Seventh graders research European Explorers lives. They create a Word Document, or slide show based on their research.

An article on The Canadian Campaign of the War of 1812 awaits your learners. After reading the article, students answer ten true/false questions about the campaign. Answers appear at the end.

In this ecology vocabulary exercise:  wetlands worksheet, students read the definitions of 8 words, then categorize a species found in a wetland in their region.  This page has numerous links to helpful web resources.

Students locate water features on maps. In this geography activity, students complete worksheets that require them to identify water features on a U. S. political map.

Students walk around to music playing. They switch beanbags with other students. When the music stops they go to a P.E. station the same color as their beanbag.

Lesson on the physical features that create borders and boundaries. Small group and whole class activities, background information, worksheets and assessment.

Lesson in which students use maps to explore how European political borders have changed over time. Maps after WWI, WWII and European Union provided for comparison.

A deep look at ocean circulation returns a surprise: Currents transport water - and non-degradable, floating plastic - between the ocean basins. Thus, some of the plastic in the South Atlantic "garbage gyre" was actually thrown away in...

This site has a photograph of a detailed, colorful map of political boundaries around the world with a zoom feature for a closer look. A brief description of how economic boundaries relate to political ones.

International Boundary Commission website provides pictures and information on its history, purpose and function as a bi-national organization. Under the 1960 International Boundary Commission Act, the Commission's work is described as...

Students will study a map of Montana's terrain, learn about natural and manmade boundaries, label the major features of the state, and pick which area of Montana would be best for settlement and explain why.

This is a simple, but clear map showing the land claimed by Spain and Britain after the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Notice the disputed land claims along the border of what is now the United States.

A map of southeastern border of Alaska and Canada showing the area of boundary dispute and the boundary established by the Hay-Herbert Treaty between Britain and the United States in 1903. The map shows the coastline and fjords of the...

A map of western North America between the opening of the Oregon Trail in 1832 to 1842, prior to the establishment of the Provisional Government of Oregon by American settlers in 1843. The map shows the boundary of the Oregon Country,...

A map of the northern Pacific coastland of North America showing the territorial dispute of the Alaska boundary from the Anglo-Russian Treaty of St. Petersburg in 1825 that established the British claims, the purchase of the area by the...

A map from 1911 showing the political boundaries of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay at the time. Bordering portions of Brazil and Bolivia are also shown. State boundaries are shown in red, and the map includes capitals, major...

A map of Scotland, England and Wales showing the settlements of the Saxons and Angles from the landing of Hengist and Horsa at Ebbsfleet on the shores of the Isle of Thanet (AD 449) to the Saxon Heptarchy (AD 626). "By these invasions...

Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.

Map of Europe showing borders and boundaries after World War I.

Map of France showing borders and boundaries after World War I.

Map of Germany showing borders and boundaries after World War I.

A map from 1919 of Denmark showing borders and boundary changes after World War I. The map shows principal cities and ports, railroads, canals, islands, rivers, and coastal features.

A map from 1919 of Poland showing borders and boundary changes after World War I. The map shows principal cities and ports, railroads, rivers, and coastal features, and shows the territorial changes of the Ukrainian claims, the...

A map of the United States and the Louisiana Territory showing boundary disputes and boundary claims between 1763 and 1809. The map shows the natural boundaries and extent of the original Louisiana Territory claimed by the French, the...