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

Geography in Action

Goal 5: The learner will understand mental maps and recognize how mental maps shape people's willingness and unwillingness to travel to certain places.

Objective 5.03. Explain how and why a positive or negative mental map of a place can affect a person's decision to travel.

Additional related resources

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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Aligned lesson plans

Resources on the web

Urban daydreams: You should see what I see
This Xpeditions lesson has students use their perceptions of cities around the world to better understand what factors may affect their personal mental maps. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic