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Geography and Maps from Cave Paintings to GPS with 21 Activities

By Richard Panchyk

Maps have been a part of human culture since the days of scratching on cave walls, and this richly illustrated history chronicles the road from simple diagrams used to avoid danger to the complex, navigational charts used today. Displaying an array of historic atlases and a variety of cartography styles, this book allows young readers to test their map-reading skills while discovering the intricate beauty and the wealth of information held within. Geographical concepts are spotlighted through an assortment of guided activities—including finding the elevation of hills, plotting a course with a magnetic compass, creating three-dimensional land models using a contour map, and performing a plot survey. Drawing the conclusion that the study of geography and maps is crucial to understanding an ever-changing planet, this handbook discloses the ways in which technological advances in cartography can further discussions on climate change, warfare, environmental conservation, population growth, and other timely topics.

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Take your sixth graders on a geographic journey around the world with this unique skill-building activity book!

Map Skills for Today includes:

• 48 pages of engaging, developmentally appropriate geography lessons
• Clear explanations of geography concepts that introduce students to the world
• Fun activities that offer essential map-analysis practice and build key skills
• Colorful maps including rainfall, population and time zones
• Critical-thinking questions that ask students to draw conclusions from each map

Here are just a few of the topics we cover:

• Hemispheres and Continents
• Latitude and Longitude
• Map Projections
• The Indian Subcontinent
• Endangered Rain Forests
• Using a Time Zone Map

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Take your fifth graders on a geographic journey of North and South America with this unique skill building activity book!

Map Skills for Today includes:

48 pages of engaging, developmentally appropriate geography lessons

Clear explanations of geography concepts that introduce students to the world

Fun activities that offer essential map-analysis practice and build key skills Colorful maps including polar projections and population patterns

Critical-thinking questions that ask students to draw conclusions from each map

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Build map-reading skills and geography awareness with this exciting activity book made just for fourth graders!

Map Skills for Today includes:

48 pages of engaging, developmentally appropriate geography lessons

Clear explanations of geography concepts that introduce students to the world

Fun activities that offer essential map-analysis practice and build key skills

Colorful maps including rainfall, population, and time zones

Critical-thinking questions that ask students to draw conclusions from each map

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Take your third graders on a geographic journey around the nation with this unique skill-building activity book!

Map Skills for Today includes: 48 pages of engaging, developmentally appropriate geography lessons

Clear explanations of geography concepts that introduce students to the world

Fun activities that offer essential map-analysis practice and build key skills

Colorful maps that are perfect for third graders

Critical-thinking questions that ask students to draw conclusions from each map

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Start your first graders on the road to geography success with the exciting map skills book made just for them!

Map Skills for Today includes: 48 pages of engaging, developmentally appropriate geography lessons

Simple explanations of geography concepts to introduce students to the world

Fun activities that give students essential map reading practice to build key skills

Colorful maps that are perfect for first graders

Critical-thinking questions that ask students to draw conclusions from each map

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Learn the location, shapes, and names of all the continents and major oceans 33 sturdy, extra-thick cardboard pieces

Wipe-clean surface 24"L x 36"W Assembled

6+ years

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Reproducible maps and challenging activities help students gain a thorough knowledge of world geography. Students learn not only about rivers, mountains, climate, and vegetation, but also about people--their cities, languages, religions, clothing, and more.

This 3rd edition features updated maps and data.

5th - 8th Grades

176 pages

From Teacher Created Resources

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The History Quest: Middle Times Study Guide contains everything you need for a full year’s history curriculum for elementary-age children. Each weekly unit takes a chapter of History Quest: Middle Times, the narrative history series, and turns it into a robust unit study with a week’s worth of engaging activities. Your student will gain a broad and deep understanding of the Middle Ages through readings, geography activities, discussions, writing assignments, coloring pages, crafts, and more.

Also included throughout the curriculum are four weeks of warm and cozy ancient literature study, where parents and students snuggle up together to enjoy time-honored tales from four cultures across the world. The History Quest: Middle Times Study Guide is your child’s first step in a lifelong quest to explore and appreciate history.

From the Fall of Rome to the Ottoman Empire, the study guide to History Quest: Middle Times is a complete one-year curriculum guide that combines history with activities, world geography, great books, and writing. Young students study events and people from medieval times including the Middle East, China, Europe, Mesoamerica, North America, Japan, India, Mali, Mongolia, Great Zimbabwe, Polynesia, and Russia.

This comprehensive curriculum combines history studies with geography, literature, hands-on activities, and writing. History Quest: Middle Times Study Guide is a teacher/parent guide that provides step by step lessons to teach world history from the Fall of Rome to the 17th century CE.

