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Collection of educational sheets from Globally Taught's World Geography Unit, including topics like maps, continents, hemispheres, landforms, oceans, and types of communities, with illustrations and diagrams.

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World Geography Unit with 15 Geography Lessons for Kids
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What’s Included?

✦ A 3 to 4-week-long comprehensive geography unit for elementary students

✦ Over 400 pages of lessons, reading passages, projects, activities, and games

✦ 1 ZIP file organized into 15 lessons by topic

    • 15 Geography Lessons

    • 17 Engaging Reading Passages

    • Learning Objectives and Materials Lists

    • Anchor Charts and Visuals

    • Dozens of Practice Activities

    • Crafts, Games, Puzzles, Mnemonics, and more!

    • High-Investment Research Projects

    • 3 Fun Flipbooks

    • 12 Quick Quizzes, plus a Unit Assessment

    • Answer Keys and Student Samples

    • Unit Assessment (4 pgs.) with Answer Key

    • Unit Overview

    • State Standards Alignment

    • Flipbook Rubric

What You'll Learn

  • Lesson 1: What is Geography

  • Lesson 2: Maps and Globes

  • Lesson 3: Parts of a Map

  • Lesson 4: Compass Rose and Cardinal Directions

  • Lesson 5: Cardinal and Intermediate Directions

  • Lesson 6: Hemispheres

  • Lesson 7: Longitude and Latitude

  • Lesson 8: 7 Continents and 5 Oceans

  • Lesson 9: Country Research Project

  • Lesson 10: States and Provinces

  • Lesson 11: 5 Regions of the United States

  • Lesson 12: Types of Communities (Urban, Suburban, Rural)

  • Lesson 13: Landforms

  • Lesson 14: Bodies of Water

  • Lesson 15: Me on a Map Flipbook for review

  • Unit Bonus: Geography Unit Assessment

Total Pages 400 pages

Answer Key Included with Rubric

Teaching Duration 1 Month

A compass rose worksheet and craft from Globally Taught's World Geography Unit, with a Crayola-green crayon, blue scissors, a purple Crayola crayon, and a paper compass rose with labeled directions and a key for directions.
Educational worksheets from Globally Taught's World Geography Unit about latitude and longitude and hemispheres, with a yellow pencil and pink eraser on a white and pale green background.
Educational materials from Globally Taught's World Geography Unit about maps & geography, including worksheets on landforms, a treasure map activity, a printout comparing urban and rural areas, & a colorful maps and globes sorting activity.

Here are a few of the MANY geography skills that your students will learn:

✅ Learn how to navigate safely using a compass and the cardinal and intermediate directions

✅ Understand the landforms and bodies of water that make up the surface of the Earth

✅ Practice spatial awareness and critical thinking skills by designing maps

✅ Know the differences between frequently used words like countries, nations, regions, states, provinces, territories, and more

✅ Demonstrate how population density determines whether an area is urban or rural

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FAQs

Q: What grades is this unit for?

This unit is designed for grades 3-5, although we've had positive reviews from 2nd through 7th grade teachers.

Q: How much does it cost?

The unit is $30.00, but you can get 15% off with the code GEOGRAPHY15.

Q: How long is the unit?

It includes 15 lesson plans, each about 50 minutes long.

Q: Where does it fit in my curriculum?

This World Geography Unit can be taught at any time during the year, but it's a great unit to begin the year. Geography skills are foundational to understanding other social studies topics, like history and culture.

Q: What kinds of activities are included?

There are many fun activities, crafts, and projects for you to pick and choose from. Students will create and use maps. They'll research countries and states, and complete fun flipbooks. Each activity is designed to build geography skills that will support them in other subjects.

Q: How much prep is this resource?

I've done the heavy lifting by creating the teaching content and breaking concepts down in a kid-friendly way. The unit includes:

  • Step-by-step lesson plans

  • Reading passages to teach the content

  • Worksheets, activities, crafts, games, and projects

  • Anchor charts

  • Rubrics, answer keys, and student samples

  • Exclusive Unit Bonuses: Unit Pacing Guide, Unit Overview with Learning Targets, Standards Alignment Guide, Unit Assessment

  • Everything you need (except craft supplies)

Q: Will my students like this unit?

There are a lot of boring geography lessons out there that make students think that geography isn't necessary or fun to learn. This unit flips that script! Students will get to engage with real-world geography problems in a kid-friendly way.

Q: Can this resource be used with Google Slides?

The content is taught through reading passages and hands-on activities. It's designed to be taught by diving in and using the skills right away, so it's not best for a Google Slides 'lecture' format.

Q: If I buy the full curriculum, will I get this unit for free?

Yes! If you purchase our full-year curriculum, this unit is included. Save 40% off when you buy our full-year social studies curriculum.