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Assessing political boundaries

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A lesson plan for Grade 7 Social Studies

Provider: National Geographic

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Appropriate grades
7
Subjects
social studies (Asia, geography), thinking skills (information literacy, research skills, visual literacy), education technology (integrating technology), teaching methods (cooperative learning, online learning)
Provider
National Geographic

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In this Xpeditions lesson, students are introduced to the changing nature of political boundaries in Asia. This lesson is one in a series developed in collaboration with The Asia Society, with support from the Freeman Foundation, highlighting the geography and culture of Asia and its people. The activities include individual practice and small group collaboration.

Students will:

  • determine the role of geography in establishing and maintaining political boundaries;
  • analyze changes to political boundaries in Asia over time;
  • analyze the effectiveness of various kinds of political boundaries; and
  • infer possible long-term effects of changing political boundaries on the consciousness of people living in various contemporary Asian nations.

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

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 7

  • 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 Africa, Asia, and Australia.
    • Objective 1.02: Generate, interpret, and manipulate information from tools such as maps, globes, charts, graphs, databases, and models to pose and answer questions about space and place, environment and society, and spatial dynamics and connections.
    • Objective 1.03: Use tools such as maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases, models, and artifacts to compare data on different countries of Africa, Asia, and Australia and to identify patterns as well as similarities and differences.