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Xpeditions: National Geographic Lesson Plans
Hundreds of free, teacher-tested lesson plans.

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Awesome Library
A collection of links to lesson plans and lesson plan databases.

Core Knowledge Lesson Plans
Unit plans developed by teachers in Core Knowledge schools and presented at Core Knowledge National Conferences.

Coverdell World Wise Schools program of the Peace Corps
Lesson plans from the Peace Corp.  Helps the teacher integrate global issues and awareness of other cultures into core content areas.

The Gateway to 21st Century Skills
The Gateway provides access to high quality Internet lesson plans, curriculum units, and other education resources.  The Gateway user can do a customized search using subject and grade level.

Geographic Resources from the Smithsonian
Primarily informational resources for teachers and students.  Some lesson plans.

Hot Chalk Lesson Plans Page
A very big database of  over 4,000 lesson plans, many pertaining to geography.

ide@s
Although this database is constructed with Wisconsin educators in mind, it is a valuable resource for all educators. Search by keyword, subject, grade, or by Wisconsin Academic Standards.

McRel Geography Lesson Plans
Geography lesson plans and related resources.

National Geographic Education Guide
Geography lesson plans, maps, photos, etc.

NY Times Daily Lesson Plan
Hundreds of lesson plans for grades 6-12 based on articles that have appeared in the New York Times.  This is a joint endeavor with the Bank Street School of Education.  Many interesting features.

PBS Teachers
Extensive resource for geography lesson plans.

Teacher Planet
Directory of geography lesson plan sites.

Thinkfinity
Standards-based lesson plans.

Wisconsin's Information Network for Successful Schools (WINSS) Curriculum Resource Center
Thousands of high-quality lesson plans, classroom activities, etc. provided by leading professional education organizations and aligned to Wisconsin's model academic standards.

Xpeditions: National Geographic Lesson Plans
Hundreds of free, teacher-tested lesson plans.

bullet OTHER GEOGRAPHY RESOURCES
(The following list of resources will help you gather additional information about this topic.)

The Franklin Educational Hotlists at the Franklin Institute
A number of useful geography links.

National Geographic Education Guide
Geography lesson plans, maps, photos, etc.

Compiled: July 2011
Questions, comments, suggestions?  Contact Stephen Katz at katz@uwosh.edu

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