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Elementary geography unit plans for Microsoft Word
Road Trip Adventure PROJECT BASED LEARNING for GATE and 3rd - 8th Grades
Come along on a fun project-based adventure as students practice different forms of writing, geography skills, computer and internet technology skills, engineering and design skills, math skills, public speaking, creativity, and art.
Here is your Gold Medal Standard project based learning unit ready to go. Because this project-based unit relies heavily on student creativity and invention, the key knowledge, understanding, and success skills can be scaffolded across many grade levels. This un
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
The World Where I Live...
This is a jam-packed, 40 page unit full of multi-sensory and multi-grade-level activities all centering on the relationships between the following concepts: city/town/village, county, state, country, continent, and community helpers. The following mathematical concepts are also explored: range, median, mode, and average (mathematical mean).
The following activities are included in this unit: Key vocabulary exercise, coloring Venn diagram activity, "Greater Than, Less Than" activity page, "My
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K - 8th
NEW SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLANS FOR NYC SCHOOLS- UNIT 1 2ND GRADE
This is the NEW Social Studies Program that every school in NYC will be using this fall. These lessons are truly detailed and thorough and include differentiated instruction for all learners to succeed. You are able to edit the lessons to make them your own. Hope this makes your year that much easier! THIS IS ONLY FOR 2ND GRADE AND IS ONLY UNIT 1: OUR COMMUNITY'S GEOGRAPHY. I will be adding future units shortly.
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2nd
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Learning World Geography through Rail Transit Systems
Do you have students who are rail enthusiasts? Or who love learning about the world? Combine those two interests with this customizable curriculum which uses Mark Ovenden's Transit Maps of the World as its spine.* Unit 1 introduces students to themes repeated throughout the course, such as reasons to build mass transit systems, types of transit, metro map design, station architecture, and the impact of political and social events on the development of the rail. Units 2 through 7 proceed through
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1st - 8th
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HASS History/Geography Term Planner - Pre Primary Foundation Year
Whole term planning template for Pre Primary (WA) or Foundation year of schooling. Aligned with the Australian Curriculum and Western Australian Curriculum. Completely editable document able to be used in other year levels - just insert your Curriculum Outcomes!Includes a check box for each term that can be highlighted as the topic is covered to provide a year overview.Enjoy and happy teaching!Nyssa Smith@learn.play.laugh
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in:Â Pre Primary/ Foundation Year Planning Template Bundle
Factors that Shape Places Unit
Unit OverviewStage 3 Factors that Shape Places Learning Scenario/ WebQuestAustralia’s population is rapidly growing, and the Government have raised concerns on how Australia can accommodate its people in such diverse climates. As the Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure for the Australian Government, you have been tasked with the job of researching how other countries from around the world have adapted to their environment (diverse biomes) as to address population growth. You
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4th - 6th
Immigration in America Unit
This is an interdisciplinary unit on immigration in America that spans the course of two weeks. Students begin looking at the past and later, do a culminating project on their own family's immigrant past. Below are more details:
Unit Rationale
Besides Native Americans, everyone here in the United States has an ancestor to thank for the reason they are here. This unit gives students an understanding of our immigrant past, and helps bring awareness of the multiple backgrounds and immigrants in o
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4th - 6th
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Mystery Island Project Instructions - Landforms
Imagine you discovered a new island no one ever explored before. It does not exist on any map! You can name this island whatever you want and make its first official map or model.
Use These set of Instructions for a Project Assignment with your LANDFORM Unit. I used this for my second grade class. It requires them to create an island that they discovered. They must name it according to its shape. They can get very creative with this. I have made an example of a final project: "Shark Island" in
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K - 5th
Complete Unit Plan- grade 4 Canada's Provinces and Territories
An interactive and engaging complete unit plan for grade 4. Many cross-curricular connections so it becomes easy to incorporate language, art, math, phys ed, science, etc. into your social studies lessons. This is complete with 13 lessons that will span over about 2 months of learning. The final lesson will aid as a complete unit assessment through the interactive project that is provided.
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3rd - 5th
Maps Unit Plan
In this five day mapping unit, I have included all the necessary instructional materials. The unit includes: rational, pre-assessments, objectives, material listings, engagement, focus activities, worksheets, and assessments. The document contains twenty-four pages of meaningful instructional materials. I have aligned the unit to meet the Ohio Academic Social Studies Content Standards (Grade 3), however, all states can align the unit to meet their needs. The unit contains objectives to meet
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2nd - 4th
Mining in Utah Unit (5 Lesson plans)
This is a collection of 5 lesson plans about mining in Utah. The lessons include simulations, primary and secondary source analysis, readings, outlines, and handouts. Included in the lesson plans are also extension activities, assessments, individualization, and links to helpful websites. This unit is for Utah studies; however, it can be adapted to studying the history of mining in any state.
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4th - 9th
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Michigan Unit - Map Scavenger Hunt (Customizable Version)
- Part of a 3rd Grade Michigan Unit to help students:
1. Learn cardinal directions
2. Locate the Great Lakes
3. Pinpoint large cities including the capitol
4. Points of interest and the famous shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
The Word Document version allows you to customize it for your classroom and location. We used road maps and small cars to have the students take their own road trip around Michigan.
