Reviving Bodie
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/g68/bodie.html
A lesson plan for grade 5 Social Studies
In this lesson students will research the ghost town of Bodie and imagine that the state of California has decided to make Bodie a town again and to let people settle there. The groups will write guides for the town’s new potential citizens explaining the things they need to know about the town’s climate, landscape, location, natural resources, and history.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
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 1.07: Analyze the past movement of people, goods, and ideas within and among the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America and compare it to movement today.
- Goal 3: The learner will examine the roles various ethnic groups have played in the development of the United States and its neighboring countries.
- Objective 3.02: Examine how changes in the movement of people, goods, and ideas have affected ways of living in the United States.
