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Mission geography: Europe

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/05/g68/geospy.html

A lesson plan for Grade 6 Social Studies

Provider: National Geographic

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Appropriate grades
6
Subjects
social studies (Europe, geography), education technology (integrating technology), teaching methods (cooperative learning, online learning)
Provider
National Geographic

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In this Xpeditions lesson, students research and learn about the culture, physical geography, and history of selected countries in Europe. Activities in this lesson engage students in online learning, collaborative group work, and development of map-reading and planning skills.

Students will:

  • research cultural, geographic, and historical information about selected countries;
  • create an imaginary travel plan to visit those countries;
  • create a tour guide brochure to highlight areas of their imaginary trip; and
  • identify each of the countries of Europe.

Xpeditions provides detailed directions for completing the lesson, suggestions for assessment and extension activities, and links to helpful web resources and handouts.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 6

  • Goal 1: The learner will use the five themes of geography and geographic tools to answer geographic questions and analyze geographic concepts.
    • Objective 1.01: Create maps, charts, graphs, databases, and models as tools to illustrate information about different people, places and regions in South America and Europe.
    • Objective 1.03: Use tools such as maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases, models, and artifacts to compare data on different countries of South America and Europe and to identify patterns as well as similarities and differences among them.
  • Goal 11: The learner will recognize the common characteristics of different cultures in South America and Europe.
    • Objective 11.01: Identify the concepts associated with culture such as language, religion, family, and ethnic identity, and analyze how they both link and separate societies.
    • Objective 11.03: Compare characteristics of political, economic, religious, and social institutions of selected cultures, and evaluate their similarities and differences.