You be the Tour Guide

Students explore geographic locations and locate towns on a map using map coordinates.

Students evaluate how the impact of building of towns affected slavery.  In this United States History lesson, students work in small groups to construct a map, then they participate in a role-playing activity.

Work on your map skills with a packet of activities about the river basins in the Democratic Republic on Congo. Learners study the maps provided before answering the geography questions and writing an acrostic poem about the region.

Students read about the history of cattle trails and complete language arts, math, social studies, and more activities about barbed wire. In this barbed wire lesson plan, students read poetry, research changes over time, draw cattle...

Seventh graders use the Internet to research their town's history. They create a travel brochure for their town.

Students, after exploring several secondary historical sources, compare/contrast their local history of the Brush Lake area, by viewing their own individual local histories. They assess contemporary cultures of the white homesteaders and...

Students, after watching the program "New Kid in Town," are introduced to the White House in Washington, D.C. They explore the difficulties of fitting into a new environment along with new acquaintances. They stress and address the...

In this iron working activity, students read about iron working, answer short answer questions, draw a picture, and more. Students complete 5 activities.

Students demonstrate how to locate places on a map using coordinates. In this map skills instructional activity, students work in small groups and select a name from a map index to locate. Students use coordinates to identify the...