Essential Question:
How do map
features help us
understand physical
and political maps?
This Week Students Will Know:
- Earth’s continents and oceans
- political and physical maps
- map features
This week students will be able to:
- locate Earth’s continents and oceans on a map
- describe political and physical maps
- Interpret map features to understand physical and political
maps
- Analyze physical and political maps to create descriptions of
various areas
Key Vocabulary:
-Compass Rose
-Legend
-Map Scale
-Equator
-Physical Map
-Political Map
-Lines of Latitude
-Lines of Longitude
-Hemisphere
-Prime Meridian
- Geography
Quiz-Quiz-Trade
Activating Strategy
Political Map-Shows boundaries between countries, states or provinces.
Physical Map-Show physical features, or characteristics, of an area like
landforms or bodies of water.
With your numbered head, discuss the following:
Which is political? How do you know?
Which is physical? How do you know?
Be prepared to give evidence to support your answer.
LA1
Today’s To Do:
1. Read “Picture the Earth!”
2. Using your prior knowledge,
fill in the blank world map
(“Predictions” side). Try to
figure out the location of the
world’s 7 continents and 5
oceans.
LA1
Today’s To Do:
Now compare your map with
your shoulder buddy. What
do your maps have in
common? How are they
different?
LA1
Today’s To Do:
Flip your paper over to the “Correct Answers”
side and use this map complete it!
Follow along in your weekly.
Maps are flat, detailed representations of places on Earth. Each half of the
world is known as a hemisphere. The imaginary line that runs west to east,
or horizontally, around our Earth is the equator. It divides the Earth into
northern and southern hemispheres. The imaginary line that runs north to
south, or vertically, around the Earth is the prime meridian. It divides the
Earth into western and eastern hemispheres.
Which direction
to lines of
longitude flow?
Lines of
latitude?
Show With
your arms!
Add the following to your
map:
Add them to your map in the
corresponding colors
-Prime Meridian
-Equator
-Lines of latitude
-lines of longitude
-Hemispheres
LA1 Assessment Prompt
Quick Write
Using your map features, which
continent is larger, North America or
Asia? Explain how a map feature
helped you determine the answer.
LA2
Today’s To Do:
1. Read and highlight important information
in “Geography and Maps”
2. With your partner, organize the
information into a tree map. Use the
branch headings provided to you!
Discuss:
Hot Questions:
-What is the author’s purpose in
writing this article?
-Do you think that the author
would agree with the statement,
“Maps are important”? Why?
LA2 Assessment Prompt:
Independently complete the
“Geography in Review” section of
your weekly.
LA3
Atlas Scavenger Hunt
Use the atlas and all of the map features
we’ve learned about to answer the questions
on the scavenger hunt.
LA3
Assessment Prompt
Using the map on p.46-47, answer these
questions.
LA4
A
B
● What type
of map is
this? How do
you know?
● Describe
Point A
● Describe
Point B
LA4
Assessment Prompt
Compare and contrast life for the residents of
place A and the residents of place B.
Summarizing Strategy
Use your knowledge of types of maps and map
features to solve the riddle of “Which Continent
am I?”
-Use both the political and physical maps.
-Identify your map features first so you know
where to look for them when you need them.
-Use the map features to guide you to finding the
continent.
SSW1 Quiz
1. Quiz is 6 multiple choice question and one
matching question.
2. When done please turn in quiz face down.