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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Buster's Egyptian Adventure

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students join Buster Baxter on a ancient Egypt, in this geography activity. Students learn about Cairo, ancient Egypt, the pyramids, the Nile River, and relevant vocabulary terms. Then students write about what they've learned in the...
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Sweet Briar College: Athenian Acropolis, Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the term "acropolis" as well as a description of how the acropolis was used in classical Greece. Also contains extensive information about the Parthenon and Erechtheum, which were built on the Acropolis.
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Smart History

Smarthistory: Latin American Art: An Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Smarthistory presents a scholarly discussion on Latin American art. Along with photos and images, Dr. Maya Jimenez introduces the importance of studying Latin American art, defines the term Latin America and descirbes geographical...
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Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington: Abc's of Indiana Geology 4 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
One of four sets of 26 ABC cards that have definitions and descriptions of geologic terms and earth science concepts. This set looks at significant geological locations in Indiana.
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US Department of Education

Nces: The Nation's Report Card (Naep)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Nation's Report Card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Since 1969,...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The American Civil War: An Environmental View

For Students 9th - 10th
The telling of the Civil War from an ecological view from the National Humanities Center. The toll of life taken of young men and animals, the devastation of cities, towns, farmland, trees, and forests - all these factors are discussed...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Geographic Terms

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] These five Activote questions will help determine if students can identify major geographic features to include fjords, canyons, cliffs, channels, sea, bay, and isthmus.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Loaves of Landforms

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This is a comprehensive lesson plan to teach primary students about landforms. A foundation in geography begins with an understanding of the terms geographers use to describe the features of Earth. Help students grow their vocabulary and...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Tides

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides a comprehensive study of the tides with the use of pictures, graphs, tables, Internet web sites, animations, and student interaction with the ACTIVboard, a glossary of tide...
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Monroe County Women's Disability Network: Maps & Globes: Water Forms

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is provided for by the Monroe County Women's Disability Network. Some basic information about water on our planet and the various water forms that make up three-quarters of the earth's surface. Includes some simple quizzes to...
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Types of Maps

For Students 3rd - 8th
Enchanted Learning provides an easy-to-understand explanation of projections. Site also provides a graph of related terms such as conic projection, cylindrical projection, Mercator projection, and more.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Loaves of Landforms!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A foundation in geography begins with an understanding of the terms geographers use to describe the features of Earth. This lesson plan is designed to help students grow their vocabulary and learn to recognize common landforms in a...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:the Gulf Coast Region: Effects of Katrina

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Research and discuss the history, topography, economics and demographics of the Gulf Coast Region to explain how and why Hurricane Katrina caused such devastation. Predict the long-term effects of this storm on the geography of the region.

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