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Annenberg Foundation

Teaching Geography: Workshop 4—North Africa/Southwest Asia

For Students 9th - 12th
Can Jerusalem be equitably organized? Can Israel and Palestine be successfully partitioned? Part one of a two-part workshop looks at the geo-political history of Jerusalem while Part two investigates Egypt's dependence of the Nile River...
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Curated OER

Asia and the South Pacific: Political Map

For Students 5th - 12th
In this Asia and the South Pacific map instructional activity, students examine national political boundaries and national capitals in this region of the world.
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Curated OER

South Asia: Political Map

For Students 6th - 12th
In this South Asia outline map worksheet, students & examine boundaries of each of the countries in the region. This map is labeled with the country and capital city names.
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Curated OER

Central and Northern Asia: Political

For Students 6th - 12th
In this Central and Northern Asia outline map, students examine the political boundaries of the nations in this region and note the location of their capital cities. This unlabeled map may be used in a variety of classroom activities.
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Curated OER

Southeast Asia and the South Pacific: Political

For Students 6th - 12th
In this Southeast Asia and the South Pacific political map worksheet, students examine boundaries of each of the countries and the placement of the capital cities. The major bodies of water are labeled.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Refugees From Vietnam and Cambodia

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The United States may have pulled its troops from the Vietnam War in 1973, but the conflict was far from over for the citizens living in Asia at the time. An informative resource lets learners know about the wave of over 220,000...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Asian Maps

For Teachers 6th - 10th
In these Maps of Asia worksheets, students examine four different maps, including two different political maps and one unlabeled physical map.
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Curated OER

Central and Northern Asia: Political

For Students 6th - 12th
In this Central and Northern Asia map worksheet, students examine national political boundaries and national capitals in this region of the world. The map is labeled.
Organizer
Curated OER

Asia and the South Pacific : Political Map

For Students 6th - 12th
In this Asia and the South Pacific map activity, students examine the boundaries of the nations in this region of the world. Students also note the location of capital cities as they are denoted by stars. Major bodies of water are labeled.
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Curated OER

Africa & Asia: Labeled Map

For Students 5th - 12th
In this African and Asian political map worksheet, students examine national boundaries and national capitals of the continents.
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Curated OER

The Age of Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners apply computer skills to gain further insight into early exploration. They analyze the role of each explorer and evaluate their importance. Students comprehend the Chronology of Discovery and Trade of early explorers. They...
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Curated OER

From the Heights to the Depths

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create a relief map of Asia and Australia. They work in small groups on sections of the map to make one complete map of the continents.
PPT
Curated OER

Alexander the Great and Hellenistic Greece

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Visual images, maps, and notes on the great philosophers and scientists of Hellenistic Greece await your class. While light in terms of text, the presentation provides images that should help you to describe the area and reign of...
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Curated OER

Understanding "The Stans"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore and locate "The Stans" in Central Asia to create, write and illustrate maps, graphs and charts to organize geographic information. They analyze the historical and physical characteristics of Central Asia via graphic...
PPT
Curated OER

The Geography of the Middle East

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Topographic, political, and satellite maps establish the world of the Middle East for your class- a land about which they have heard quite a lot, but might not really understand. This presentation would be a good introduction into a unit...
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Curated OER

China - the Geography of European Imperialism - Spheres of Influence in China

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders create a map of China. They identify the various spheres of influence carved out by the Imperialist powers of Europe as well as locating geographical features of china and major cities. They explain the global impact of...
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Curated OER

Asia Crossword

For Students 8th - 12th
In this geography activity, students complete a crossword puzzle on the continent of Asia. They answer 21 questions related to the type of government systems found, capital cities, deepest lake, and lowest population density.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Kinds of Maps

For Students 4th - 5th
In this map worksheet, students match a set of descriptions with the names of different types of maps and answer true/false questions and short answer questions about using maps.
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Curated OER

South east Asia and the South Pacific: Political: Labeled Map

For Students 6th - 12th
In this Asia and the South Pacific map worksheet, students examine the boundaries of the nations in this region of the world. Students also note the location of capital cities as they are denoted by stars. This map is labeled.
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Global Oneness Project

Documenting Architectural Heritage

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Imagine going from being one of the richest, most important cities in the world to one of the poorest. Imagine the history captured in the architecture of such a city. Imagine these same now abandoned buildings being destroyed. How would...
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University of California

Decolonization

For Teachers 10th Standards
The ripple effect from one small event can impact many others. Young historians research the ripple effect World War II had on decolonization in the second installment of an eight-part series. Through primary and secondary documents as...
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Curated OER

Silk Roads Big Map

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students create an oversized map from Europe to East Asia. They include information such as Silk Roads, geographical features, major cities and cultural information on their map.
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Curated OER

Put the Mountains on the Map

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students discuss what they know about the regions where snow leopards live. They observe the worksheets to see if they can identify any of the mountain ranges and then use atlases to check and complete the country identification worksheet.
PPT
Curated OER

Final Regents Review: Greece

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Take your students on a free trip to Athens this year with this presentation, which tours the geography, history, and modern changes in the country of Greece. Clear, easy-to-understand maps and pictures help students to appreciate this...