Category Archives: Map Skills
Landforms: Mountains, Oceans, Valleys, Rivers, Lakes, Volcanoes, Islands, Peninsulas, etc- Social Studies lesson/project; art
Have students create their own Island. On the Island must be various landforms. These landforms will depend on the grade level of your students. In this particular example, 4th graders were to create an island which included the following items: … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Early Elementary Lesson Plans, Geography, High School, High School Lesson Plans, Intermediate Grades, Intermediate Grades Lesson Plans, Late Elementary, Late Elementary Lesson Plans, Lesson Plans, Map Skills, Social Studies, Social Studies Lesson Plans
Tagged bay, bird island, coast, compass rose, directions, gulf, island, lake, landforms, map, map skills, map with landforms, ocean, peninsula, river, social studies, social studies activity, social studies lesson, valley, volcano
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Online Maps- map collection
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection Click the link to visit online map collections: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
Invent a Country- Social Studies lesson/project can be adjusted to suit any age level, creative writing, art
Students will create their own country. Younger Students: Draw a picture of their country (or community if country is too large of a concept), giving it a name. Students will draw or write about geographical features, the people, animals, climate, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art Projects, Cultures, Early Elementary, Economics, High School, High School Lesson Plans, Holidays, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts, Languages, Late Elementary, Map Skills, Religions, Social Studies, Timelines, World Governments, Writing
Tagged climate, counrties, country, creative writing, culture, economics, economy, geographical features, government, holidays, important events, importatn events, invent a country, invent a country social studies lesson, invent country lesson, language, maps, religion, social studies, time line
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Hurricane- lesson plan, tracking a hurricane on a map
Submitted by Kevin I teach 8th grade. My class has been tracking Hurricane Irene. One of my students drew and cut out a hurricane (it’s nothing fancy). We have it taped on a large world map. As we receive updates … Continue reading
Name that Flag- social studies, identify flags around the world
http://www.primarygames.com/socstudies/countries/games/flags/start.htm Look at the picture of the flag and click on the name of the country it represents. This is an online game. Look at the picture of the flag and click on the name of the country it represents. … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Lesson Plans, Map Skills, Social Studies, Social Studies Lesson Plans
Tagged countries, country, flags, flags of the world, social studies
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Paper-Mache Globe- papier mache art/craft, social studies activity
From crafts.kaboose.com This paper-mache globe craft is perfect for the classroom or for a weekend with rainy or cold weather. For extra tips and photos of some of the steps described in our guide, view our papier mache globe slideshow. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art Projects, Earth Day, Geography, High School Lesson Plans, Intermediate Grades Lesson Plans, Late Elementary Lesson Plans, Lesson Plans, Map Skills, Social Studies, Spring, Spring
Tagged art, art project, craft, earth day, globe, paper mache, papier mache, social studies, spring
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