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Common Core – Maps101 Style

Accessed by 3,500 schools Maps101 will provide teachers with tools to easily address specific required teaching standards in an engaging way. By incorporating the Common Core standards, Maps101 will...

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Lesson Plan: Fun with Salt Dough

There is something that kids love about getting their hands in playdough, so how about teaching them geography with an activity that encompasses dough, painting, and learning? This activity allows...

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Lesson Plan: Changes in Latitudes

Latitude is a abstract but essential geographical concept that can stump children in the classroom. This activity clarifies the idea by clearly labeling major latitudinal lines on a world map....

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Spanish-Language Maps for Hispanic Heritage Month

With National Hispanic Heritage Month just around the corner (September 15th – October 15th), it’s time to celebrate the richness of Hispanic history, culture and the Hispanic-Americans who have...

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Lesson Plan: Compass Rose Activity

Image Credit: Kids Activities Blog [Read: Lesson Plan: Show Them the Big Picture] What is one physical feature that all maps have? You guessed it, it’s a compass rose. This important and sometimes...

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Celebrate Teen Read Week with this Salem Witch Trials Podcast!

Don’t forget, Teen Read Week 2013 is October 13th-19th. It’s an initiative that was created by YALSA (Young AdultLibrary Services Association) to encourage teens to be regular readers and library...

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Geo-Joint: Kama-Pechora

Back in the 1960s and through the 1970s the Russians (and others, including the US of A) had some pretty wild ideas about how to alter the landscape using…..nuclear bombs! One of the biggest works...

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Lesson Plan: Pumpkin Globes

Happy Halloween! We’ve discovered the perfect geography lesson with a seasonal twist. It’s vital for children to understand the spherical shape of our earth; however, globes are prized possessions and...

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GNN Podcast: (Serbo-)Croatian: A Tale of Two Languages

What language is spoken in Croatia? Croatian is now the 24th official language of the European Union, but there are disagreements about whether it’s a distinct language or just a slightly different...

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Lesson Plan: X Marks the Spot

There is something about pirates and buried treasure that sparks imagination in the mind of a child. To expose your students to reading maps, why not have them search for buried treasure  on a map...

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