To the Native American people living on the plains, the buffalo represented culture, art, sustenance, and survival. Explore the history of the buffalo with a social studies activity, in which learners create a buffalo hide painting in...

Create a language mosaic to reveal the linguistic diversity in your community. Pupils interview a person with a home language other than English and contribute to a bulletin board display representing the variety of languages spoken. The...

In this geography worksheet, middle schoolers use the 14 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate United States geography answers.

Sixth graders explore the connection between the geography of America and the migration of the Native Americans to the American continents to the future conquering of the continents by the Europeans. They discuss the causes and effects...

Students participate in a GPS activity and answer questions about Canada. In this Canada lesson, students identify location by using a GPS Unit and latitude and longitude. Students find an Inuksuk (station) and a complete worksheet.

Young scholars gather facts about Canada from various maps. In this Canada lesson, students use beans to relate the populations of the U.S. and Canada. Young scholars create population distribution maps based on the placement of the...

In this European geography learning exercise, middle schoolers describe where 12 countries in Europe are located by using directional phrases. Students also practice describing the nationalities of people from each country and how to...

Students study the relationship between geography and the Aboriginal language communities.

Students create a PowerPoint about Canadian geography or history. In this Canada lesson, students spend two days researching their Canadian topic in the library and online. They create a PowerPoint presentation and add pictures taken...

Students participate in vocabulary building activities to read an online article about Canada. They complete worksheets and an online quiz. They work in groups to to develop policies for holding a class election.

In this geography skills learning exercise, students identify the countries and bodies of water labelled on the maps of the world, Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, the Middle East, North America, Australia, and South America.

Learners explore the effects of culture through the story Running by Peter Hessler. In this geography and cultural lesson, students act as newspaper reporters covering the story of the race. Learners write newspaper articles as reporters...

Students research information on the geographical features, climate, and cultural activities of a Canadian city. They plan a day in the city with a schedule of activities. They synthesize information and create a large poster about the...

Students discover the ideals of Canada by analyzing its symbols.  In this Canadian culture lesson, students identify the symbols that established the U.S. as its own nation and compare them to important Canadian symbols....

Pupils, in groups, explore major thematic sections of the Atlas of Canada. They use their findings to produce a wall display, consider and incorporate the issue of sustainability into their material and deliver a presentation to the class.

Sixth graders research Canadian geography - the land and the bodies of water. They then plan an imaginary canoe trip through six major water bodies in Canada. They conclude the unit of study with a creative story.

In this United States history activity, students use the 14 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate states that border Canada as answers.

Students use text information, data and graphs to explain what sustainable development is, and to investigate the rate of consumption of Canada's natural resources. In groups, they graph their findings.

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

In this North American geography worksheet, students read about the physical features and resources of the United States and Canada. Students take notes and answer 3 short answer comprehension questions as they read the selection.

Students investigate geography by completing games with classmates. In this United States of America lesson, students examine a map of North America and identify the borders of Mexico and Canada as well as the Pacific and Atlantic....

Students compare and contrast similarities and differences between Canada and the US.  For this geography lesson, students read various articles and identify similarities and differences in economies, cultures, geography, climate,...

Lesson three of this unit focuses on multiculturalism in soccer.  Begin class by showing video clips of soccer in other countries. This lesson plan includes a link to Rwandan youth playing soccer in an open space.  Playing...

In this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students examine the map that includes 13 Canadian provinces. Students identify the names of the provinces in 3 minutes.