Description
Here are a few of the MANY geography skills that students will practice with these geography lessons:
✅ 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
Unit Details:
✦ A 3 to 4-week-long comprehensive geography unit for elementary students
✦ Over 400 pages of lessons, readings, projects, activities, and games
✦ 1 ZIP file organized into 15 lessons by topic
You’ll Receive:
✦ 15 World Geography Lesson Plans
✦ 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
✦ 12 Quick Quizzes, plus a Unit Assessment
✦ Answer Keys and Student Samples
✦ 3 Fun Flipbooks
✦ EXCLUSIVE BONUSES: Unit Assessment (4 pgs.) with Answer Key, Unit Overview, State Standards Alignment, Flipbook Rubric
➡️ Geography Lessons Included
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
Pedagogy
This is a comprehensive unit. Everything you need to cover your geography standards is inside. Each lesson becomes more challenging, and students will practice a variety of reading, writing, research, and discussion skills. The lesson plans are detailed with suggestions to add, adjust, or remove activities depending on the time you have to complete each lesson. The unit includes more than you need for students to grasp each concept.
What Makes this Unit Unique?
This geography unit is way more than worksheets. It is a rich source of lessons, activities, crafts, projects, and other unique ways of learning. This unit is skill-based, which means students will practice essential skills while learning about geography. Skills like having respectful discussions, critical thinking, research, navigation, presentation, and more!
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Total Pages 400 pages
Answer Key Yes w/ Rubrics
Teaching Duration 3-4 weeks
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