Utah Education Network
Uen: Lesson Plan: Maps and Me
Lesson to reinforce basic map skills. Students discuss Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney, work in groups to create maps of the classroom, and use these maps to hunt for treasure.
PBS
Pbs: The Roman Empire of the 1st Century: Mapping an Empire
In this lesson, students will compare a map of the Roman Empire in 44 BC with one of the Roman Empire in 116 AD. Using these two maps as a reference, students will use critical reading skills to learn about the expansion of the Roman...
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Bringing History Home: The Great Depression
This 4th grade unit introduces basic concepts of the Great Depression of the 1930s, and to historical analysis processes. Following a trade book and video documentary overview of the 1920s and 1930s, young scholars examine photos,...