Finding Your Spot in the World

Students learn the concept of movement by locating their house and the houses of their ancestors.

Students use a variety of maps to locate their home, their school and the origin of their ancestors.

Support young learners as they expand their cultural awareness with this list of children's literature on countries from around the globe. Including both fictional and non-fictional texts. This resource will help students across the...

Students complete an online geography instructional activity and role play the results.  In this where in the world instructional activity, students create a tableau in pairs and act out their dialogue. Student tableau tells destinations...

What strategies are employed when creating propaganda? Your young historians will learn about six different techniques utilized in the construction of political propaganda, particularly in the advertisements of World War I. The...

Through guided discussions and collaborative activities, your class members will not only have the opportunity to learn more about the rights of women in Iraq, but they will also consider common misconceptions of Islam and examine the...

Democracy cannot exist where not everyone has equal rights. Discuss the state of democracy and women's suffrage during World War I with class discussions, debates, and primary source analysis, in order for class members to connect with...

Students locate several community places using a Thomas Brothers map. They work in small groups to locate where each student's house is located. Then they put yarn from their house to a country of one of their ancestors.

Consider various aspects of world hunger in this writing instructional activity. After taking a pre-test, middle and high schoolers play a map game, analyze and discuss world statistics, and write a report on an assigned country. The...

Discover the rich cultural traditions and remarkable ingenuity of indigenous people and African slaves by learning about one of the most popular percussion instruments in the world today.