Matthew Mast

COVID-19 may have caused the cancellation of large gatherings of teachers, but it hasn’t cancelled the creative abilities of teachers Read More...

Student handout giving instructions for a book report. Clarification is given whether doing a report about a biography, a non-fiction Read More...

A short skit where students role-play cell division. Download this document or read it below. Pass it on:

This student handout gives guidelines about an insect collection project. Students are divided into groups. The objectives, procedures, and grading Read More...

A syllabus for Life Science taught in grades 7-9. Textbooks used are Life Science and Student Activities in Life Science, Read More...

This checklist for the final project of drawing a world map lists the countries and physical features by continent that Read More...

This document about the final map project includes a schedule when each continent map should be completed, requirements for each Read More...

This grading rubric is to be filled out by the teacher to grade each student on part of the final Read More...

This grading rubric is to be filled out by the teacher to grade each student on part of the final Read More...

This grading rubric is to be filled out by the teacher to grade each student on part of the final Read More...

Student handout to go with the lessons on Europe. Includes a brief overview of the history, physical characteristics, people and Read More...

A brief overview of the history, physical characteristics, people and cultures of Europe. Each country is named with some countries Read More...

Student handout to go with the lessons on Northern Eurasia. It includes an overview of the area, its geographic regions, Read More...

A template for making handouts in World Geography. Download this document or read it below. Pass it on:

A schedule of homework assignments. Includes the date and the assignment due mostly through the month of January. Download this Read More...

The first lesson plan in teaching World Geography. Students were introduced to the syllabus. Their class activity was to draw Read More...

The second lesson plan in teaching World Geography. Students learn about latitude and longitude and how they help in reading Read More...

The second lesson plan in mapping the USA. Students will learn to label the major physical features of the 48 Read More...

A lesson plan in mapping Canada. Students are introduced to major climate regions and primary natural resources of Canada. Download Read More...

A lesson plan where students are tested on the geography of Canada. Download this document or read it below. Pass Read More...

A lesson plan where students begin drawing a map of Central America. Download this document or read it below. Pass Read More...

The second lesson plan in mapping South America. Students learn about the major physical features of South America. Download this Read More...

A short lesson plan where students draw a grid of latitude and longitude lines in preparation for the final map. Read More...

A lesson plan template as a .dotx theme for Microsoft Word. Download this document or read it below. Pass it Read More...

Instructions for drawing and coloring a map of Central America. Includes a list of the countries, territories, cities, physical features, Read More...

Instructions for drawing and coloring a map of Europe. Includes a list of the countries, independent states, capital cities, physical Read More...

Instructions for drawing and coloring a map of Northern Eurasia. Includes a list of the countries, independent states, capital cities, Read More...

A quiz template used for world geography. Download this document or read it below. Pass it on:

A test on the geography of the United States. 25 physical features are given to be located on a map Read More...

A test on the geography of Canada. Provinces and physical features are given to be located on a map of Read More...

A test on Central America geography. With 30 numbered locations on the map, students are to write the correct names Read More...

A test on South America geography. With 24 numbered locations on the map, students are to write the correct names Read More...

A test on the geography of Europe. 23 physical features and 37 countries are given to be located on a Read More...

A test on the geography of Northern Eurasia. 20 physical features are given to be located on the map. 15 Read More...

A test on the geography of Asia. 15 physical features and 38 countries are given to be located on a Read More...

World Geography syllabus for Grades 7-9. Texts used are Mapping the World by Heart (Smith) and Geographic Literacy (Davis). Download Read More...

A college-level research project on PowerPoint. Matthew Mast begins with defining the Common Core State Standards, telling why and how Read More...

Some pictures of student-drawn maps for the final map drawing project in World Geography. Click on an image for the Read More...