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City Life In Europe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore Paris. In this geography skills instructional activity, students watch "City Life in Europe," and conduct further research on the city of Paris and the country of France. Students create postcards that feature Parisian...
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Le Tour de France

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore French geography, history and culture. They imagine that they are a tour company that is trying to promote the trip to prospective customers. In addition, they make travel arrangements in French, practice computer...
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Discovering the Regions of France

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the regions of France. In this cultural studies lesson, students research the geographic and cultural regions of France. High schoolers prepare PowerPoint presentations to share their findings with their classmates.
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NATO Geography & Language

For Teachers 6th
The class receives background information on NATO, an atlas, and a blank world map. They color the original 1949 countries in red, the 1952 additions in green, and the 1990 additions in blue. This exercise would be a good starting point...
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Finding Fresh Scenes - Geography With Monet

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders locate a site in Indiana that has a different look or topography than their hometown. They develop a brochure for this place from the point of view of a publicist who desires artists to come to this area and paint the...
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Canada Geography PowerPoint

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create a PowerPoint about Canadian geography or history. In this Canada lesson plan, students spend two days researching their Canadian topic in the library and online. They create a PowerPoint presentation and add pictures...
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A Long Way from Home: A Hands-on Geography Lesson about World War II

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils 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. Pupils...
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Traveling Cat Flown Home to Family

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students locate Wisconsin and Belgium on a world map, then read a news article about a cat that stowed away on ship from the U.S. to Europe. In this current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces the article with map and...
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French and Family

For Teachers K - 2nd
Where is France? Interest young learners in exploring France, French language, and French culture. They identify similarities and differences between French and American families, speak the French words for family members, analyze maps,...
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Arkansas State Rock

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Here is a activity which shows the value of a mineral called bauxite to Arkansas during the early 1900's. Learners relate the five themes of geography to the history of bauxite and aluminum production in Arkansas. For teachers of...
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What They Left Behind: Early Multi-National Influences in the United States

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research the impact of European voyages of discovery and colonial influence on different aspects of American culture. They access a number of online sources and reference maps to trace the influences of England, France, Holland,...
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A Collage of Canada

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore geography and culture of Canada. They play game that involves reviewing materials and answering questions about Canada, and create posters and brochures about life in Canada.
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Leaders, Laborers, and Other Perspectives of World War II

For Teachers 10th - 11th
How did the women in France feel about their country’s involvement in World War II? Class groups are assigned a country involved in WWII, and individuals within the group adopt the point of view of leaders, laborers, businessmen, women,...
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The People Next Door

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Learners explore the culture and tradition of neighboring countries. For this geography lesson, students use travel brochures, reference materials, and Internet sites to investigate the business, fashion, language, and entertainment of...
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Globe Skills Lesson 2: Paving the Way for Columbus

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore the expedition of Christopher Columbus. In this geography skills lesson, students consider the technological advances that made Columbus's expedition possible as they complete a latitude and longitude activity.
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Scavenger Hunt for Coins of the World--New Zealand, Japan and France!

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Learners explore the history, culture and currency of the countries they "visit" using the US Mint Coins of the World activity. Students find the answers to a Scavenger Hunt Questions handout for the country being studied. Learners...
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Diversity Geography

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research another country and its people.  In this diversity instructional activity, students work in groups to research an assigned country and develop a short oral report.  Learners use diversity beans to represent the people...
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Geography of Southeast Asia

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study the geography and culture in ten Southeast Asian countries. They examine the development of the culture of these countries and how it is affected by their geographic locations.
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Geography

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the Mediterranean Region by locating and identifying Italy, Greece, France, Spain, North Africa, the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas.
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Earth at Night

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars examine the Earth at night. In this geography instructional activity, students identify the continents at night using various Internet Web sites. This instructional activity may be adapted for use with middle school and...
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Au Revoir to All That

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Learners take a close look at the president of France, In this French history activity, students visit selected websites to take in French culture, investigate the 2005 riots, and predict what President Sarkozy's leadership may resemble.
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D-Day: June 6, 1944

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the preparations for the invasion of France on June 6, 1944. After viewing a clip from "The War", they identify the demands and concerns of all military leaders for this invasion. They use maps to examine the...
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Louisiana and Canada: Understanding Acadian Cultural connections

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate why Acadians moved to Lousiana.  In this geography lesson, 9th graders research the migration of Acadian to Louisiana and how that influenced the culture.  Students analyze a list of cultural and physical...
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I Had a Euro in Paris

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders pretend to take a trip to Paris, France. Using the city as a guide, they identify its unique characteristics and research a physical feature that dominates the city. They follow the journey of one euro to show the concept...

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