About This Lesson
Streets are so common in everyday use that they often escape notice. Yet some names evoke far more than a simple moniker atop a signpost. Consider Pennsylvania Avenue, Beale Street, or Sunset Boulevard and images of specific buildings, activities, people, or landscapes come to mind. For our classrooms, streets and their names can serve as an important component in teaching one of the main themes of geography—an appreciation of place. For more resources from the National Council for the Social Studies, visit http://www.socialstudies.org/
