The lessons below are aligned with the philosophy of INTECH 2 Social Studies and provide additional support for the standards and benchmarks addressed during this training. To view these lesson correlated to the Louisiana standards and benchmarks, visit the Making Connections database at http://www.lcet.doe.state.la.us/conn/

To view the lessons from Making Connections:

• Select the MarcoPolo Lesson Link at the bottom of the side menu bar.
  
• A search engine appears...the user may search by keyword, by subject area, and/or by grade level.
  
• Select the lesson title from the search results.

Introduction to longitude and latitude:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/gk2/longlat.html

Where in the U. S. would you want to live?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/03/gk2/live.html

Regions of a grocery store:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/03/gk2/live.html

Planning a road trip:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g35/roadtrip.html

The sun and earth:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g35/seasons.html

Your special town:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/g35/specialtown.html

Top ten:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g35/topcities.html

Latitude, longitude, and mapmaking:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/g912/place.html

Perception of place:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g68/mapmaking.html

Weather and agriculture:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/08/g912/globalclimate.html