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Uplink outpost: To the future class of...

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A lesson plan for grade 4 Social Studies

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In this Xpeditions lesson, students use the interactive feature in Xpedition Hall called Uplink Outpost to discover ways to interpret geography in their community. Activities in this lesson engage students in whole class discussion, online learning and development of vocabulary and higher level thinking skills.

Students will:

  • read/listen to the e-mail from Dr. George Stuart, the National Geographic’s Chairman of the Committee for Research and Exploration, about the future of geography;
  • define key terms such as biodiversity, fragile, fundamental, oblivion, and reserves;
  • discuss geographic features in their community such as rivers, mountains, deserts, flora, or ice;
  • describe actions they can take, now and in the future, to be stewards for the environment;
  • predict changes that may happen to the community, over the next 20 years; and
  • create an e-mail, as a class, for the next generation, about the community in which they live.

Xpeditions provides detailed directions for completing the lesson, suggestions for assessment and extension activities, discussion questions, and links to necessary web resources.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 4

  • Goal 1: The learner will apply the five themes of geography to North Carolina and its people.
    • Objective 1.01: Locate, in absolute and relative terms, major landforms, bodies of water and natural resources in North Carolina.
    • Objective 1.04: Evaluate ways the people of North Carolina used, modified, and adapted to the physical environment, past and present.
  • Goal 7: The learner will recognize how technology influences change within North Carolina.
    • Objective 7.02: Analyze the effect of technology on North Carolina's citizens, past and present.
    • Objective 7.03: Explain how technology changed and influenced the movement of people, goods,and ideas over time.
    • Objective 7.04: Analyze the effect of technology on North Carolina citizens today.