Geography
This curriculum path provides students with an introduction to the study of geography, which covers the earth, its atmosphere, New Hampshire specifically, and how human activity influences the physical world around us.
The links below lead to the Educator Guide for each lesson. For the Worksheets and Resources file for each lesson plan, visit the Unit Plan for the relevant unit.
Lesson Plan 1.1
Map Vocabulary and Introduction
Play a variety of vocabulary games and learn basic map skills
Lesson Plan 1.3
New Hampshire's Land
Understand how glaciers affected New Hampshire’s land and visualize the land
Lesson Plan 2.1
People of the Dawn
Investigate where the Abenaki lived and their influences on place names today
Lesson Plan 3.1
Explorers
Identify what explorers were looking for and what they found in the land now called New Hampshire
Lesson Plan 3.3
Who Owns the Land?
Compare Abenaki and European cultural perspectives on land use and ownership
Lesson Plan 3.4
The First English Settlements
Consider the community needs of a settlement and how those needs were met in a town charter
Lesson Plan 4.1
Building New Hampshire Towns
Participate in a simulation as town manager for a Masonian Proprietor and create a geographic representation of a town’s development
Lesson Plan 5.1
Why Did We Have a Revolution?
Use non-fiction and mapping skills to decide how one of three events in New Hampshire meets the definition of the "revolution"
Lesson Plan 7.1
New Hampshire on the Move
Evaluate changing modes of transportation for people and goods and design a more effective travel plan to get the ox-cart man to market
Lesson 11.5
Growing Cities
Explore the word “urbanization,” then consider the positives and negatives of urbanization
Lesson Plan 12.3
Mapping Jobs and Immigrant Groups
Create and analyze maps of job locations and immigrant settlements in New Hampshire
Lesson Plan 13.1
Tourists in New Hampshire
Explain why people came to New Hampshire and map tourist attractions
Lesson Plan 14.1
Neglected Waterways
Investigate the history of the Merrimack River before they explore watershed systems and how human pollution affects them
Lesson Plan 1.4
New Hampshire's Weather
Investigate different kinds of extreme weather in New Hampshire
Lesson Plan 1.5
Regions of New Hampshire
Sort human-made and natural attractions in New Hampshire by region, then plan a trip through all seven regions
Lesson Plan 1.8
Mapping Your Town
Choose an aspect of a town and create a map or add layers to an existing map
Lesson Plan 17.1
A Small State of Many Cultures
Map cultures present in New Hampshire today and make a heritage festival in the classroom