Lesson Plans:
The KGA understands the importance of geographic resources in the classroom and the difficulty of incorporating them. This is why we feature a variety of lesson plans and curriculum ideas to help educators get started!
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ELEMENTARY LEVEL WEATHER
Description: This set of three lessons allows elementary level students to learn more about recording and forecasting weather. A posted Word document contains some slight changes to the lessons that help incorporate the Kentucky Mesonet and the National Weather Service, which highlights skills such as scientific data collection, geographic knowledge, and navigating a website. AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CULTURE THROUGH HUMAN FEATURES
Description:  In this lesson, students will identify events that shape a culture and identify human features in their own community.  Uses the book Talking Walls by Margy Burns Knight, Anne Sibley O'Brien.​​ GEOQUEST: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Description: In this lesson, students will use a storymap to explore population patterns and economics in the state of Kentucky. Classroom Tools:
On the resources page we have compiled many maps, links, and lesson plans that can be used in the classroom to further geographic learning. If you have a resource that you think should be added to this page please e-mail us!       https://learn.arcgis.com/en/gallery/#?c=mapping

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