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National Geographic

Mapping the Americas

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Celebrate the geography of the Americas and develop map skills through a series of activities focused on the Western Hemisphere. Learners study everything from earthquakes and volcanoes of the Americas and the relationship between...
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Curated OER

Welcome to the Americas

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students research and map the North and South American continents. In this geography lesson on the Americas, students can locate North, Central and South American countries and states. Students choose a location to research and prepare a...
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Organizer
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Latin America Map Quiz

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Latin America map quiz worksheet, students label all of countries on Central and South American shown on the blank outline map.
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Toco Toucan - Oil Pastels

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create a picture of a toucan from the continent of South America using a pencil, marker, and oil pastels. Students identify the continent of South America and discuss the Toco Toucan. They follow teacher directions to create...
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Printables
NASA

Outline Maps

For Teachers 4th - 12th Standards
Don't miss this gold mine of blank maps for your next geography lesson! Regions include traditional continents such as Asia, Europe, and Africa, as well as other major world areas such as the Pacific Rim and the Middle East.
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Curated OER

South America Layered

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create an overlay map of South America. They show the relationships between population, landforms and economies with their maps.
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Organizer
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South America: Physical Map

For Students 5th - 12th
In this South American physical map activity, students make note of the major landforms and bodies of water located on the continent.
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Organizer
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South American Outline Map

For Students 4th - 10th
For this blank outline map worksheet, students study the political boundaries of the continent of North America and those of the countries located there.
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PPT
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The European Conquest of the Americas

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Witness the birth of the Americas in this presentation, which details the European Explorers who contributed to adding vital details on our modern-day maps. Viewers' worlds will literally expand after seeing the results of Cortes and the...
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Institute for Geophysics

Understanding Maps of Earth

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Here is your go-to student resource on primary geography concepts, including facts about the surface of the earth and its hemispheres, latitude and longitude, globes, types of maps, and identifying continents and oceans.
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Bank Loans Money to Start Businesses

For Teachers 4th - 6th
After locating Latin American countries on a world map, children read about how microbanks are loaning money to help start small businesses. Involving both current events and economics, the teacher introduces the article with a map...
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South American Gauchos

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the culture and background of the South American Pampas and Gauchos. Through reading and discussion activities, 4th graders gather information about the Gauchos. To conclude the lesson, students create a postcard...
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Tennessee State Museum

An Emancipation Proclamation Map Lesson

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Did the Emancipation Proclamation free all slaves during the Civil War? Why was it written, and what were its immediate and long-term effects? After reading primary source materials, constructing political maps representing information...
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Dos mapas de Florida, el Caribe y parte de Sur America

For Teachers 7th - 12th
What can maps tell us about the past? Find out with a Spanish lesson that incorporates geography. After examining maps individually, comparing two old maps of Spanish Florida and writing notes in the provided Venn diagram, pupils pair up...
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PPT
Curated OER

Understanding Latitude and Longitude

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Teaching learners about latitude and longitude can get a little complicated. Present the concept by first representing it as a graph. Just like finding a location on a graph using the x and y-axis, learners will be able to locate items...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Geography Words, Page 1

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this geography words and maps worksheet, students examine maps of North and South America. Students respond to 12 multiple choice questions regarding the maps.
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Worksheet
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Geography Words

For Students 2nd - 4th
This learning exercise uses maps of South America and Canada to combine basic geography vocabulary and using prepositions. Students use the maps to answer questions about the locations of various countries on the two maps. This would be...
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First Nations Contributions

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine countries when they first became nations.  In this Social Studies lesson, 7th graders investigate food that was present in North and South America.  Students prepare a presentation on food for their class. 
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Hernando De Soto's Trip Through South Carolina

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders become familiar with the explorations of Hernando DeSoto. In this DeSoto instructional activity, 4th graders recognize the routes and territories of DeSoto's explorations. Students use primary and secondary sources and...
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Rivers, Maps, and Math

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use maps to locate and label the major rivers of North and South America. Using the internet, they identify forests, grasslands, mountain ranges and other landforms on the continents as well. They compare and contrast the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

School-Home Link: Maps

For Students 4th - 5th
In this atlas and parent communication form learning exercise, students use an atlas to find several things: the capitol city of Japan, the number of countries in Africa, where to buy a newspaper, the names of Presidents of the United...
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Worksheet
University of Florida

Sailing to St. Augustine

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Using a Florida map from 1597, young explorers consider the physical characteristics they would need in a site for a new colony and the resources they would need to survive. After selecting a site, class members research to discover the...
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South Carolina: Loyalist or Patriot?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the battle waged in South Carolina over the American Revolution. In this American Revolution instructional activity, 8th graders analyze primary sources as they determine how the Loyalists and Patriots chose sides...
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Curated OER

Christopher Columbus: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

For Teachers K
Learn more about maps by examining Christopher Columbus's voyage to the New World. Kindergartners will learn about basic map skills and how to identify the compass rose, oceans, and land masses. They will also discover the purpose of...

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