Worksheet
Curated OER

Physical and Human Geography Review Worksheet and Study Guide

For Students 6th - 9th
In this geography skills learning exercise, learners respond to 30 short answer questions pertaining to physical and human geography.
Lesson Plan
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My World Wide Tour of Spanish Speaking Countries

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students organize a two week travel plan through Spanish speaking countries all over the world. plan their flight schedules, accommodations, and tours of cultural events. Students compute the total cost of their trip.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

New Hampshire and the Five Themes of Geography

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the location, place, human-environmental interactions, movement, and regions of the New Hampshire landscape through the use of visual representations.
Lesson Plan
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Cargo Shipping

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students work effectively in groups to achieve a common goal: Create the most efficient cargo shipping route. They successfully identify and locate port cities using latitude and longitude. To use the formula r=d/t (rate equals distance...
Lesson Plan
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A Birthday in Amsterdam

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars view Rembrandt's etching, View of Amsterdam. They compare commerce and trade of 17th-century Amsterdam to modern day. They create self-portraits of themselves as children with birthday gifts during the 17th century.
Lesson Plan
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Helping Hands: Promoting Gloval Awareness

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore Canadian support for foreign aide. In groups, 11th graders discuss Canadian aide policies and express their opinion of each. Students brainstorm methods of contributing to developing nations. They complete...
Lesson Plan
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See the World

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders locate and write creatively about different places and their cultures. They identify the physical, economic, social, political and cultural characteristics of selected regions in the Eastern Hemisphere. Finally, 7th...
Lesson Plan
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NAFTA Trade Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the geography, economics and government of Canada and how that affects US/Canadian trade relations. For this NAFTA lesson, students play a game, read about Canadian history, and creat a graph.
Lesson Plan
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Mi país

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students research Spanish-speaking countries on the Internet and make a presentation.
Graphic
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Forest Regions, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1898 of the United States showing the forest regions in the contiguous 48 states. "Fully one third of the timber cut in the world each year comes from the forests of the United States. Indeed, lumbering is carried on so...
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Other

Metrocosm: Mapping the Flow of International Trade

For Students 9th - 10th
According to the UN, the global market for imported goods is $15.6 trillion as of 2015. Use this unique global map to see how trade flows between countries. Select a country to see imports and exports from that specific country.
Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Jamaica

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Jamaica. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It includes...
Graphic
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Etc: Maps Etc: Economic and Commercial Activity in the Philippine Islands, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of the Philippine Islands showing the principal commercial products in the region, with the products named in red. The map shows major cities and chief seaports, railroads, navigable rivers, islands and coastal features....
Graphic
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Etc: Maps Etc: Economic and Commercial Activity in Porto Rico, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands showing the economic and commercial activity, including principal products, railroad transportation, and import and export information.
Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Renaissance: Exploration and Trade

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed introduction on exploration and trade during the Renaissance. Provides an overview of the tools created during the Middle Ages that made such travels by sea possible as well as insight into the types of goods traders sought in...
Handout
Latimer Clarke Corporation

Atlapedia Online: Argentina

For Students Pre-K - 1st
If you're doing a research paper on Argentina, this is a great place to begin. Has information about the history, people, geography, climate, economy, and more. Click on the map image to get more details and an enlarged view.
Handout
Latimer Clarke Corporation

Atlapedia Online: Chile

For Students Pre-K - 1st
If you're doing a research paper on Chile, this is a great place to begin. Has information about the history, people, geography, climate, economy, and more. Click on the map image to get more details and an enlarged view.
Graphic
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Map of Austria

For Students 6th - 8th
This site is a resource for information on Austria. The site includes a map and flag, government, population, ethnicity, languages, communications, exports and imports, economic summary, and a history of the country.
Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Tunisia

For Students 9th - 10th
Facts about Tunisia including environmental issues, geography, government, people, water, economy, agriculture, and energy resources.
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Flag of Austria

For Students 6th - 8th
This site is a resource for information on Austria. The site includes a map and flag, government, population, ethnicity, languages, communications, exports and imports, economic summary, and a history of the country.