What's your favorite place?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/gk2/favplace.html
A lesson plan for grades K–2 Social Studies
In this lesson, students will be asked to think of their favorite place or a place they find particularly interesting. They’ll draw pictures of that place and share information about it with a partner. They’ll conclude by designing monuments that showcase their favorite place. This lesson is found on the Xpeditions website from National Geographic.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 1
- Goal 5: The learner will express geographic concepts in real life situations.
- Objective 5.01: Locate and describe familiar places in the home, classroom, and school.
Grade 2
- Goal 5: The learner will understand the relationship between people and geography in various communities.
- Objective 5.02: Describe the role of a geographer and apply geographic tools, such as maps, globes, compasses and photographs, in the understanding of locations and characteristics of places and regions.
Kindergarten
- Goal 5: The learner will express basic geographic concepts in real life situations.
- Objective 5.01: Locate and describe familiar places in the home, school, and other environments.
