Curated OER
Product Line
Students research products imported from Europe and use a map to show the routes the products might have followed to reach this country. They take a field trip to a store that carries imported products and take note of how many come from...
Curated OER
Earthweek
Students explore the ongoing changes in the relationship between human beings and their physical world. They read articles on environmental changes. Students write a short analysis of the effect of the event on the residents of the area...
Curated OER
Elements of Biology: Biomes
Young scholars describe the different types of biomes. In this biology lesson, students create a map of assigned biome with descriptive paragraphs. They share their findings to class.
Curated OER
Where Did It Come From?
Students research island formation, plot locations on a map and make an analysis of why some islands are formed where they are.
Curated OER
Defining Ethnic Minorities in China
Ninth graders, in groups, research some of China's 56 identified ethnic groups. They prepare maps and posters to display their research.
Curated OER
Economics: World Trade Patterns
Students examine world trade patterns and discover the role of commodities in trade. While explaining the benefits of trade, they create maps and flowcharts depicting the patterns of goods and people movement. Also, students write...
Curated OER
Studying Locally, Teaching Globally
Students work in small groups to create outlines and mind-maps that demonstrate their understanding of the effects of outsourcing on economic relationships and the U.S. economy.
Curated OER
The Shape of Arkansas
Students are shown a United States map and learn the location and shape of Arkansas. They take a map home for their family to help them locate close family members across the United States.
Curated OER
The New Californians
Young scholars identify the groups of immigrants who came to California. They trace the route they possibly took to American on a world map. They discuss the reasons why they left their homeland and what challenges they faced once they...
Curated OER
Boundaries
Learners are introduced to the term of mental mapping. Individually, they develop their own mental map of Washington state and discuss as a class what makes a boundary. They draw their mental map on paper and compare it with their...
Curated OER
A Nation in (Some) Context
Eleventh graders view selected websites to gain information about Puerto Rico and think about its relevance to Rafael Ferrer's "12 Variations on An 18th-century Map of Puerto Rico".
Curated OER
Latin America: Places and Regions
Seventh graders create a Latin American portfolio in the form of a country presentation using PowerPoint software. They use their knowledge of geographic concepts to interpret maps, globes, charts, diagrams, and timelines.
Curated OER
Plate Tectonics: Recycling the Seafloor
Pupils classify earth's layers and plates using Ocean Seismicity data. In this plate tectonics lesson, students outline where the plate boundaries are on the world map. They then compare these predicted boundaries with USGS map of the...
Curated OER
Plate Tectonics
Students simulate the three types of plate boundaries using robots. For this earth science lesson, students explain how earthquakes and volcanoes are formed. They collect real-world earthquake data and plot them on the map.
Curated OER
Celebrate Your Heritage
Students investigate what countries their ancestors originally came from and locate them on a world map. They use a map to plot the ancestral path that has led to their hometown. They create a travel log outlining facts/data about...
Curated OER
Ways We Use Water
Fourth graders write a persuasive paper after a demonstration about the properties of water and how they work. The lesson also uses a mind map to outline the paper.
Curated OER
Au Marche Sandaga a Dakar
A 3-day French lesson plan targeting food shopping vocabulary. It is designed for elementary French learners pretending to communicate with merchants in a small village outside of Dakar. The plan follows a class reading of the picture...
Curated OER
Salt: White Gold
Young scholars examine the importance of salt for trade routes and the economy of a community.
Curated OER
Helping Countries in Turmoil
Students discover the struggles of emerging democracies. In this service learning lesson, students research a non-profit agency that is assisting the people of an emerging democracy and create and advertisement.
Curated OER
The Importance of Rivers in the Development of Early Civilizations Importance of Rivers in the Development of Early Civilizations
Sixth graders explore the role of rivers in the construction of early civilizations. In this importance of rivers lesson, 6th graders listen to a poem written by Langston Hughes and work cooperatively to develop a graphic organizer to...
Curated OER
Helping Countries in Turmoil
Students create an advertisement that promotes a nonprofit. In this service learning instructional activity, students research emerging democracies and brainstorm ways to help local nonprofit organizations.
Curated OER
Lifestyles in the 13 Colonies
Seventh graders explore American colonial life. In this Colonial America lesson, 7th graders research Internet and print sources to create Inspiration projects on colonial America.
Curated OER
One Country's Slave Trade
Students examine the slave trade. For this research skills lesson, students research the slave trade in a selected country. Students use databases to locate pertinent information in order to prepare an oral presentation.
Curated OER
Global Intelligence
Students discuss the war in Afghanistan and the conditions surrounding the hunt for Osama bin Laden after reading the article "Bin Laden and Omar: Far Harder to Find" from The New York Times. After the class discussion, students...
Other popular searches
- World Outline Maps
- World War I Outline Map
- Blank World Outline Maps
- World Outline Political Map
- World Climate Map Outline