This free set of 13 famous landmarks printable worksheets for world geography fun are fantastic ways to boost learning and more.
Start your social studies class off with a daily Bell Ringer. Each day your students will research and learn about a different country, territory, or special collective. This bell ringer includes 40 weeks, which means that your entire year or entry task are done!
Set of FREE printable world map choices with blank maps and labeled options for learning geography, countries, capitals, famous landmarks
Need geography printables for kids? Download these 18 printable coloring pages of people all around the world today! Click here!!
Need some free world geography resources? Don't miss this list of websites, printables, games, books and other ideas for you to utilize at school or home.
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World Geography Scavenger Hunt: South America ~ FREE Printable
Fun geography printables plus recommendations for hands-on Geography materials, including felt & wood maps, globes, and Montessori puzzles!
10 Creative One-Pager Ideas for Social Studies As a social studies teacher, you understand that the subject is one of the most important asp...
Wow! Is tomorrow already August? Time has flown by this summer! I have been gone the majority of the summer, hence the lack in posts... but I am back now! I have a lengthy list of things to blog about from my summer adventures! To begin with, here is one of my crafty Pinterest projects that I have completed (here is the link to the original idea): Colonial America/Revolutionary War Guess Who! I have been wanting to do this project for a while now and finally made the time this last month. It took me some time to put it all together! The old-fashioned Guess Who game is hard to come by! They have made it all fancy now, which is not what I wanted! I scoured garage sales and thrift stores until I found one! Here are my directions: 1. Find an old Guess Who game and take out the cards (you might already have one in your game cabinet.) 2. Select people from history, family, students, etc. to turn into a game. 3. Measure the game cards in your Guess Who game. (Mine were 1.75" x 1.12") 4. Using your favorite document maker, (I used Power Point) create boxes that are the measurements of your cards. 5. Find pictures of your people you want to use either on the Internet or photos you have taken. 6. Insert the photos into your document, sizing them to fit inside the boxes. 7. Insert a text box at the bottom of your boxes and type the person's name. 8. Print, laminate, cut, insert, and play! (Make sure you print an extra set to draw from.) Rules of play: 1. Open the trays by turning them upside down. 2. Each player draws a card that their opponent will be trying to guess. 3. Ask "yes" or "no" questions to narrow down the suspects. (You can ask if they are bald, wearing a hat, male, or even about something they did in history like did this person fight in a war?) 4. Narrow down the selection until you think you know who your opponent has for you. Make your guess on your next turn to see if you are correct! Bonus: If you want it to be more of a challenge, pull 2 cards to guess. Then, you can ask questions like: Is either person involved in the Revolutionary War? or Are both people female? I hope you will create your own Guess Who game now! I would love to sell my cards that I have made, but I just got the images from Google, so that wouldn't be legal. However, it really didn't take long to make. Make sure you link up pictures of yours if you make one!
If you've ever wondered how to make geography more interactive, this list of 100 hands-on geography activities for middle school is perfect for you.
Third graders are responsible for knowing a lot about a lot! I'm feeling the pressure of teaching them all the new third grade content plus ...
The different futures that lie ahead (2021) These different temperatures present vastly different scenarios for our future. Scenarios our students need to know about in order to act. Factfulness (2…
FREE geography matching activity with the 7 continents of the world. Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten to introduce the continents.
It can be challenging to fit geography into a busy homeschooling day and older kids love playing games, so combine the two by adding some geography board games to your lesson plans.
Get to know our world's largest geographical country with a map of Russia! Learn a fun fact about Russia's major cities as you go.
Start your social studies class off with a daily Bell Ringer. Each day your students will research and learn about a different country, territory, or special collective. This bell ringer includes 40 weeks, which means that your entire year or entry task are done!
Need to brush up on your geography skills? We've got the top 15 geography board games that make learning locations, capitals and more a breeze!
We celebrated the end of our homeschool year with an Around the World Feast. We tasted foods from each of the seven continents and played geography games.
Beautiful paper art to learn about landforms for kids! Using paper, glue, and scrapbook paper, kids will make and label their own landforms map!
