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Motivating Activities for Geography Week

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Here is a great way to pique your students' interest in geography, and help them learn about their world.
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Integrated Dance Curriculum: Snow

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students, through the leading questions, guided imagery, and dance, gain a greater comprehension of snow, weather, and the five senses.
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The Water Cycle: Revising the Drafts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore states of matter by concentrating on the ways in which water moves between its solid, liquid, and gaseous states in a variety of Earth environments familiar to the students. Students represent these movements in dance.
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Ancient Americas

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders compare artifacts used by archaeologists to theorize the first inhabitants of the Americas migrated from Asia across the Bering Land Bridge.
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Spiritual Power of Symbols

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Pupils examine how symbols are used in some societies to influence spirits and to protect rooms. They discuss and view examples of doors decorated with symbols, and create a door mural using African and American symbols.
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Statue of Liberty

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discuss aspects of the Statue of Liberty and create their own personalized statue. Students use symbols to represent themselves in their own drawings of the Statue of Liberty.
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World History Worksheet # 7 Questions

For Students 6th - 8th
What do we know about the ancient Mayan civilization? In this world history worksheet, students utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases pertaining to the Mayan and Olmec to answer 10 fill-in-the-blank questions about the...
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Illinois Challenge

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Illinois instructional activity, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions about Illinois. A reference web site is given for additional activities. 
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Innovation: Light Speed

For Students 9th - 12th
Get your scholars working at "light speed" with this worksheet on how different wave frequencies have been discovered and used. The assignment has 20 short-answer questions, set up in a table. Consider re-doing the table or allowing...
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Illinois Crossword

For Students 4th - 5th
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the clues about the state of Illinois. Students complete the crossword with 10 words about the state.
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Charles Lawrence's Expulsion Orders or Acadians in 1755

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An interesting, but sparse, PowerPoint on early North American history awaits your class. The presentation is only two slides. It is a copy of a letter written by Charles Lawrence to Major Hanfield commanding him to clearing the country...
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Inference

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Making inferences about what you read is an important skill for both elementary, middle, and high school learners. Focusing on events which occurred during World War II, they answer a series of questions related to what we can infer as...
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Pond Life

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Environmental explorers create an experiment related to ponds and then present their finding to the class. This resource is extremely open-ended. It needs more concrete objectives and procedures for meeting them.
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Diversity Geography

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the diversity of people found throughout the world. In this Geography lesson, 9th graders create a short oral report describing that area.  
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Wild Animals in the World

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this wild animals instructional activity, students answer multiple choice map questions, choose the correct animal names for the pictures, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Pass the Plate

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students define constructive forces. They describe how landforms are created as a result of constructive forces. Students recognize active volcano areas in the United States. They demonstrate an understanding of Panagea.
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Similarities Between African Folktales And French Folktales

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the importance of the Storyteller in ancient times as well as in modern times. They realize that this is an art essential to the development and evolution of the mind and that today more than ever we need to rely on...
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Paper Mache Globes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a paper mache model of the earth. At the conclusion of a discussion about the earth, they are given paper mache materials, they create their globe and appropriately draw and label landforms, bodies of water and the...
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World Map and Globe - Lesson 15 (K-3)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover mountain ranges and their locations in the world. In this physical map instructional activity, students locate and identify major mountain ranges of the world on a large physical map.
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National Park Project

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students develop a descriptive and informative brochure for a National Park. They focus on the history and geology of the park, environmental concerns, and visitor actions that could eliminate the environmental concerns.
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Australia

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners participate in activities in which they discover facts about Australia. They examine its climate and history. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.
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The Seafloor

For Students 9th - 12th
For this seafloor worksheet, students describe the different structures found on the seafloor. This worksheet has 6 short answer and 6 matching questions.
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Kids Astronomy

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this astronomy word scramble worksheet, students examine the 16 letter groupings and use the decoder to help them reveal the 16 astronomy terms listed at the bottom of the worksheet,
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Coral Reefs

For Teachers 4th
Study explore coral reefs. In this coral reef lesson, 4th graders examine the physical structure of coral reefs. Students consider why coral reefs need to be protected and ways to protect them.

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