This interactive map of Africa contains links to country maps which provide information such as, population, flag, language, capital, industry, and agriculture.

In this lesson, sudents will play continent and ocean games to learn more about maps, globes and the world.

This interactive map of Asia contains links to country maps which provide information such as, population, flag, language, capital, industry, and agriculture.

For this resource, students listen to a narrator read text about a firefighter.

For this resource, students listen to a narrator read text about the job of a librarian.

For this resource, students listen to a narrator read text about the job of a mayor.

For this resource, students listen to a narrator read text about the job of a pediatrician.

For this resource, students listen to a narrator read text about the job of a pizza maker.

For this resource, students listen to a narrator read text about the job of a police officer.

For this resource, students listen to a narrator read text about the job of a utility worker.

For this resource, students listen to a narrator read text about the job of a veterinarian.

Students will compare miniature models to the real things, then explore maps and globes as models of the Earth. Maps and map features are shown and discussed as the teacher displays a park map, a neighborhood map, a community map, and uses Google maps and Google Earth. A printable student handout is also provided.

In this lesson, students will gain knowledge about various birthday traditions from other countries around the world. The students will help the teacher make a chart of the most liked birthday traditions from the countries shared in the story.The students will also give similarities and differences they notice about birthday traditions around the world. This lesson was developed by LaToya Dawson as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.

Students will review what they learned about birthday traditions and celebrations around the world. They will apply what they learned to their writings and share what they learned with their classmates. This lesson was developed by Tracey Dix as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.

Students will learn about birthday celebrations in the Netherlands. Students will have the opportunity to play a traditional Dutch birthday game. This lesson was developed by Tracey Dix as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.

This lesson will help students investigate the role a map plays in everyday lives at home, at school, around town or country and in the world. The students will explore how to use a map from a simple map of a room to a more complex map, such as a world map. This lesson will help students to better understand where the different countries they are exploring throughout this unit are on the world map in comparison to the United States. This lesson was developed by Leslie Montgomery as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.

In this multiday lesson, kindergarten students learn about the physical characteristics of their community as an introduction to map skills. Students will partcipate in a variety of activities including a whole group discussion using a Powerpoint presentation, centers, a rebus story, and a neighborhood walk. This lesson includes clip art, a Powerpoint presentation, and student handouts.

Kindergarten students review the physical and human features of their community and how they affect the way people live. Students will participate in a variety of activities in this multiday lesson, including building a model community, exploring and drawing maps, and whole group discussions. A reproducible Parent letter is included with this lesson.

In this lesson, students will "take a trip" just like Toot, in the story Toot and Puddle. A variety of other books are also listed that can be used to enhance this lesson. Students will identify geographic terms that describe their surroundings. Attachments are available for students to make a suitcase, a postcard, and write a letter to their parents.

In this lesson, students identify the continents and oceans on a spherical model of the Earth.