The Global Grapefruit - Maps vs Globes

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

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,...

Pupils investigate how to use a globe. In this map skills lesson, students define what a globe is and locate the various continents on the globe. Pupils are also asked to locate the four oceans on the globe.

Fifth graders experiment with an orange to understand what happens when a map is flattened out.  In this global maps instructional activity, 5th graders recognize the reason for the distortion of a flat map. 

Students explore cartography.  In this map skills and map making lesson, Students work in groups to create wall size world maps including legends, compass roses, latitude and longitude, and physical features.  Students collect current...

Which countries implemented women's suffrage before the 19th amendment went into effect in the United States? Which countries still do not allow women to vote? Watch the global spread of women's rights in an interactive timeline that...

What is a community? Find out with a activity that sheds light onto the different types of communities—school, local, and global. Scholars read informational text detailing the life of a young girl from Cape Verde and take part in a...

Students locate different places on globes and maps by learning about latitude and longitude lines. In this latitude and longitude lesson plan, students identify specific locations based on the degrees of latitude and longitude.

Students compare and contrast world maps and globes. They convert a 3-dimensional globe to a 2-dimensional map. They are introduced to the Mercator map projection. They observe map distortions of shape, area, distance, directions and angle.

Young scholars discuss the origin of various maps focusing on the values behind them. Students also explore how human needs and geography influence community settlement patterns. Young scholars extend learning by creating and mapping...