LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 3

The learner will RELATE ideas and information to life experiences.

Objective 3.05

Describe how information and ideas are influenced by prior knowledge, personal experience, and social, cultural, political, economic, and historical events.

Resources aligned to this objective

Why I Am Me Timeline
Student develops a timeline that correlates personal life events with world events. Research and bibliographic skills are incorporated.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Guidance)
By Rita Briggs.

Lesson plans on the web

Reviving Bodie
Students will work in groups to write guides for a ghost town's new potential citizens, explaining the things they need to know about the town's climate, landscape, location, natural resources, and history. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Information Skills and Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic