We Went Looking for Home
Learners begin to understand the idea of home is hard to contain. Learners brainstorm all the feelings, sensations, images, and memories that come up when they think of home.
Learning Objectives
- I understand that place is a representation of home.
- I can construct maps and other graphic representations of both familiar and unfamiliar places. (D2.Geo.1.3-5. C)
Essential Questions
- What does home mean to me?
- How do different artists define home?
Lesson Plan
Prepare a pre-written question on your board or anchor chart. It can be as simple as “What is home?” or “When you hear the word home, what comes to mind?” or “What does home make you think of?” Introduce this question and give learners ample think time, reminding them that there are lots of different ways one can define home and absolutely no wrong answers. Gathering input can be as simple as you the teacher scribing their ideas or learners narrating and scribing their thoughts as they share them or learners chatting with a partner and then scribing their thoughts on sticky notes.
Materials
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