Introducing Topographic Maps: Guiding Students from Concrete Models to Graphic Representations

Seventh graders explore China. In this China lesson plan, 7th graders create a topographic relief map of China illustrating/outlining hills, plateaus, mountains and rivers, create a mural of the Yangtze River area including rice fields,...

Eighth graders explore the ocean floor. In this topography lesson, 8th graders compare topographical maps to bathymetric charts. They will create a topographic map and note landmarks and other land features.

Do pupils know that the Vietnam War spanned a period of 30 years? A war that long is bound to leave devastating effects. Help young historians develop a comprehensive understanding of the war through multiple units on the subject that...

Students explore and analyze examples of changing relationships between patterns of settlement and land use in the state of Minnesota. They view different avenues of transportation, cities, suburbs, city planners and suburbanization.

Middle schoolers identify at least five features of their neighborhood that would appeal to their audience to describe in the brochure. They organize information and write the text for their neighborhood promotional brochure. Pupils...

Students explore the information depicted on topographic maps. They construct a 3-D topographic map of a local area. They go on a field trip to the depicted area and compare the 'real world' with their models.

Young scholars discuss different types of maps, their similarities and differences. Using a Topographical Maps CD-rom program students create their own map.

Students identify physical characteristics of developing streams and infer changes in the landscape by creating a river model.

Explore the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War with this fantastic resource, a two-week unit of eight lessons on such topics as Manifest Destiny, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and the annexation of Texas. The unit...

Students identify concrete and abstract nouns in the preamble to the Constitution, and complete Frayer Model graphic organizers using history and current events as examples of American values. In this preamble lesson plan, students use...