Standard Course of Study :: Social Studies — Grade 1

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Xpeditions express: City scavenger hunt: Students take a virtual trip on National Geographic's Xpeditions Express through Europe to the cities of London, Paris, Innsbruck, Venice, Budapest, and Istanbul. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

My piece of history: Students examine pictures of household objects from the late 20th century, gather historical information about them from older family members, and then create an in-class exhibit of historical objects from their own homes. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

How do you like a crowd?: Students consider what it's like to be in heavily and sparsely populated places. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

The great migration: In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about the migration of African Americans to Harlem, beginning with the original migration of blacks to North America. Students explore paintings by Jacob Lawrence to understand the experience of blacks who migrated... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–3 and 5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Geo-generations: In this Xpeditions activity, students create a Geo-Generations Scrapbook that charts where members of their family have lived and tells what those places were like. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provided by: Xpeditions

The Chesapeake Bay Watershed: A timeline of change, a model for change: In this Xpeditions lesson, students conduct research on the Chesapeake Bay, from Captain John Smith's explorations of Native American settlements in the early seventeenth century to the present, and examine how these changes over time can help people better... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science and Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

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