The Lesson Plans Page has many free lesson plans related to cities, geography, and transportation. Lesson plans range from PreK-12, and are sorted by level and topic. Below are some relevant examples. Note that we have not reviewed each one in detail for quality.

If some of these lesson plans intrigue you, there are many more for each grade level on the Lesson Plans Page website. Use the search function (on the sidebar on the left) to find the lessons listed below.

PreK-1

Building a Community
Places in My Community
Defining Suburban, Rural and Urban Communities
Aquatic Wildlife and Pollution
Transportation by Land, Air, or Water?
Learning to Use a Map
Transportation--It's All Around YOU!
Planting a Native American Garden

2-3

Creating a Community Brochure
Comparing Communities
Birds-eye View Mapping

4-5

City Life and Country Life
Community Thematic Unit (a series of lesson plans)
Helping a Local Environmental Issue
Eat Your State!
National Parks (unit)

6-7

Natural Disasters (unit)
Garbage and Recycling (unit)
Letter from Chief Seattle

8-12

Society and Social Groups
Understanding Cultural Differences
Global Warming Lesson Through Mathematical Conversion