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Social Studies — Kindergarten
Goal 5: The learner will express basic geographic concepts in real life situations.
Objective 5.05. Identify and state how natural and human resources are used within the community.
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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
- What should a house do?
- This is a set of nine lesson plans which compares and contrasts the homes built by the first American settlers with those of the Native American peoples. Students will look closely at the design, construction and materials of at least one Native American... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K and 2 Social Studies)
- Provided by: ESITEment
- Recycled Materials
- The purpose of this lesson is to identify those materials that can be recycled and possible uses for them. It is strongly recommended that this lesson be used as a follow-up to the K-2 lesson on Materials and Manufacturing, in which students investigate... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K and 2 Science and Social Studies)
- Provided by: Science Netlinks
- Native American cultures across the U.S.
- Students discuss the differences between five Native American tribes within the U.S. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Everything comes from something
- Students and their families use a multitude of products every day. These products are manufactured partially or entirely from natural resources. In this lesson students will learn about renewable and nonrenewable resources and trace resources to their points... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K and 2 Social Studies)
- Provided by: Xpeditions
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