This study guide includes: 34 weekly units with lessons for:

• History reading assignments from History Quest: Middle Times (#7344) and history encyclopedia History Travel Log entries (timeline/geography activity)
• Terms & Concepts (learning goals)
• Map work
• Comprehension/Writing/Dictation/Copywork
• Crafts/Cooking/Artwork hands-on activities
• Medieval history blackline maps
• Hands-on activity instructions
• Literature and weblink enrichment recommendations
• Unit schedules and supply lists
• Student coloring and activity pages

Grade level: 1st through 6th

Pages: 264

From Pandia Press

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After studying Geography I, students are ready to cover areas of the world outside the ancient Roman Empire. Each lesson includes physical features, history, and culture. Students will continue to deepen their understanding of past and present as they learn about ancient and modern countries.132 pages. Se also 8922, 8923, 8925, 8926, 8018. Learn More

After studying Geography I, students are ready to cover areas of the world outside the Ancient Roman Empire. Each lesson includes physical features, history, and culture. Students will continue to deepen their understanding of past and present as they learn about ancient and modern countries. 103 pages. See also 8924, 8923, 8018, 8925, 8926. Learn More

After studying Geography I(8801), students are ready to cover areas of the world outside the ancient Roman Empire. Each lesson includes physical features, history, and culture. Students will continue to deepen their understanding of past and present as they learn about ancient and modern countries. 83 pages. See also 8923, 8924, 8018, 8925, 8926. Grades 5+ Learn More

We have a big fan club for our geography books. Our customers like the basic maps that give you just the essentials of world geography in a straightforward manner. Now we have the flashcards to go with it. Covering the material from Geography I, II, and III, these flashcards will help your student master the physical and cultural geography of the world. Each card has the national flag, which students can color, and the country name on one side, and the map of the country within the context of its continent and its capital on the other.

4.25 " x 5.5"

Flashcard set includes 179 countries.

See also 8801, 8923, 8916, 8917, 8924, 8925

Grades 4-9

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Continue your students’ study of a beautiful language and a lifetime of benefits in the same easy format as First Start French I. Develop your students’ vocabulary, strengthen their grammar, and expand their knowledge of the world. First Start French II builds on the skills you developed in First Start French I. More extensive vocabulary, expanded grammar, and further cultural information will move your student toward a great foundation in French. More practice in reading French will inform your students about important topics in French history, geography, science, and the arts. The Teacher Manual #6274 includes hints and guidelines to keep you ahead of your student. A pronunciation guide and CD #6275 will give your student the guidance needed to develop a good accent. Six fun, traditional French songs help with grammar and vocabulary. Learn More

Continue your students’ study of a beautiful language and a lifetime of benefits in the same easy format as First Start French I. Develop your students’ vocabulary, strengthen their grammar, and expand their knowledge of the world.

First Start French II builds on the skills you developed in First Start French I. More extensive vocabulary, expanded grammar, and further cultural information will move your student toward a great foundation in French. More practice in reading French will inform your students about important topics in French history, geography, science, and the arts. The Teacher Manual  #6274 includes hints and guidelines to keep you ahead of your student. A pronunciation guide and CD #6275 will give your student the guidance needed to develop a good accent. Six fun, traditional French songs help with grammar and vocabulary.

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Continue your students’ study of a beautiful language and a lifetime of benefits in the same easy format as First Start French I. Develop your students’ vocabulary, strengthen their grammar, and expand their knowledge of the world.

First Start French II builds on the skills you developed in First Start French I. More extensive vocabulary, expanded grammar, and further cultural information will move your student toward a great foundation in French. More practice in reading French will inform your students about important topics in French history, geography, science, and the arts. The Teacher Manual #6274 includes hints and guidelines to keep you ahead of your student. A pronunciation guide and CD #6275 will give your student the guidance needed to develop a good accent. Six fun, traditional French songs help with grammar and vocabulary. Student book #6273

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Travel the world through delightful children’s picture books! Introduce your K-3rd children to world geography and culture with award-winning literature. Part One covers Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica. In Asia we explore China, Japan, Thailand, and India. In Africa we visit Morocco, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, and Ghana. This course includes nature study, folktales, fables, music, art, poetry, and history.

Gentle Socratic questions are designed to prompt discussion and discovery. Geographic elements include country maps and flags for children to cut out, paint or color, encouraging journaling of all they are learning. Beautiful drawings of indigenous animals are also included which will familiarize students with some remarkable creatures, their habitat and habits, cultivating respect and wonder for the natural world.

