LEARN NC

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

Geography in Action

Goal 2: The learner will identify major tourist flows in the world and locate various countries, major cities, natural attractions, and historic sites of tourist importance.

Objective 2.02. Identify different types of movement; differentiate between permanent migration and temporary travel patterns, including tourism.

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We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

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Resources on the web

Migration station: Should we stay or should we go?
Students take a virtual visit via the Migration Station, part of National Geographic's Xpedition Hall, to European countries that have been impacted by immigration or emigration. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Human migration within and into the United States
In this Xpeditions lesson, students analyze 1980 and 1990 demographic data from the U.S. They determine net migration for the southern, northeastern, western, and midwestern regions of the United States and analyze the impact of migration shifts in these regions. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Genographic: Permanent markers
In this Xpeditions lesson, one of a multi-part unit on the Genographic Project, students review background information about the basics of DNA and chromosomal structure. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 Science and Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic