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Organizer
Curated OER

United States Outline Map

For Students 5th - 12th
In this United States outline map worksheet, students note the political boundaries of the states that are labeled with state capitals.
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Organizer
Curated OER

United States Map: Capitals

For Students 4th - 10th
In this United States outline map worksheet, students make note of the political divisions of 50 states of the nation. This map is labeled with the 50 state capitals.
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Organizer
Curated OER

USA Map

For Students 4th - 10th
In this United States political map worksheet, students examine state boundaries. The map may be used in a variety of classroom activities.
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PBS

Make a Balloon Globe

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
"We've got the whole world in our hands," is what your students will be singing after completing this fun geography activity. Using the included templates for the seven continents and a balloon, they create their very own globes.
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Lesson Plan
Cornell University

Too Much of a Good Thing?

For Students 4th - 5th
Continuing their study of beneficial insects, young entomologists discover where in the world some of these bugs are. By labeling, coloring, and using the scale on a map, pupils explore the territories and arrival of the Asian lady...
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Institute for Geophysics

Understanding Maps of Earth

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Here is your go-to student resource on primary geography concepts, including facts about the surface of the earth and its hemispheres, latitude and longitude, globes, types of maps, and identifying continents and oceans.
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Curated OER

History of the Masons

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students are divided into groups and follow directions of their group leaders and complete a worksheet while on site.
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Curated OER

Survival of Native American Culture

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research the five tribes of the Iroquois Nation focusing on housing, food, clothing, transportation, religion, and language. They research using Internet sources and book mark sites for reuse.
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Curated OER

Book: Crossing the Seas

For Teachers 4th - 6th
As learners read each chapter of Eric Schwartz's Crossing the Seas, they analyze the actions of United States in Venezuela, Hawaii, Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and the intent of the Monroe Doctrine. They then compare American...
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Lesson Plan
ESL Library

Beginner Level Thanksgiving ESL Lesson Plan

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Thanksgiving is a cherished tradition in the United States and Canada. Introduce the beginnings of the Thanksgiving celebration with a resource that features reading comprehension activities, vocabulary exercises, and a short writing...
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Worksheet
University of Florida

Sailing to St. Augustine

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Using a Florida map from 1597, young explorers consider the physical characteristics they would need in a site for a new colony and the resources they would need to survive. After selecting a site, class members research to discover the...
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

What Do You Know About Horses?

For Students 6th - 12th
A 10-question online quiz tests scholars' knowledge about horses: all answers come with an informative explanation. 
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Curated OER

What They Left Behind: Early Multi-National Influences in the United States

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how the European voyages of discovery influence American culture even today. They map eighteenth century Europe's impact on the United States.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What They Left Behind: Early Multi-National Influences in the United States

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners research the impact of European voyages of discovery and colonial influence on different aspects of American culture. They access a number of online sources and reference maps to trace the influences of England, France, Holland,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Species and Specimens: Exploring Local Biodiversity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students practice skills essential to all scientific investigation: carefully observing and collecting data. They become field biologists in a series of hands-on activities to collect and identify specimens, and survey and calculate the...
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Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - Whopping Crane

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

4th Grade Social Studies Quiz

For Students 4th
In this social studies worksheet, 4th graders complete multiple choice questions about government, wars, natural resources, and more. Students complete 30 questions.
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K12 Reader

The Metric System

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
How did the metric system come to be, and why does the US not use it very much? Your class can learn the answers to these questions with the reading passage included here and then respond to the five related questions.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Taste the Learning

For Teachers All
Lesson and activity ideas to Incorporate National Blueberry Month into all content areas.
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

The Louisiana Purchase

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Readers are asked to identify the main idea and two supporting ideas in a brief passage about the Louisiana Purchase.
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

The Mississippi River

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
After examining a short passage about the Mississippi River system, readers use the provided graphic organizer to identify the main idea and supporting ideas in the article.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Physical Education Unit Plan: Soccer - Lesson 9

For Teachers 6th - 12th
By the ninth lesson in this soccer unit, learners have studied this sport from many angles. Here they consider the right to play. Take a look at how much money professional athletes earn. Is there a difference between how much men make...
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VIF Learning Center

Languages as Reflection of Cultures and Civilizations: French Speaking Countries

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Expand your class's vision of the French-speaking world by conducting this research project. Pupils focus on building 21st-century skills while they look up information about a French country and put together presentations.
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Dick Blick Art Materials

Percussive Pods

For Teachers K - 12th
Combine the study of art, music, and history with an activity that asks kids to craft rattles out of slabs of clay.

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