A Place Called Home

GeoLiteracy
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson students will gain a larger perspective of the world around through reading the lift-the-flap book, A Place Called Home. They will take a world tour exploring how others live and learn about natural and human characteristics of places.
Author: 
Gina Gagich
Grade Range: 
1-2
Duration: 
2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/pdf iconWorld map
application/pdf iconWorld map (6 tiles to be assembled)
Materials to Assist Teachers and English Language Learners: 
application/pdf iconVocabulary Cards
application/pdf iconVocabulary Test
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
2: How to use mental maps (a person's internalized picture of a part of Earth's surface) to organize information about people places, and environments