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World Continents
Students identify the continents of the world. In groups, students create a three-dimensional clay representation of their assigned continent. Using KidPix software, they draw and color their continent. Students research their continent...
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Families Around the World
Students discover the similarities and differences in families from around the world. For this multicultural lesson, students create their own family album and label each family member. There are suggested activities such as...
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A Long Way from Home: A Hands-on Geography Lesson about World War II
Students build World War II directional signs. In this World War II lesson, students explore the geographic locations of the war as they analyze primary sources and conduct research regarding places of significance in the war. Students...
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Seven Wonders of the World: The Colossus of Rhodes
Learners discover one of the worlds wonders. In this world history lesson, students read about the sculpture of the Colossus of Rhodes. Learners use the Internet to research multiple "wonders" including the Colossus of Rhodes, then they...
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Santa Lucia Crown
Students identify the countries, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Italy, that celebrate Saint Lucia Day and locate them on a world map. They research the Christmas holiday customs in these countries and represent their findings in a...
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Welcome to My World
Elementary schoolers discuss what a community is, and what their community has to offer them. They create posters, or flyers for the different businesses or places in their community to place around their school. After the students have...
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Touring the World With Tomie dePaola
Students listen aloud to books by Tomie dePaola. They utilize the Internet to study the geography and culture of the places the they read about in Tomie dePaola's books. They answer questions about Norway through an Internet treasure hunt.
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Connecting Africa: A Project-Based Learning Adventure
Mission Possible: Your task is to design a new highway route from Tunis, Tunisia to Cape Town, South Africa. If you accept the challenge, you must create a small map of the route that has already been rejected, a rationale for rejection...
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Crude Conversation
Students analyze text and maps in determining the effect the world's energy resources have on human society, and make charts illustrating at least three ways each resource makes life easier for human society.
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Geography of Africa
Students examine the geography of Africa and understand its diverse ethnicity. In this African geography lesson, students create a mental map of Africa. Students label the maps and list the languages of Africa. Students compare the...
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How Many Ways Can You Say Merry Christmas?
Students create a multicultural holiday bulletin board map! students research and study saying Merry Christmas in different languages. They correctly locate the countries on a world map.
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Everybody Celebrates
Examine the holidays of La Posada in Mexico, Hanukkah in Israel, and Kwanzaa in the United States. Learners identify the countries on a world map, listen to stories, create art projects for each holiday, and make recipes celebrating the...
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Where is Mesoamerica?
Students create a map of Mesoamerica using construction paper, clay or by drawing it. For this World Geography lesson, students determine the location of Mesoamerica, make a map, then present their map to their class.
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Why do people mover where they do?
Students read factual stories of migration to Hawaii, analyze and explain push and pull factors, interview parents about their cultural heritage, identify countried of origin of their ancestors, graph migration patterns on an world map,...
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Outlandish Landforms
Seventh graders examine landforms. In this world Geography lesson plan, 7th graders research and create a physical model of a chosen landform. They then draw a 2-d paper map of that model.
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Your Neighborhood Geography
Tenth graders observe geographical characteristics of their own neighborhoods. They take digital pictures and write a summary of the geographical features they find which they present to the class.
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Travel Diary
Darwin kept a travel diary as he voyaged to South America, noting the politics, geography, cultures, animals, and interesting facts he encountered. Your class will do the same. Each student chooses a country to research and keep a five...
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The Countries of Latin America
Fifth graders study the geography, culture, government and economy of Latin American countries. They work in groups to fill out a profile describing their Latin American country. They listen to a reading of Latin American folktales and...
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A Wall for Peace?
Students give examples that demonstrate how people are connected to each other and the environment. They idnetify current or historic conflicts and explain how those conflicts are or were influenced by geography. Students explore about...
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World Percussion — Latin America Project Book
What's the most popular music style in Brazil? What about Cuba? Or the Dominican Republic? An immersive project teaches young learners about the salsa, the samba, and the merengue with research assignments and dance performances.
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Parthenon
Ninth graders explore he purposes of the Parthenon. In this World History lesson, 9th graders create a complete picture of the Parthenon. Students research one aspect of the structure and report their findings back to the class.
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Respect My Rights, Respect My Dignity: Module One – Poverty and Human Rights
Creating an environment where learners feel both educated and empowered challenges any teacher when discussing a sometimes bleak topic. A respectful resource provides them with the details and permits them to make a plan of action....
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International Festival: Greece
Students celebrate the culture of Greece. For this multicultural lesson, students participate in several activities which examine the culture of Greece. Students study the Greek alphabet, identify the country on a world map, and make...
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Archaeological Study
Learners analyze the difference between archaeology and anthropology while studying the evolution of different products. In this archaeology and anthropology lesson, students trace the progression of a certain tool or product and come up...