Young Yorkers Leaflet: Street Signs and Place Names


Teacher Edition, Page 1		 Description: The names of streets and places in every community offer a variety of clues to the local history of every community. Encouraging students to pay attention to these names offers a readily available, but little thought of, source for discussing your community’s history.

Learning Goals:

  • Develop skills of organizing, categorizing, and presenting information
  • Refine skills of map-reading, interpretation, and analysis

Number of pages: 13 (teacher edition – 7; student edition – 6)

PDF files available for download:

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