How I Learned Geography
From Storyline Online
5 min1st2nd3rd4th5thReading & Writing (ELA)Social Studies
Summary
Fleeing war, a family has almost nothing -- but the father brings home a map instead of bread. The boy is upset, until the map carries his imagination all over the world. Based on the author's childhood. Read by Ed O'Neill.
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A refugee family has very little; told warmly and hopefully through a child's imagination.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Fleeing war, a family has almost nothing -- but the father brings home a map instead of bread.
- Why is the boy upset about the map at first?
- How does the map change his feelings?
- Where would you travel if you could go anywhere on a map?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: map, geography, imagine.
Try it: Pick a faraway place on a map and write one thing you'd want to see there.