Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Regions of the United States
This lesson provides a variety of activities for the student to become aware of the regions in our country. They will learn the geography and natural resources and how these influence the way of life of the people living in a region.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Farming the Desert: Geography of the Sahel
This lesson is provided to introduce students to the geography and people of the Sahel region and to have them discover the challenges and conflicts faced by the inhabitants. They learn about desertification and what farmers are doing to...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Fraction Models
Explore different representations for fractions including improper fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and percentages. Additionally, there are length, area, region, and set models.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Key Concepts: The Spread of Islam
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school or college level world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge about the spread of Islam.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Human Migration
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of human migration.
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: The Great Lakes: An Environmental History [Pdf]
The University of Michigan provides a PowerPoint presentation on the environmental history of the Great Lakes. Provides aerial shots of the Great Lakes from a satellite, various geographical maps over the Great Lake Region, and pictures...
Other
Geography of Maryland: Brief Overview
A nice, informative site about the geography of Maryland. Presents numerous facts and a summary of the three land regions of Maryland.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Squatter's Rights
Protecting their farms from elephants is a daily fight for African farmers in the Sahel. In this video segment from Africa, learn about the relationship between the African farmers and elephants in the Sahel.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Oceania and Australia
Learn about the region of Australia, Oceania, and its countries on this website. Find out about the flags, maps, exports, natural resources, geography, and languages of Oceania.