Standard Course of Study :: Social Studies

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Blue Ridge Parkway Travelogue: Students plan and develop a week-long trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway, from beginning to end. The virtual tour culminates in the creation of a travelogue that will outline the trip.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Rachel Elliott.

Finding Your Way In North Carolina: Students will become familiar with the regions and local features of North Carolina and be able to write directions for others to find these features on a map.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Teachers Connect.

The Five Themes of Me: Students will demonstrate their understanding of the Five Themes of Geography through literature-based integrated activities to spotlight how they are represented in each. They will also work on language/writing skills and computer competencies while enjoying a little art along the way!; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Catherine Hazelton.

North Carolina Regional Travel Brochure: The students will cooperatively design travel brochures that describe major physical and cultural characteristics of the regions in North Carolina.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills); By Deborah Harrell.

North Carolina Regions: Working in cooperative groups, the students will learn about their assigned regions of North Carolina. A list of questions will be generated. When the research is completed, the students will design a way to orally present the information to the class. This also will integrate Visual Arts and Informational Skills.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Information Skills and Social Studies); By Patricia Britt.

North Carolina Rivers: Students will locate 28 rivers within the state of NC, noting names and origins of names, directions of flow, navigability, and development of population centers in relation to the rivers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Mike Stevenson.

Operation Beach Teach: This lesson is the introduction to an integrated marine science unit which culminates in an early fall trip to Hammocks Beach State Park. (See attachment: Pre-Activity). The unit is designed to hook students into science and provide joyful learning experiences across the curriculum.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, Social Studies, and Science); By Math Science Education Network.

Researching the North Carolina coastal plain: This lesson plan will provide students with a more in-depth knowledge of the animals, industry, and land geography of the coastal plain. Students will conduct research on the internet and in other resources to find information on the vital parts of the coastal plain. The lesson culminates with group presentations of their research and a Venn diagram developed individually comparing the outer and inner parts of the coastal plain.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts, Social Studies, English Language Development, Computer Technology Skills, and Science); By Ana Sanders and Heather Ennis.

The Road Taken: This lesson will introduce and reinforce main transportation routes for people and goods in North Carolina. Students will enhance map skills including using cardinal and intermediate directions, using a mileage chart, and planning transportation routes. Students will reinforce their knowledge of resources found in North Carolina as well as name and identify the three regions of North Carolina.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); By Margaretc Bryant.

Shifting coastlines: In their study of North Carolina's changing coastline during the Paleoindian and Archaic periods, students will determine the positions of the coastline at different times and decide what types of archaeological information has been lost due to rising sea levels.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Social Studies and Science)

Boundary ballads: Students identify the boundaries that are “singing” odd geographical songs. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–7 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Crack the code: Students use latitude and longitude to crack the code to find out where thieves are taking the loot. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Explore the spatial patterns of your hometown: In this Xpeditions lesson, students analyze the distribution of businesses and residences within their own communities in order to develop a more sophisticated understanding of already familiar places. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Get oriented: Students learn about the four cardinal directions—north, south, east, west. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Make state maps with MapMachine: In this Xpeditions lesson, students compare and contrast their state with another one using observations they make from National Geographic's MapMachine. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Planning a road trip: This lesson reviews latitude and longitude and asks students to find the latitude and longitude for several United States cities. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies and Mathematics); Provider: National Geographic

Top ten cities: In this Xpeditions lesson, students identify and study the most populous cities in their state, province, or country. They also learn about population distributions. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

What is geography?: Students work in groups to analyze a website to locate information about a particular country or region, and then create presentations showing how the geographic concepts described in the themes can be used to help solve environmental problems. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

What we can learn from maps: In this Xpeditions lesson, students examine different types of maps. They look at marine maps and maps of their state's agricultural pattern to learn how maps can be used to provide information about a variety of activities, distributions, and geographical locations. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

Which direction should I go?: Students review and practice their knowledge of compass directions. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic