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Regions of South Carolina

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the 5 regions of South Carolina. In this regions lesson, 3rd graders locate the regions on a map and compare and contrast the areas. Students have sentence strips that have facts about the regions on them, students...
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Loco for Cocoa

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create a time line and map about how chocolate traveled the world. In this chocolate lesson plan, students also create and taste chocolate.
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Monsoon Asia

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Asia map worksheet, students label the countries on the provided blank outline map of Asia. The countries labelled should be countries that experience monsoons.
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Location, Location, Location!

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders locate cities, states and countries on maps. They use the cardinal directions to locate places on maps. They describe where they were born by giving clues without naming the exact state. They trade papers and try to guess...
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Canada: Name The Territory or Province

For Students 4th
In this geography worksheet, 4th graders examine an outline map of Canada. They write the names of the 13 territories and provinces on the blank lines below the map.
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Geography of the Fertile Crescent by ECSDM

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Using Google Earth, a vocabulary assignment, and map handout, your class members will outline the Fertile Crescent in Mesopotamia and identify the source of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. They will then complete graphic organizers...
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Mapping Australia

For Students 4th - 6th
For this mapping Australia worksheet, students locate and label various features and places on a blank map, 10 total. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Journey of Discovery and Rivers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the rivers encountered and mapped by the Corps of Discovery. They analyze maps, outline and label rivers on a blank map, complete a chart, and answer discussion questions while watching a National Geographic...
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Schoolyard Geology

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Discover that maps show information about an area and that they have common features like scales and legends. View an aerial map of your school and find features on the map such as the playground, roads, and trees. Trace the outline of...
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Where In the World Are You?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders fill in blank copies of the United States Map and then the World Map.
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Getting to Know the Seven Continents

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars are introduced to basic map and globe skills. Using the internet, they identify and locate the seven continents and complete a blank map to reinforce the names of the continents. They also distinguish between land masses...
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Where in the United States Are We?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students spend the lesson identifying the location of the fifty states and the capitals. Using a software program, they retrace te outline of each state numerous times. To end the lesson, they write a story about a state and city of...
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Freeform Rhode Island Map

For Students 4th - 6th
In this free form Rhode Island map worksheet, students study, locate and memorize key cities, physical attributes and surrounding states for a quiz. Students fill out the major cities on a blank map of Rhode Island.
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Philosophy of Social Studies Education

For Teachers Higher Ed
Learn how to distinguish between curriculum and instruction. Utilize concept mapping strategies to organize a philosophy of elementary social studies education. Your class will be able to explain the process they underwent to organize...
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California Academy of Science

Pollution in Our Watershed

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
The concept of a how pesticides and other chemicals pass through a watershed can be difficult for younger learners to grasp without a concrete example. In the activity here, some blank paper, markers, and a spray bottle are all you need...
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The History of the Pencil

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research and write about the pencil. They organize the research using concept maps and write an essay using the writing process.
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States and Capitals of the United States

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students label states and capitals on a United States map and complete research on one of the states. In this states lesson plan, students fill in the states on blank maps.
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Hemispheres & Continents

For Teachers 6th
Students learn in cooperative learning groups to determine how the equator and the Prime Meridian divide the earth into hemispheres and use Venn diagrams. Students will locate and label the hemispheres, continents, and oceans.
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Move Around the Map

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, while working with a partner, label and identify on a tarp map six major cities and five major rivers in Indiana. They traverse along the rivers utilizing a different locomotor skill (hop, skip, walk, run, leap, gallop,...
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Media Center Map Skills

For Teachers 5th
Student demonstrates the ability to locate, retrieve, and handle media and equipment by utilizing the library media center floor plan, symbols, and guides. They then use systems of classification to identify, locate, and retrieve materials.
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Roman Empire: Physical Framework - Location, Borders, Dimensions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students relate the classical world to the modern world. For this map skills lesson, students turn a blank map into a colorful complete map by following step-by-step directions. This lesson allows students to connect our current...
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China - the Geography of European Imperialism - Spheres of Influence in China

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders create a map of China. They identify the various spheres of influence carved out by the Imperialist powers of Europe as well as locating geographical features of china and major cities. They explain the global impact of...
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Using Venn Diagrams to Compare Two Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the distribution of two ecosystems on a global scale; and map the distribution of tropical and temperate rain forests throughout the world. They use a Venn Diagram to describe these ecosystems and the differences between...
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Find the Way

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, after discussing different places to visit and being given a map of Indiana, draw the route to his/her destination within Indiana. They tell the directions in their own words and formulate pertinent questions to ask along...

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