Mapping A U.S.Park Trip

In this landforms and physical regions worksheet, 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, 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, students 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.

Students 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...

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...

Students conduct research to discover about Mrs. Rosa Parks' historic role in the U.S. civil rights movement. They create an original artwork to depict the setting in which Mrs. Parks acted for fairness and then create a puppet show to...

Students 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.

The U.S. Constitution requires that the President be born in the United States. The 42 Presidents were born in 20 of the 50 states (or in colonies that later became states). This instructional activity uses maps to process and report...

In 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.