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Compass rose: Replica of a 32-point wind rose from a nautical chart by Jorge de Aguiar (1492).; Format: image/illustration

The key to a map: The students will use a map of the classroom to strengthen their map reading skills. They will work in groups and use a prepared map of the classroom to find hidden messages.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Melissa Lasher.

Radial symmetry design: Students will study the carving of 18th century America and create a rosette design using radial symmetry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education); By Lisa Mitchell.

Finding your way in North Carolina: Students will become familiar with the regions and local features of North Carolina and be able to write directions for others to find these features on a map.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Sadie Allran Broome.

Greece: Part 1: This lesson is one of three created as an interdisciplinary unit on the connection between the art and artifacts of a culture and the values and beliefs of the members of that culture. This unit begins with a class-wide investigation of Ancient Greece and concludes with a visit to the Ackland Art Museum. During the visit, students will have the opportunity to assess their predictions about the Ancient Greeks. In addition, students will look at works of art from other cultures and compare and contrast the visual information provided about those cultures with visual information provided about Greek culture.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Social Studies); By Winn Wheeler.

The road taken: This lesson will introduce and reinforce main transportation routes for people and goods in North Carolina. Students will enhance map skills including using cardinal and intermediate directions, using a mileage chart, and planning transportation routes. Students will reinforce their knowledge of resources found in North Carolina as well as name and identify the three regions of North Carolina.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Margaretc Bryant.

Seven directions: Making connections between literature and American Indian history: This middle school lesson uses picture books to integrate American Indian culture and belief systems with language and visual arts.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); By Edie McDowell.

What in the world does this have to do with maps and globes?: This lesson focuses on the similarities and differences between a globe and a flat world map. It introduces critical vocabulary relating to cardinal directions and longitude and latitude.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Development and Social Studies); By Phebe Watson and Sylvia Easterling.

Landform adventure: This lesson will enable students to learn the types of landforms and bodies of water. Then they will use geographic terms to describe landforms and bodies of water in Mexico. Activities in this lesson can be taught during a period of 2-3 days.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Beth Edmonds.

North Carolina rivers: Students will locate 28 rivers within the state of NC, noting names and origins of names, directions of flow, navigability, and development of population centers in relation to the rivers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Mike Stevenson.

"Where Am I?" Reading guide and activities: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 3.3; This lesson for grade 8 will help students to understand the article "Where Am I? Mapping a New World" through the use of a graphic organizer and a reading guide.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Where am I? Mapping a New World: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 3.2; Early European travelers to the Americas reported bits and pieces of information back to Europe. Over the centuries, mapmakers assembled these reports into maps. As time went by, explorers and mapmakers compiled an increasingly accurate understanding of the Americas and of the world. To do so, they had to invent new tools for mapmaking, embrace radical new ideas about the shape of the world, and discard cherished beliefs.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Running the blockade: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.3; Confederate spy Belle Boyd's tale of running the Union blockade from Wilmington, North Carolina. Includes historical commentary.

Vietnam waterways: Ecology and conservation: In this interdisciplinary lesson for grades 6-8, students will examine the relationship between the physical environment and cultural characteristics of the Mekong River valley in Vietnam. Students will evaluate the current conditions of the Mekong River and suggest long-range solutions for improving, restoring, or preserving the quality of the river.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills, Science, and Social Studies); By Edie McDowell.

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