Each country visited also includes a Library Connection, as well as History and Biography suggestions, so that parents can expand the study with additional recommendations. Each chapter concludes with a fun foray into the cuisine of the country with recipes, photos, and links to create a memorable evening visiting unique culinary creations from around the world.

•This study contains 70 lessons. •Complete 4 lessons per week for a semester study. •Complete 2 lessons per week for a one-year study.

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Head south of the border to explore a sunny world of puzzles and fun facts! Welcome to Mexico, land of tropical rain forests, volcanoes, deserts, and beaches — and a vibrant array of ancient and modern traditions. This book introduces kids ages 6 to 10 to fascinating aspects of Mexican geography, language, food, arts, sports, and festivals. Puzzles and activities range from dot-to-dots, crosswords, and spot-the-differences to easy directions for making piñatas and maracas. Cute illustrations offer plenty of opportunities for coloring. Dover Original. Learn More

Travel the world with this first-class puzzle treasury! Where would you find the Spanish Steps? What's the modern-day name for Byzantium? Where's Wrigley Field? These and many other questions related to an international array of cultures are asked and answered in this treasury of fact-filled puzzles, which offer an entertaining and informative way to learn about different countries and famous cities all over the globe.

Geography and trivia buffs will find hours of amusement with these 100 word search puzzles.

From Oslo to Athens to Hong Kong and beyond, the compilation visits 50 countries and 50 cities to discover the names of capitals, rivers, famous residents, landmarks, natural resources, flora and fauna, and many other points of interest. All subjects are listed and identified in a section above the letter grids, and complete solutions appear at the end of the book.

Dover Original.

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History Quest: Early times Study Guide contains everything you need for a full year’s history curriculum for elementary-age children. Each weekly unit takes a chapter of History Quest: Early Times (#6521), the narrative history series, and turns it into a robust unit study with a week’s worth of engaging activities. Your student will gain a broad and deep understanding of early civilizations through readings, geography activities, discussions, writing assignments, coloring pages, crafts, and more. Also included throughout the curriculum are four weeks of warm and cozy ancient literature study, where parents and students snuggle up together to enjoy time-honored tales from four ancient civilizations across the world

. The History Quest: Early Times Study Guide is your child’s first step in a lifelong quest to explore and appreciate history. From Paleolithic times to the Islamic Empire, the Study Guide to History Quest: Early Times is a complete one-year curriculum guide that combines history with activities, world geography, great books, and writing. Young students study events and people from early civilization including ancient Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, Mesoamerica, Persia, Greece, India, Rome, Kush and Aksum, China, and Arabia. This comprehensive curriculum combines history studies with geography, literature, hands-on activities, and writing.

History Quest:  Early Times Study Guide is a teacher/parent guide that provides step by step lessons to teach world history from Pre-history to the 8th century CE.

270 pages. Grades 1-4.

From Pandia Press.

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Take students in grades 5–8 on a field trip without leaving the classroom using Exploring Australia! This 48-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or false, critical thinking, and constructed response. Map projects and hands-on activities engage students in learning about the physical, political, and human geography of Australia. For struggling readers, the book includes a downloadable version of the reading selections at a fourth- to fifth-grade reading level. This book aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.

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Take students in grades 5–8 on a field trip without leaving the classroom using Exploring Asia! This 48-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or false, critical thinking, and constructed response. Map projects and hands-on activities engage students in learning about the physical, political, and human geography of Asia. For struggling readers, the book includes a downloadable version of the reading selections at a fourth- to fifth-grade reading level.

This book aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards. By Carson Dellosa/Mark Twain Media

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Take students in grades 5–8 on a field trip without leaving the classroom using Exploring Africa! This 48-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or false, critical thinking, and constructed response. Map projects and hands-on activities engage students in learning about the physical, political, and human geography of Africa. For struggling readers, the book includes a downloadable version of the reading selections at a fourth- to fifth-grade reading level.

Aligned to Common Core State Standards, NCSS standards and national and Canadian provincial standards.

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Reinforce geography concepts, such as location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region, with World Geography Puzzles: Countries of the World. The units profile selected countries and then give students an opportunity to reinforce their knowledge by completing a variety of fun and challenging puzzles like crosswords, word searches, hidden messages, and more. Each country profile includes basic information such as capital, population, and type of government. It also offers descriptions of what makes each country unique, such as landmarks and physical features, industries, wildlife, and historical importance.

These activities can be used as supplements to classroom or homeschool units focused on certain countries, or they can be a fun addition to any geography or social studies lesson. Students will enjoy learning about the countries of the world while completing these fun puzzle units.

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