What's it like to live along a national boundary?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/13/g35/boundary.html
A lesson plan for grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies
In this lesson, students will discuss the concept of boundaries and borders and will investigate the characteristics of the United States-Mexico border. They’ll pretend to live on the U.S. side of the border and will write dialogues between themselves and kids their ages who live on the other side. This lesson is found on the Xpeditions website from National Geographic.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 5
- Goal 1: The learner will apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.
- Objective 1.03: Increase reading and writing vocabulary through:
- wide reading.
- word study.
- word reference materials.
- content area study.
- writing process elements.
- writing as a tool.
- debate.
- discussions.
- seminars.
- examining the author's craft.
- Objective 1.03: Increase reading and writing vocabulary through:
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 5
- Goal 1: The learner will apply key geographic concepts to the United States and other countries of North America.
- Objective 1.01: Describe the absolute and relative location of major landforms, bodies of water,and natural resources in the United States and other countries of North America.
- Objective 1.02: Analyze how absolute and relative location influence ways of living in the United States and other countries of North America.
- Objective 1.03: Compare and contrast the physical and cultural characteristics of regions within the United States, and other countries of North America.
