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Composers and Their Countries

For Students K - 12th
How many of the world's greatest composers were born in Austria? Or Germany? Or the United States? An interactive map provides young musicians with information about prominent composers in the last few centuries, as well as the periods...
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1861: The Country Goes to War

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
What was it like to know the Civil War was coming? Using a graphic timeline activity and excerpts of speeches from Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, learners consider the early days of the conflict. The resource includes prompts for...
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1861: The Country Goes to War

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
While the firing on Ft. Sumter may have seemed like a sudden event, the long march to war spanned decades. Using games and a presentation, class members review the events that led up to the fateful April day in 1861 when brother turned...
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The Wrath of Hurricane Mitch

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate how hurricanes and other natural disasters can devastate the elements of the infrastructure of a country, as well as the lives of its people.
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Spanish Drama: Latin America

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore Hispanic countries.  In this Hispanic culture and language lesson, students choose an Hispanic country to research.  Students explore given websites and prepare a dramatization incorporating the facts they...
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Flags Of Latin America

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers determine the symbolism of Latin American flags. In this Latin America lesson, students research the cultures and histories of countries as well as the history behind their flags. Middle schoolers recreate the flags and...
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Freedoms We Enjoy

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners compare lifestyles of the United States to another foreign country. In this social studies instructional activity, students use the information they previously researched on the Internet and publish a PowerPoint presentation to...
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European Cities

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study European cities and label countries on a map, match cities to countries, and answer true and false questions. For this European cities lesson plan, students also guess the names of cities they see pictures of.
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Bringing Cultures Together

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research specific information for the United Nations and present them in a PowerPoint presentation. They connect with another student in in their country of research by emailing them. They create a blog of creative writing...
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Middle East Map Quiz

For Students 7th - 12th
In this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students examine the map that includes 26 Middle Eastern countries. Students identify the names of the countries in 4 minutes.
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Le Monde Francais

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners research countries that were occupied by the French and how the French culture influenced the native culture. They conduct Internet research, and create a PowerPoint presentation displaying their research information and...
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Foods and Languages of the World

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore cultures around the world. In this cross-curriculum geography lesson, students listen to This is the Way We Go to School , a Book about Children around the World , and locate various countries on the globe and a map....
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North American Flags Quiz

For Students 6th - 12th
In this online interactive country flag quiz activity, students examine the 19 pictured North American country flags and select the appropriate country names to match the flags. Students may submit their anwers to be scored.
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Alike or Different?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this venn diagram worksheet, students write down facts about the United States and another country. Students organize their facts by comparing what is similar and different.
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Asian Flags

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Asian flags learning exercise, learners write the name of the Asian country next to its flag. Students write the name of 15 countries next to their flags.
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South American Flags

For Students 5th - 6th
In this identifying flags from the countries in South America worksheet, students write the names of the countries under their flags. Students answer 15 questions.
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Bizarre Food

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students research foods from other countries. In this multicultural food instructional activity, students view a list of foods that kings and queens ate on an overhead transparency and go to the website www.jamessolheim.com/teachers1.htm...
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African Flags

For Students 5th - 6th
For this recognizing the flags from African countries worksheet, learners match the African country's name with its flag. Students answer 20 questions.
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Assigning Roles: Becoming Advisors to Individual Nations and Assembling Country Profiles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers role play the role of advisors to countries on the issue of global warming. In their groups, they identify the main issues affecting their country along with any opposing viewpoints. They use the internet to research...
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The City and the Country

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this comparing and categorizing worksheet, students use the vocabulary words listed to compare and then categorize city life and country life.
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Sort and Classify: Countries

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this sorting and classifying worksheet, learners sort countries into 3 groups based on a single characteristic. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Producing a concept map for governance of countries in the EU

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore, examine and study the terminology associated with governance and discover the types of governance within each EU country. They produce a mind map that concentrates on UK government and monarchy and critique the...
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Spanish Speaking Countries

For Students 9th - 12th
In this foreign language worksheet, students find the words that are related to examining the names of Spanish speaking countries. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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North America: Three Countries Map

For Students 6th - 12th
For this North American political map worksheet, students examine the boundaries of the three countries of North America.

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