Seeing the world through the news
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/g35/seeingnews.html
A lesson plan for grade 3 Social Studies
In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore National Geographic News and find several articles about recent geographic and environmental developments. Activities in this lesson engage students in collaborative group work and development of media literacy and critical thinking skills.
Students will:
- describe the types of news they find at a variety of news web resources;
- list and summarize today’s headlines from National Geographic News, and label the news stories’ locations on a world map;
- summarize three to five additional articles, and label those articles’ locations on the map; and
- write paragraphs describing how this activity has helped them learn about what’s going on in the world in geographic terms.
Xpeditions provides detailed instructions for completing the lesson, assessment and extension activities, and links to helpful web resources.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 3
- Goal 4: The learner will explain geographic concepts and the relationship between people and geography in real life situations.
- Objective 4.02: Use appropriate source maps to locate communities.
