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The Five Themes of Me: Students will demonstrate their understanding of the Five Themes of Geography through literature-based integrated activities to spotlight how they are represented in each. They will also work on language/writing skills and computer competencies while enjoying a little art along the way!; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Catherine Hazelton.

Interstate highways from the ground up: This lesson gives students a first-hand opportunity to hear about the planning and effort it takes to build a highway by through an oral history of a North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) resident engineer.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 11–12 Social Studies); By Kristin Post.

Shifting coastlines: In their study of North Carolina's changing coastline during the Paleoindian and Archaic periods, students will determine the positions of the coastline at different times and decide what types of archaeological information has been lost due to rising sea levels.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Social Studies and Science)

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Explore the spatial patterns of your hometown: In this Xpeditions lesson, students analyze the distribution of businesses and residences within their own communities in order to develop a more sophisticated understanding of already familiar places. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

How crowded are our states?: In this lesson, from Xpeditions, students combine information from statistics and maps to find out about world and national population characteristics. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade ); Provider: National Geographic

Pirate map: In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about the geographical areas that pirates frequented and the relationship between piracy and the slave trade. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies and English Language Arts); Provider: National Geographic

What is geography?: Students work in groups to analyze a website to locate information about a particular country or region, and then create presentations showing how the geographic concepts described in the themes can be used to help solve environmental problems. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

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