I Can Read A Map (Grade 2)
This lesson will include a number of activities to reinforce the use of basic map skills such as cardinal directions, the compass rose and map keys.
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Maps and Me (Grade 1)
This is an introductory lesson on maps. Through a story and some map making, students will begin to realize their location in the world. |
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Geo What? Geomorphology! (Grade 4)
Students will be introduced to the 5 regions of the United States and geomorphology; the study of landforms. They will then be able to define and identify 16 different landforms (bay, coast, delta, desert, gulf, island, lake, mountain, mountain valley, mouth of a river, ocean, peninsula, plains, plateau, river, river valley.) This lesson is recommended for the fall because it sets the stage for further learning in geography. |
Minnesota's Varying Landforms (Grade 4)
Students will identify landforms in Minnesota . Students will predict/clarify, silent read, discuss landform pictures, compare/contrast the Driftless Area, Superior Upland, Dissected Till, and the Young Drifts Plain ( Red River Valley ). |
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The Economy of the Thirteen Colonies (Grade 7)
This lesson is designed to help students understand how the land, climate, people, and resources of the Thirteen Colonies led to the Triangular Trade with Africa, Europe, and America, and the economic growth of the Thirteen Colonies. |
A Way of Life (Grade 8)
Students will see how culture shapes how we look at the world, others and ourselves. |
Using Poetry to Teach the Theme of Place (Grade 8)
One of the big questions that geographers answer using the framework of the five themes is: What is a location like? Geographers use the theme of place to describe a location based on its human and physical features. This theme describes what sorts of work people do, what games they play, what sorts of houses they live in, and what the landscape looks like. |
Internal Forces Shaping the Earth and Plate Tectonics (Grades 7-8)
This lesson explores how changes take place within the earth. We will identify three basic layers of the earth, the earth’s internal forces, the history of plate movement (Pangaea), and understand how plates move. |
Desertification Graph (Grades 7-9)
This lesson will introduce the concept of desertification and the factors that contribute to desertification. Students will re-create the desertification process, utilize several reading strategies to read and learn about desertification and its effects on human-environment interaction and write a letter proposing a solution for lands threatened by desertification. |
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Minnesota and Nuclear Energy (Grades 9-12)
Students will map the areas affected around the Minnesota nuclear power plants if an accident occurred the size of Chernobyl. Students will discuss how an accident would affect the viability of the area. Students will understand the risks and benefits of nuclear energy, and write a letter to their congressman either encouraging or discouraging further power plant development.
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Globalization: Outsourcing to Bangalore (Grades 9-12)
The pros and cons of globalization, especially in relation to outsourcing. Provide students with an awareness of what price others are willing to pay in order to earn the things United States citizens have. Introduce them to their competition. Technological advances in communications and the growth of the internet have created a number of changes in the way companies do business. Your next phone call to a help line could very likely to be answered by someone in Bangalore , India . |
The Ideal Citizen: Warrior or Philosopher? (Grade 11)
This lesson explores citizenship in the ancient Greek city-states, as well as, in American society today. There is a focus on how geography influences the role of citizens in a society. Various aspects of Greek and American citizenship will be presented in skits performed by the students.
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