Standard Course of Study :: Social Studies

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Geography centers: A geography unit in which students investigate and compare their hometowns and other cities. The unit incorporates nine centers: math, science, social studies, reading, writing, computers, puzzles and games, art, and listening. They all have activities that are integrated with the geography unit.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, Social Studies, Mathematics, Computer Technology Skills, and Science); By Laurie Perry.

The Key to a Map: The students will use a map of the classroom to strengthen their map reading skills. They will work in groups and use a prepared map of the classroom to find hidden messages.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Melissa Lasher.

Landform Adventure: This lesson will enable students to learn the types of landforms and bodies of water. Then they will use geographic terms to describe landforms and bodies of water in Mexico. Activities in this lesson can be taught during a period of 2-3 days.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies); By Beth Edmonds.

Arctic terns from north to south: Students map the arctic tern's migration route and consider why it migrates so far. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Science and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Big island pool: Igneous rocks and the anatomy of a volcano: Students will learn about the rocks that are formed when a volcano erupts: igneous rocks. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies and Science); Provider: National Geographic

Caribou migration: Students will learn some basic facts about caribou and map the migration route of the Porcupine caribou herd of Alaska and northwestern Canada. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Science and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Everything comes from something: Students learn about renewable and nonrenewable resources and trace resources to their points of origin by constructing and analyzing a product map. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Explore your state with maps: In this Xpeditions lesson, students create maps of their state using information from National Geographic's MapMachine. They then make their own maps from memory after studying the original maps they created. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Geography skills and your town: In this Xpeditions lesson, students relate the five themes of geography (location, place, human/environment interaction, movement, and regions) to their own home town. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Getting lost: Students practice their knowledge of the cardinal directions by describing the directions in their classroom. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Information Skills and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

If you were a pioneer on the Oregon Trail: Students compare imagined travel experiences of their own with the actual experiences of 19th-century pioneers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Jimmy Chin sees adventure: What do you see?: In this Xpeditions lesson, students begin to explore how culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Jimmy Chin's adventure in extreme photography: In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore how culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

The land of the Inca: Students learn basic facts about the Inca and show where they lived on a map. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Life in the mountains: Students are introduced to the idea that people in different parts of the world have different customs and habits of daily life, even if they live in similar landscapes. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

The Middle East region: Flags and facts: Students will learn basic facts about the Middle East by exploring maps of the region. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Modeling Shadows: Students observe the daytime and nighttime sky regularly to identify sequences of changes and to look for patterns in these changes. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Moving 1,000 miles: This ARTSEDGE lesson uses the book Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It) Going to Move to explore the unique aspects of cities. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Over the river and through the woods: Traveling by memory: This lesson introduces the concept of mental maps and their development. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Pacific salmon: Students learn about pacific salmon, including the salmon migration route and the fact that salmon are able to return to the streams where they were born after spending years swimming in the ocean. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic