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This site is created by National Geographic. It contains lesson plans, activities, atlases, etc. It links to U.S. national geography standards. Nice resource.

Students will analyze how the 50 State Quarters Program represents both the diversity and unity of the United States. They will identify human and physical geographic characteristics of Roman culture from Roman coins and examine how Roman emperors used coins to help unify their empire.

"In order to fully understand the geographic concept of natural resource use, students should learn about the ways that resource extraction affects the physical and human landscape. In this lesson, they will discuss how a specific economic activity in a region can facilitate the creation of towns, which often turn into ghost towns if the economic activity ends."

Free video on Arlington National Cemetery. Material from National Geographic suitable for Veterans Day activities...

You've Got Oil Lesson Plan

Bookmark this for sure, a great tool for creating maps for content lessons in Social Studies.

Australian Social Science content standards and curriculum outlined. Compared to MN Standards is much broader categories of understanding and way fewer standards to meet in any grade.

Learn about the underground railroad in this interactive choose your own adventure site. Published by National Geographic.

This site encourages geography education and promotes natural and cultural conservation.

How could you use this in a class around the geographic theme of "places?"

Awesome site for geogrpahy...maps, demographics, printables and more!