Grade 5
Unit 1 Geography
Suggested Web sites
Game to learn the location and name of states – www.jayzeebear.com/map/usa.html
Site to let you draw your own state or U.S. Map: http://monarch.tamu.edu/~maps2/
U.S. map game to download to computer: http://www.yourchildlearns.com/dirmpusa.htm
U.S. Historical Map & Crossword Puzzle (with answer page):
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/profbooks/histmap.pdf
Types of Maps http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/jh/earth/mapstype/index.html
Zoom Into Maps - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/maps/index.html Introduces historical maps from the American Memory collections. A graphic organizer, for analysis and note taking, and a set of guiding questions for each type of map have been provided.
CensusScope http://www.censusscope.org/us/s48/chart_age.html Primary Source Document – provides maps, charts, and rankings on 2000 Census information
Enchanted Learning Geography - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/ A collection of geography pages, maps, printouts, flags, quizzes, and activities for students. The pages are listed by continent, alphabetically, and by topic.
Teaching Geography’s 5 Themes - http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?external=http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson071.shtml&original=http://www.proteacher.com/090027.sht - 25 activities to teach the 5 themes.