss what a river is and use a map marker to identify the symbol of a river on a map.

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...

Students identify natural features on a map. In this geography lesson, students identify six physical features and create pictorial definitions for each term. The terms which are listed in this lesson are mountain, hill, island, river,...

Students locate water features on maps. In this geography lesson, students complete worksheets that require them to identify water features on a U. S. political map.

Students examine how Native Americans developed their lifestyles and houses based on geographic location.

Students use pizza boxes to draw and research their own Asian country.

Students use the Internet to examine the history, castles, and folklore of Ireland. Photographs of sites are also included.

Students use the Internet to examine the food, sports and history of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. They view photographs and maps.

Students brainstorm what they believe forgiveness means. Individually, they write about a time in which they forgave someone and how it made them feel. To end the lesson, they participate in a role play activity in which they must...

In this geography activity, students investigate the languages spoken in different countries of the world. Students read the names of 20 countries and write the principal language of each country.

In this geography worksheet, students read and analyze a list of 25 world cities in which the letters are scrambled. Students write the names of the cities, then match them to one of the countries listed on the page. Example: SOLO...

In this geography and culture worksheet, students research the foods that are popular in China. They fill in two charts; one with major food products of China and one that names some of the popular foods of China. They locate a recipe...

Young scholars explore the history of the Grand Canyon. In this Grand Canyon lesson plan, students read "Grand Canyon National Park" by David Peterson and respond to questions regarding the piece. Young scholars also create their own...