Build Your Own Bundle - 20% off of 3 resources (Code: ELLE3) 30% off of 5 resources (Code: ELLE5) 40% off of 8 resources (Code: ELLE8) In this creative report resource, you'll find 13 differentiated activities for ANY COUNTRY - these templates are perfectly sized for lapbooks and interactive notebooks. This social studies/geography project is complete as is, or makes a great companion to your current curriculum. You'll love that this project is guided and can be used for independent work. Your students will love it because it's fun and a change of pace. It's so straightforward and clear that you can even feel confident in leaving it in your sub folder! Find the State Lapbook Project Here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/961226080/state-research-project-for-any-usa-state There are covers for 40 countries - each will feature the country flag. Students will enjoy researching their own country or another one of interest to them. The pieces are interactive and will be incredibly engaging for your students - there's a mini gallery, tiny postcards, a basket of books, an art gallery, and a mini-book of cuisine. Countries Included: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, Thailand, U.S.A., Argentina, The Bahamas, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Holland, Iceland, India, Jamacia, South Korea, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, South America, plus a blank for ANY country Topics Included: Country Flag Important Historical Events Largest Body of Water Popular Landford Languages Spoken Major Industries Continental Facts Surrounding Countries Famous Places Country Timeline (1700s - 2000s) Popular Cuisine Government Native Plants Holidays National Anthem Weather Popular Sports Animals Museums Most Populated Cities Important People Continent Map Interesting Facts Supplies Needed: You’ll find this project very inexpensive. More than likely, you already have what you need for this activity. •one file folder per student •one set of activity sheets per student •one student’s guide per student •scissors •stapler •white glue •Crayons or colored pencils •1 metal brad per student Sample Project: In the document file, you’ll find a sample of the layout of this project for lapbooks. For interactive notebooks, students will have the freedom to organize how they’d like. <<>> Terms of Use Copyright © Project Based Learning with Elle Madison. All rights reserved by the author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. This means it is for ONE teacher. Additional licenses may be purchased by the original buyer at a discount. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this JPEG are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.
This year my girls are earning high school credit for their geography studies. As I was contemplating how to fulfill their credit requirement, I knew that I didn't want to overwhelm them--I mean there are so many countries to study and places to learn about! The world it huge! How can we do it all? Well, the truth is, we can't do it all. There is not enough time to study and learn about every single country in the world plus all the other information that needs to be addressed in a high school geography curriculum. We also knew that we didn't want to just memorize facts and then forget them after the test. We wanted something fun and engaging but still manageable to complete without taking up our entire day OR encroaching into the other activities and subjects that we have. There are many excellent geography programs to choose from. Trust me when I say that I feel like I researched them all. At times I was really overwhelmed. There really are so many good ones. But which one to choose? Which one would suit my kids and their learning styles? I finally settled on North Star Geography (affiliate) as a spine for our geography studies. This book is a true treasure in disguise. At first glance the text looks deceptively simple. BUT once you really start investigating all of the extras included on the CD located in the book, you will realize that this has the potential to be a full curriculum. Of course I quickly realized that we wouldn't be able to complete every activity. And that's OK! I sat down with the girls and we chose which activities we wanted to complete for each chapter. We spend about 2 weeks on each chapter in the book. On the first day or two of the week they read the chapter. On subsequent days of the week they complete the chosen activities: note taking pages, maps, country fact files, hands on projects, and outside reading. This curriculum (affiliate) has wonderful suggestions for hands on projects, but we have chosen not to complete any of the hands on activity suggestions. In place of the hands-on activity suggestions, my girls are making their own travel jouranl. Each girl chooses a city that they would like to learn more about. Occasionally they choose a city that corresponds with the current continent we are learning about in North Star Geography, but more often than not, they just choose a city that sounds interesting. They research the city and learn all kinds of interesting facts about it--things to see when visiting, food to eat, something to do while there, traditional dress, and much more--then they record what they have learned in their Travel Dreams Journal (affiliate). This journal has many pages just waiting to be filled and decorated with the tidbits that the girls find while researching that city. I have purposefully not given them any guidelines to follow regarding their travel journal. They are welcome to fill the journal with as much or as little information as they wish. I really thought ok they might fill out a page or two, but I have been pleasantly surprised. At first they struggled with the idea of not knowing what I was expecting, but they have honestly exceeded my expectations! It is amazing how much they have learned about all these different cities around the world. I am also very impressed with the level of work that they have put into researching and learning. It seems like once the hard and fast rules were lifted, rules like you have to complete so many pages per day, or you have to write a certain number of paragraphs, they were free. And that freedom has allowed them to learn and grow independently. They have exceeded any expectations that I would have put on them. AND they have learned so much more than if I had sat and dictated what they needed to do. Every time we study a new country, I choose a read aloud to read to the entire family based in that country. Most of these are missionary type novels that have us riveted to our seats begging to read just one more chapter. In fact I'll admit to being tempted to cancel all other subjects that day just to read and find out more about the lives of these people we are reading about! The majority of each of these read aloud novels are from the International Adventures series from YWAM publishing. Each girl is also keeping a prayer journal. They read about a country in the 10/40 window and make notes on what to pray for during their personal quiet time with God. This alone has opened their eyes to the plight of children around the world. One more really neat and fun addition to our studies is the art lessons from ArtAchieve. There are several levels of art lessons available. We started out with level 2 because we had previously finished a series of art projects that gave my girls some wonderful art skills and knowledge. Also we were interested to learn more about the countries that are in the level 2 lessons. Each art lesson is based on art works from various foreign countries and come with links to learn more about the history and geography of each country as well as read literature and learn about the art styles from that country. You can read my complete review that I wrote last year if you would like to learn more. At the end of the year, these girls are going to each have an amazing notebook, personalized with their own learning adventure from the year. It sounds so simple, yet this method is certainly so powerful. Already we have had fabulous discussions about how other people survive in other countries. And I have heard the comment more than once that they wish they could actually go to the cities they are learning about in their Travel Dreams Journal (affiliate). Who knows? Someday we may actually be able to visit those places. But for now, visiting them virtually is the next best thing! Connect with me here: Twitter // Pinterest // Instagram // Facebook // Google+
World Geography Scavenger Hunt: Europe ~ FREE Printable
With this geography activity, a World Atlas Scavenger Hunt, teens will go from A-Z, searching for places around the world, learning how to read an atlas.
