3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:Maps and Geography
  • Subject(s):Social Studies
  • Days:10
  • Grade(s):K
Key Learning: Gaining map skills and becoming familiar with geography helps us gain world perspective.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 
How do we employ map skills to indentify geographic locations?
   
Concept: Continents
SS.B.2.1.5.1   SS.B.1.1.4.1   SS.B.1.1.2.1  
Concept: Map Skills
SS.B.1.1.2.1   SS.B.1.1.1.1  
Concept: Where I Live
SS.B.1.1.3.1   SS.B.1.1.1.2  
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do the continents differ? (size, location, climate, population, natural resources) (A)
How does where I live effect how I live? (A)
How do people travel across the globe? (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

Why is it important to be able to read a map?

 (A)

How can you use a map in real life?

 (A)

How is a globe similar to/different from the earth?

 (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How is where I live different from other places?

 (A)

Think of some important places where you live - why are they important?

 (ET)

How could you help introduce a newcomer to your neighborhood, school, etc.?

 (ET)
Vocabulary:

climate, continent, world, globe, earth, natural resources, population, location, transportation

Vocabulary:

near, far, up, down, left, right, in front, behind, north, south, east, west, compass rose, map key, scale, miles

Vocabulary:

newcomer, attractions, visitor, familiar, directions

Additional Information:

(Note: Holidays and Cultural Observances may be taught based on their calendar occurance dates. See Spotlight on Social Studies on the PCSB website.)

Guest speaker: travel agent, plan a vacation project, design a brochure about a world location, United Streaming: "Understanding Maps: Key to Everywhere" 15 min. video, "Peep and the Big Wide World: Wandering Beaver/Peep's New Friend" 22:02 min. video

Teacher manual, globes, maps, technology, graphic organizer, compass, fiction and non-fiction tradebooks, photographs, currency, "As the crow flies : a first book of maps" by Gail Hartman ; illustrated by Harvey Stevenson.

Resources:

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Acquisition Lesson:

Extending Thinking Lesson:

Vocabulary Report

  • climate -
  • near -
  • newcomer -
  • far -
  • attractions -
  • continent -
  • visitor -
  • world -
  • up -
  • familiar -
  • globe -
  • down -
  • directions -
  • left -
  • earth -
  • right -
  • natural resources -
  • population -
  • in front -
  • behind -
  • location -
  • transportation -
  • north -
  • south -
  • east -
  • west -
  • compass rose -
  • map key -
  • scale -
  • miles -