Lesson Plans
Building Peace, One School at a Time
Grade level: 4-6
Key Concepts: human-environmental interaction, culture, wants and needs


I'm on the Map, too!
Grade level: 1-3
Key Concepts: mapmaking, location

Maps, Maps, and More Maps
Grade level: 2-4
Key Concepts: mapmaking, scale, maps, cardinal directions


Seven Continents Scavenger Hunt
Grade level: 1-4
Key Concepts: location, continents, oceans, latitude, longitude
Observing the Debate on Land Use
Grade level: 4-6
Key Concepts: land use, urban, rural



Writing a Continents Story
Grade level: 2-3
Key Concepts: continents, human and physical features
Measuring the Distance Money Travels
Grade level: 3-4
Key Concepts: location, distance, needs, wants
Big City Traveling
Grade level: 5-6
Key Concepts: place, human and physical characteristics of places
What's the Weather Like in My Backyard
Grade level: 3-4
Key Concepts: weather, physical systems
Adventures of Oliver K. Woodman
Grade level: 3-4
Key Concepts: place, human features, physical features
Environmental Change with Dr. Seuss
Grade level: 5-6
Key Concepts: human-environmental interaction
Where in the World?
Grade level:1-2
Key Concepts: location, place, movement
A Line Around Minnesota
Grade level: 5-6
Key Concepts: location, place
Historical African American Places
Grade level: 5-6
Key Concepts: location, place

No Place Like Home
Grade level: 2-3
Key Concepts: urban, suburban, rural