Compass Tag

Explore occupations during the Oregon Trail era. Young researchers define map vocabulary and use this information to identify geographical locations relevant to the common trades of the Westward expansion. They choose a trade and...

Third graders study dance and art of the Plains Indians. They explore 1/2 and 1/4 beats while performing a Medicine Dance and construct a Medicine Dance Tent. They peform the Lakota-Sioux Religious Sun Dance and create Navajo Indian...

Kids become global anthropologists as they explore commonalities and differences both in their classroom and expanding across the globe. Throughout several activities, learners conduct partner interviews that culminate in Venn diagrams,...

Students explore the concept of relative location. In this map instructional activity, students read I Hate English by Ellen Levine and consider how maps and globes help people to familiarize themselves with an area.

Students compare and contrast maps of New Haven, Connecticut from today and the past. After taking a field trip, they draw sketches of the types of architecture and discuss how the buildings have changed over time. They read journal...

Students create a time line of their life starting at birth and each year after that up to their current age. They write and illustrate one important thing for each year, and place their time lines on poster board.