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Lesson Plans - Geography

Writing About The Holocaust, Connections

This site offers a selection of lessons that span several subjects.

Nazi Concentration Camps — Map and Chart Reading Activities

Students use a chart showing the locations and number of deaths in Nazi camps to complete map and chart-reading skill work sheets.

Recycling!

Over the course of four lessons, the students will recall event from “The Lorax” and solve problems related to littering and pollution.

Barbaloot Suits: Preserving Biodiversity

In this lesson, students will learn about how and why Olson studies plants. Students will compare a situation in which farmers unknowingly destroyed a plant species with the conservation themes outlined in Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, and then summarize the Seuss work through illustration.

Sharing African Culture

Students listen to an African American folk tale and draw pictures to illustrate the story.