Curated OER
Beanbag Switch
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.
Curated OER
United Kingdom
Students investigate the geographical features of the United Kingdom. They create a clay, playdoh, or salt and flour map of the region. The maps should be labeled with landmarks and bodies of water. They can also draw maps on paper for...
Curated OER
Translating Traditions
Students analyze art reflective of traditions and cultural heritage. In this art analysis lesson, students complete image based discussion.
Curated OER
What Masks Reveal
Students explore the cultural significance of masks by investigating the role they play in ceremonies and on special occasions in societies from widely separated regions of the world.
National Geographic
National Geographic: More Physical Geography and Borders
Lesson on the physical features that create borders and boundaries. Small group and whole class activities, background information, worksheets and assessment.
National Geographic
National Geographic: European Borders Through History
Lesson in which learners use maps to explore how European political borders have changed over time. Maps after WWI, WWII and European Union provided for comparison.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Oceans' True Boundaries and "Garbage Patches"
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...
Other
Ohio Wesleyan University: World Political Boundaries
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.
Other
International Boundary Commission
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Montana: The Borders of Montana
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.
Lone Star Junction
Lone Star Junction: Archives of the West: Compromise of 1850
This interesting website shows four plans of establishing the boundaries of Texas for its annexation into the U.S. This break-up of Texas lands became part of the Compromise of 1850.
University of Oregon
Mapping History Project : European Possessions Bordering the u.s.: 1783
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.
Curated OER
Etc: Alaska Boundary Controversy, 1867 1903
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...
Curated OER
Etc: The Alaskan Boundary Dispute, 1825 1903
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...
W. W. Norton
W.w. Norton & Company: Map of Zhou Dynasty, China
Presents a map of the Zhou dynasty's boundaries.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Denmark, 1914 1919
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.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Europe, 1914 1919
Map of Europe showing borders and boundaries after World War I.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: France, 1914 1919
Map of France showing borders and boundaries after World War I.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Germany, 1914 1919
Map of Germany showing borders and boundaries after World War I.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Poland, 1914 1919
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...
Curated OER
Map Courtesy of Donald E. Waite
An overview of the Oregon Boundary Treaty of 1846, which set the boundary between British North America and the United States at the 49th parallel. Information on the treaty, the personalities involved, relevant images, and a map are...
Texas A&M University
New Spain Index: Adams Onis Treaty of 1819
After a brief introduction, you can read the full text of the Adams-Onis Treaty negotiated with Spain by John Quincy Adams.
Utah State University
Teacher Link: Letters From Rifka
This site features an interdisciplinary lesson plan for the book "Letters from Rifka" by Karen Hesse. Discover how this twelve year old girl's struggle to get to America from Russia.
Other
Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.