My North Carolina
http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps/mync_k12.html
A lesson plan for grade 4 Social Studies
Using word association and early maps of North Carolina, students will examine their preconceptions about the state and connect them to what they learn. This assignment acts as a diagnostic assessment. The benefit of using colonial maps rather than a current map of North Carolina is that students can make a connection between discovery and progression in the creation of the state that they know. This is intended to be used before any lesson about colonial times or discovery of America in general — the students can consider themselves “explorers” along with the ones they learn about.
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 1.02: Describe and compare physical and cultural characteristics of the regions.
