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Earth at Night

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars examine the Earth at night. In this geography activity, students identify the continents at night using various Internet Web sites. This activity may be adapted for use with middle school and high school young scholars.
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Where Am I?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars identify volcano locations by latitude and longitude. They analyze a world map, and complete a "Volcano Event Locations Chart."
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The Greatest Educational Change America Has Ever Seen

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars connect the symbols from the design of the United States Mint Fifty State Quarters Program to our country's history in this five-lesson unit. The culture, unique heritage, and geography of the individual states are probed.
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Time Line of the Year

For Teachers K - 8th
Students record special events and memories on a timeline of the school year. In this timeline lesson, students understand the purpose of a timeline as they chart important events of the school year using photos, drawings, handprints,...
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Global Economy: A Simple Activity

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore the global economy. In this economics lesson, students examine clothing labels in search of the countries the clothing was made in. Students consider the implications of a global economy.
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Proverbs of One World

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Bring your class to the computer lab, and have them use the library and online resources to select proverbs related to specified themes. They create a book or bulletin board of proverbs that offer lessons connected to themes of freedom,...
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Ring of Fire

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students locate some of the 1,500 active volcanoes on a world map. Then by comparing their maps with a map of the world's tectonic plates, they discover that volcanoes occur because of the dynamic nature of the Earth's lithosphere.
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Magical Maps

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss the importance of using maps and how they are used. After they listen to a folktale, they develop their own story line maps and write their own folktale to accompany a map. They also identify and locate the seven...
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Radio Program #3: Company Towns

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students analyze the characteristics of company towns. They locate former company towns on a map. Students classify the perspectives of residents of company towns. Creative writing unfolds within this lesson.
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We Flip for Quarters!

For Teachers K - 1st
Flip-books which represent one of five states are created by your class in this art and geography lesson. All of the materials for the flip-books are embedded in this inventive plan. They will make a book for: Kentucky, Vermont, Rhode...
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March First Independence Movement

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners study the pro-independence movement of 1919 in Korea. For this Korean history lesson, students investigate the implications of Japanese occupation of Korea and create posters that feature the essence of the Korean...
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La Mobile: A Case Study of Exploration and Settlement

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The Le Moyne brothers, Jean-Baptiste and Pierre, were among the first explorers of the Gulf Coast. Class members read biographical information and journal entries about these men, study maps showing where the settlements they established...
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Location, Location, Location: Civilization's Ultimate Advantage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how geographical advantages, locational and regional, ultimately led to western Eurasian societies' disproportionate accounting of world power and innovation. They utilize a workbook which can be downloaded within this...
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Police Action: The Korean War, 1950-1953

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore why the United States became involved in the war in Korea. They discuss the confict between Truman and MacArthur, culminating in the latter's dismissal from command. They identify on a world map foreign countires...
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Basic Waltz Steps

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learn the five basic waltz steps: box step, under arm turn, walt left box or waltz right box, hesitation step, and progressive waltz step. Teach a little about the history of the waltz and the countries from which it came: Germany and...
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Quilt? What Quilt? I Don't See a Quilt!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze maps and cultures of major cities in the state of Arizona and designate different regions within the state according to geography and economy.
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Geography and Social Sciences

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and explain how geography is connected to other academic areas and historical events.
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Geography: Floods on Topical Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore, examine and study the causes and effects of flooding to assess floods in the past to understand floods in the present. They view a variety of video clips and discuss them and then divide up into small groups to plan...
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Discovering Dinosaurs: Planning your Summer Vacation

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students utilize the features of the Atlas of Canada website to plan an imaginary vacation from Victoria, British Columbia to Drumheller, Alberta.
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Lesson 3: Making a Living

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, in groups, create hypothetical financial plans for a colonial Maine family living on the frontier.
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Legends of the Fifth

For Teachers 5th
Students explore the the legends and myths of the Orient, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas in this six lessons unit. Different cultures and belief systems of the inhabitants of these areas are examined through storytelling techniques.
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"Place the State" Game

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students participate in a computer game in which they locate and place the U.S. states on a blank outline map. In small groups, they take turns dragging and dropping the states in the proper location on a map.
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Preparing for Disaster

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the effects of earthquakes. In this earthquake lesson, students investigate survival strategies and disaster preparedness in the wake of an earthquake.
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D'Nile Is Where It's At!

For Teachers 1st
Students travel down the Nile River to survey ancient Egypt in this unit of nine lessons. Data about pharaohs, hieroglyphics, growing crops, pyramids, the geography, and the sacred rituals are explored in this unit.

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