Assign this text to deeply engage your students!

Actively Learn provides free ELA, science, and social studies digital content—short stories, primary sources, textbook sections, science articles, novels, videos, and more—and embeds them with assignments aligned to standards for all 50 states that you can assign immediately or customize for your students.

Whether you’re looking for “The Tell-Tale Heart,” The Hate U Give, “The Gettysburg Address,” or current science articles and simulations, Actively Learn is the free go-to source to help you guide your students' growth in critical thinking all year.

Teaching Latitude and Longitude

Latitude and Longitude

Parallels and meridians are the lines that help us mark degrees of latitude and longitude. Longitude gives you east-west information. Latitude gives you north-south information. When you put them together, you can know exactly where you are.

Core Knowledge
Core Knowledge Foundation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How are imaginary lines of latitude and longitude helpful?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

1,2,3
Assign this text to your students for free!