Mapping A U.S.Park Trip

In this landforms and physical regions learning exercise, students use maps of the U.S. landforms and regions to answer six questions.

Students explore the symbols found in a map legend. In this map skills lesson plan, students locate the legend on a political map and explain what each of the symbols mean. Students locate and identify several symbols on the map.

In this map scale worksheet, learners analyze a map of the U.S. with major cities marked. The map has a scale of one inch equaling 475 miles. Students use an inch ruler and the map to estimate the distances between each pair of cities....

In these two worksheets, students use map skills to read a map of the U.S. desserts and write answers to questions and use a form to write and send a letter to the editor. Students write 15 answers.

Young scholars share their knowledge of Lewis and Clark, then read a news article about the redesign on the U.S. nickel to commemorate Lewis and Clark's expedition. Introduce the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then...

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...

Middle schoolers utilize maps/Atlases to find key spatial information, locate U.S. National Parks, characterize the geography of a specific region, and create a National Park brochure.

For this American Indians in the U.S. worksheet, students read a map based on the 2000 census count and then respond to 4 short answer questions regarding the data.

Students investigate the accuracy of historical maps. In this historical maps lesson, students access 4 maps from the Library of Congress and evaluate the accuracy and perspective of U.S. maps from the past.

What does it mean to be American? Explore the constitution and what it really means to be a citizen here. First, learners of all ages will investigate different primary source documents. Then, they establish each document's...