The overall theme of this teacher-tested unit is using maps to understand borders and their impacts in Europe. The materials will help your middle school students to use maps to think about how borders intersect physical and human geographical features, and how those intersections can lead to cooperation and/or conflict. The educator resources provided in the unit include maps, multimedia, and case studies that will enable students to develop skills in map analysis and apply that analysis to specific situations. Other parts of the unit will invite you and your students to explore similar cases in Europe and your own community.
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Below are just some of the extensive resources you will find on this page.
Lesson 2: Gathering Ideas About Europe
Lesson 3: Physical Geography of Europe
Lesson 4: Conflict on the Danube
Lesson 5: More Physical Geography and Borders