Bonus questions at the end too!
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3rd - 5th
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*Saskatchewan Curriculum Correlated* Global Communities - Grade 3 Social Studies
This is an information collection, companion resource for learning about and comparing communities around the world. This unit covers Saskatchewan Grade 3 Social Studies outcomes:
IN3.1, IN3.2, DR3.2, DR3.3
This document includes a 4-part assessment which can be used as a test or as a series of shorter assessments throughout a unit.
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2nd - 6th
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6th Grade Mexico Modified Unit
This unit was modified from a sixth grade textbook. There is reading, questions based on the reading, vocabulary, map labeling, and a final assessment. This unit was created for a 6th grade high needs special education student, but will work for elementary school students.
Vocabulary: Economy, poverty, tourism, federal republic, fiesta
Essential Question: How does the economy of Mexico influence its culture?
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3rd - 7th
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NYCDOE Passport S.S. Grade 4 Unit Plan Unit: 1 The Geography of NY State
This Grade 4 Unit Plan includes Essential Questions, CCSS, Vocabulary, Skills, Evaluation, Performance Task, Teaching Points with a Focus Question, Content Understandings, and Learning Experiences for every lesson, Enrichment Activities, Ell's and IEP opportunities, and Multiple Entry Points for: Unit 1: The Geography of New York State
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4th
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Also included in:Â Passport SS GRADE 4 (ALL 5 UNITS) (5) Unit Plans & (52) Lesson Plans
Mesa Verde National Park Inquiry Experience
This inquiry experience allows students to explore Mesa Verde National Park and the history behind it. Students will be able to answer the following questions by the end of this experience: 1) Who were the Ancestral Puebloan's and what happened to them? 2) What are the differences between Mesa Verde then and now? 3) What is the importance of preserving the park? At the end of this inquiry experience, students will "become a park ranger" and inform visitors the importance of preserving the park a
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3rd - 4th
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Unit on Ancient Rome for Elementary Students
This unit is aligned with Virginia 3rd grade Standards of Learning but is applicable to other grades at the elementary level and even for 6th or 7th grade. It includes 7 lessons on geography, daily life, laws, art and architecture, and expansion. It also includes a study guide, a unit test, a set of plane tickets to print, and passport templates if you wanted to make passports. Lesson 2 of this unit is a virtual trip to Rome. I also sell the powerpoint for this trip in my store. Just going
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3rd - 5th
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Social Studies Unit Plan 5th Grade: U.S. and Mexico
This Unit Plan has an outline of 13 lessons that includes learning targets, activities, assessments and guiding questions. It also includes vocabulary, skills, common core state standards, essential questions, enrichment work, multiple entry points, teaching points, and learning activities.
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5th
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My 7 Continents Book with pictures
7 continents book for students to make throughout the 6 weeks Common Core Unit for Kindergarten. I have added pictures of places on each continent to add to the book as the lessons are taught. I also added Disney movies that setting was in each continent.
I used the pictures to add to my huge map and placed them on the correct continent as the lessons were taught. This was really a fun unit. The students loved seeing the movies that went along with the continent. I would youtube a clip of
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PreK - 1st
Introduction to Geography Unit Plan with 5 Activities
This unit plan is designed as a first week of school lesson for middle school geography. It is introductory and includes the following topics: Cardinal directions, map skills, hemispheres, latitude and longitude, the 7 continents and 5 major oceans of the world. There are five included activities inside the unit plan which goes step by step (day by day) what to teach over the span of the first two weeks of school or 7-8 instructional days. The study guide for this unit will be posted as a free r
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5th - 8th
5 Themes of Geography (PBL and Differentiated)
This is a short unit for 5th or 6th grade Social Studies focused on the 5 Themes of Geography. Included in this unit are a pretest and post test (project based) and suggested activities. There is justification for said activities and differentiation worked throughout the unit.
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5th - 7th
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Where in the World Paragraph Writing Lesson
This is a 3-week writing unit where students learned how to write an expository paragraph. The idea was that each kid got a city and country somewhere in the world. They had to write a paragraph describing the place, without using the name. After we'd went through each step of writing a paragraph (Modelled, then worked in partners, then independent with support), the culminating activity was that the kids each read their paragraph to the class. The other kids had a map of the world in front of t
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2nd - 5th
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Complete 3rd Grade 50 States Unit- Common Core aligned, all materials included
This unit is designed to be five days long. The unit teaches students about the 50 states. Students will learn about how states are both similar to each other and also very different from each other. This unit includes all the needed materials:
List of online videos, websites, and books
All worksheets (social studies and math)
Permission slip
Daily lesson descriptions
Planning Calendar
Homework
Explanations
Common Core Standards
Students will learn in-depth information on one particular state.
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Grades:
3rd
My Book of Maps
This is a template for you to use in your map unit. It includes pages for the student, bedroom, neighborhood, classroom, town, county, state, country, continent, planet, and solar system. It gives sentences for each category and the students just have to fill in the blanks with their information to finish the sentences. Then print the different items and put in the book next to these pages. When done they can flip through their books and read it while seeing a picture of these places. I have the
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K - 2nd
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