Personal boundaries and forbidden places
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/13/gk2/boundaries.html
A lesson plan for grades K–1 Social Studies
In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore the concept of boundaries between places—in this case, places where they are welcome versus places where they are unwelcome. Activities in this lesson engage students in whole class discussion and development of map-reading and writing skills.
Students will:
- discuss the concept of boundaries, and describe boundaries they are familiar with;
- draw a map of their town, and label the places that they are not allowed to visit or don’t like to visit;
- discuss how they react when they are told not to go someplace; and
- write paragraphs or draw pictures describing the places they would like to visit someday but that they can’t go now (such as vacation destinations that are out of their reach, a fancy restaurant their parents won’t take them to now, or a PG-rated movie).
Xpeditions provides detailed directions for completing the lesson, suggestions for assessment and extension activities, discussion questions, and links to a related activity.
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.
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.
- Objective 5.02: Create and interpret simple maps, models, and drawings of the home, school, and other environments.
