Skill: Basic Elements
Essential Element 1: Standard 1
The Four Hemispheres
Introducing the Globes
ANSWER KEY
Monday
1. Northern and Southern
Hemispheres
2. Eastern and Western
Hemispheres
Tuesday
1. Eastern Hemisphere
2. Southern and Eastern
Hemispheres
Wednesday
1. Northern Hemisphere
2. Antarctica; Southern
Hemisphere
Thursday
1. Northern and Western
Hemispheres
2. Northern and Eastern
Hemispheres
Friday
1. Africa
2. Atlantic, Arctic, Indian,
Pacific, and Southern Oceans
Use the classroom globe to demonstrate how the Earth is divided
into hemispheres. Show students that the equator is a line of latitude
that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres. In
other words, the half of the Earth north of the equator is the Northern
Hemisphere. The half of the Earth south of the equator is the Southern
Hemisphere.
Show students the line of longitude called the prime meridian that
divides the Earth into two halves. The prime meridian runs in a
north-south direction. On one side of the prime meridian is the Eastern
Hemisphere, and on the other side is the Western Hemisphere.
Have students look at the pictures of four globes. Compare the four
views of Earth and have students notice which continents are shown on
each globe. Share with students that Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe
are considered part of the Eastern Hemisphere. North America and
South America are in the Western Hemisphere.
Use this example with students. People in North America live in both
the Northern and Western Hemispheres. Using a classroom globe
and the pictures of the globes, point out other places and name the
hemispheres in which they are located.
Introducing Vocabulary
continent one of the seven large landmasses of the Earth: Africa,
Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South
America
equator an imaginary line that runs around the center of Earth,
halfway between the North and South Poles at 0 latitude
0
hemisphere half of the Earth
Challenge
Students should color each continent
a different color, and oceans should
be blue.
ocean the great body of salt water that covers almost three-fourths
of Earth's surface; any of its five main divisions-the
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, or Southern Oceans
Artie,
prime meridian an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole
to the South Pole of Earth at 0 longitude
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EMC 3714 • Daily Geography Practice, Grade 5
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