Make a geography stop in East Africa to explore other cultures, with this coloring page of Maasai women.
Our Free Printable World Maps & Activities are just what you need to teach your students basic map skills and geography.
This Introduction to World Geography warm up set features 24 daily bellringers to get started each day during your first unit of middle school geography! The slides cover: Mental maps Map projections (Mercator, Robinson, etc.) Latitude & Longitude Time zones Regions Landforms Bodies of water Plate boundaries Human Environment interaction Climate zones & biomes Population pyramids Movement & migration Human geography & culture Government & economic systems Each slide contains short questions to engage students, reflect on past learning, and segue into your new lesson. All slides contain engaging graphics for visual learners and utilize a variety of questioning styles. The slides could also act as an excellent review activity after a unit or as exit tickets for your classes! One of the best classroom management strategies I have found is to have these slides projected as students enter the room so that they are immediately engaged in learning. It gives you the first 5 minutes of class to take attendance while they are on task completing the warm up. With engaging slides based on state standards, this fantastic resource for your World Geography class that you can use every day. Purchasing gives you direct access to this Google Slides file with an answer key for each slide included in the presenter notes. You can also download it as a PowerPoint file. This resource can also be purchased as part of my Intro to World Geography Unit Plan Bundle along with dozens of other great activities! Thanks so much for checking it out!
This lesson plan includes a printable world map with a map grid and shows you how to walk kids through a basic understanding of how map grids work.
Helpful information for student research can be found in an atlas or almanac, but even more research can be completed using geography websites.
Where in the World? was inspired by my teen's North Star Geography studies. It can be fun to find out where places are in the world! FREE Printable cards.
Teaching Geography in your homeschool and need a resource list of appropriate YouTube videos? Grab this Ultimate Youtube Playlist for World Geography from 4onemore.com #homeschool #geography
About this Product:Current Events are a nice way to integrate Social Studies, Reading, and Writing. Additionally, they are a wonderful way to keep your students connected to the community and world around them. 🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.This resource addresses the following Common Core State Standards:Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 6: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of the text.This product includes:What’s the Scoop? Directions, Rubric, and Checklist?This page gives the student directions for their assignment and then offers a checklist/rubric. In this way, students know exactly what is expected of them and how they will get their grade. This is also helpful for the teacher when grading the assignment.What’s the Scoop?This part of the assignment requires students to find a newspaper article and then answer Who, What, When, Were, and Why questions based on the article. The Author’s CraftThis portion of the assignment requires students to think about the author’s perspective, angle, and word choice in the text/about the topic. Students will identify the author’s tone (positive, negative, neutral) and then give examples of the author’s word choice. Students will also identify two new words, give the sentence from the article that used the word, meaning of the word, and create a new sentence using the word. Sum it Up!Students will use the article as well as the answers to the previous questions to write a summary of their article.
Roundup with a long list of ideas for Montessori continent boxes for classroom or homeschool ... perfect for hands-on geography activities for preschoolers.
Cute, printable Letter Recognition Worksheets are a great way for kids to practice their ABCs. Each page from A to Z has a different theme!
Have you clicked to street view in Google Maps, then accidentally found yourself 20 minutes later strolling down the street, caught up in exploring? GeoGuessr is a site that turns street view into a game, perfect for the foreign language classroom! Here's how to use Geoguessr in your classes!
We learned the 5 Themes of Geography this week by the mnemonic "My Hand Really Likes Pizza". Students should know all 5 Themes and what t...
