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Miwok Legend Storytelling Movie

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read Native American legends and practice storytelling skills. They complete a worksheet about the elements of storytelling and create an iMovie.
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Mapping the News

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore cartography.  For this map skills and map making lesson, Students work in groups to create wall size world maps including legends, compass roses, latitude and longitude, and physical features.  Students collect current...
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars discuss and define folklore, locate town of Sleepy Hollow, NY, on map, calculate distance from Sleepy Hollow to their school, if applicable, review vocabulary list from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, read story aloud, and...
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Learning About the Map's Legend

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students draw a map of a room in their house and place a legend on it. They explain the legend orally.
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Mapping a Garden

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the components of a map, particularly the legend, the key, the symbols and the area. They develop their own map of a garden that they can plant in a future science lesson.
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Scaling it Down: Caves Have Maps, Too

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Measurement and map skills are the focus of this lesson, where students crawl through a "cave" made out of boxes, desks and chairs, observing the dimensions.  Your young geographers measure various aspects of the cave and practice math...
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Ancient Tales and Legends

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Investigate motivational problems using educational software as your students determine details and main ideas of the reading. the class practices sequencing activities and read scary and monster stories, then complete associated...
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The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush: Native American Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners read," The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush" by Tomie dePaola and discuss the way legends are passed down orally. They then create their own legend and illustrate it on a simulated "Buffalo Skin" made from brown paper.
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Retelling the African Folktale Abiyoyo

For Teachers K
Act out the African folktale Abiyoyo. Kindergartners listen to the tale and discuss the characters, dressing as their favorite characters in order to retell and perform Abiyoyo using props. They will gain an understanding of story...
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Cultural Background

For Teachers 1st
First graders pick out cultural details from the story The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush. In this culture lesson plan, 1st graders discuss how legends come from cultures that have traditions.
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Legend Reading With Rain Sticks

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study copies of the Wy'East legend. They use these as a choral reading, take a different paragraph and read them in unison. They assemble their rain sticks and use the rain sticks and percussion instruments with the reading...
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Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Second and third graders practice with basic map skills. They create their own map including a legend and a compass rose. This fabulous plan has many excellent websites linked which allow learners to explore maps of all kinds; including...
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Mask of the Black God

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Finally, an astronomy lesson for the high schooler! Explorers are able to read star maps for finding objects in the night sky by determining celestial coordinates. In particular, they locate the Pleiades and read about a Navajo legend...
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Mapping a Garden

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders recognize the components of a map, particularly the legend, the key, the symbols and the area. They develop their own map of a garden they be planting in their upcoming science lesson.
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Making Personal Maps

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study maps and become familiar with how to use one.  In this investigative instructional activity students create a map of an area and provide a legend. 
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Learning about Maps and Colors

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss "Harold and the Purple Crayon" and his drawings. In this neighborhood geography lesson, 1st graders learn to detect and classify places on a map including their home. Students recognize their address as a specific...
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Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate's Map for Me: An Original Story

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils read Blackbeard and brainstorm their knowledge of maps. In this language arts and geography lesson, students use landmarks on their playground to review north, south, east and west and discuss the compass rose. Pupils read This is...
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Kate Fowler: Tory Spy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the American Revolution and several key aspects and people involved in it. For this American Revolution lesson, 4th graders study the land grant for British colonists. Students read the 'The Legend of Kate Fowler'...
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King Arthur's Family Tree

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Learners examine the genealogy of King Arthur. They create a poster of his family tree and shares with the class. They also place other key figures of the time period on the poster to put his life in perspective.
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Getting to Know My World

For Teachers 1st
Students participate in hands-on activities using maps and globes to identify geographical features. Students use map legends to identify direction. Students locate oceans, continents, countries, states and cities. Handouts and...
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Labeling a Map of Australia

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders label a map of Australia. Using the internet, they research the history and maps of the continent and print a blank map. They review on how to use a compass rose and legend. In groups, they create a brochure to share...
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Mexico: One Land, Many Cultures

For Teachers 1st
Students research and study the country of Mexico and complete a project about it. In this Mexico lesson plan, students research Mexico's geography, traditions, art, songs, stories, and legends that are native to Mexico.
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Prayers for Paankhenamun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students find out about key attributes, characteristics, and roles of ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses by writing a letter or a poem asking them to welcome an Egyptian to the afterlife.
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Transforming Anansi Folktales Into Storyboards

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students work in small groups to illustrate a story board of a folktale. They develop the meaning of a trickster as a humor device in folktales by listening to several about Leprechauns and the Coyote of Native American tales. They then...

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