Grade 1 Social Studies Unit: 07 Lesson: 02 Suggested Duration: 5 days Grade 01 Social Studies Unit 07 Exemplar Lesson 02: Exploring Maps and Globes This lesson is one approach to teaching the State Standards associated with this unit. Districts are encouraged to customize this lesson by supplementing with district-approved resources, materials, and activities to best meet the needs of learners. The duration for this lesson is only a recommendation, and districts may modify the time frame to meet students’ needs. To better understand how your district may be implementing CSCOPE lessons, please contact your child’s teacher. (For your convenience, please find linked the TEA Commissioner’s List of State Board of Education Approved Instructional Resources and Midcycle State Adopted Instructional Materials.) Lesson Synopsis In this lesson, students identify a globe as a model of the Earth. They interact with maps and globes to locate land masses (continents) and oceans. Some of the concepts in this unit were introduced in Unit 5. This lesson provides a more detailed study of these concepts. TEKS The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) listed below are the standards adopted by the State Board of Education, which are required by Texas law. Any standard that has a strike-through (e.g. sample phrase) indicates that portion of the standard is taught in a previous or subsequent unit. The TEKS are available on the Texas Education Agency website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=6148. 1.4 Geography. The student understands the relative location of places. The student is expected to: 1.4A Locate places using the four cardinal directions. 1.5 Geography. The student understands the purpose of maps and globes. The student is expected to: 1.5A Create and use simple maps such as maps of the home, classroom, school, and community. 1.5B Locate places of significance on maps and globes such as the local community, Texas, and the United States. 1.6 Geography. The student understands various physical and human characteristics of the environment. The student is expected to: 1.6A Identify and describe the physical characteristics of place such as landforms, bodies of water, natural resources, and weather. 1.6B Identify examples of and uses for natural resources in the community, state, and nation. Social Studies Skills TEKS 1.17 Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to: 1.17B Obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual sources such as pictures, symbols, electronic media, maps, literature, and artifacts. 1.18 Social studies skills. The student communicates in oral, visual, and written forms. The student is expected to: Last Updated 04/23/13 Print Date 06/17/2013 Printed By Karen Johnson, MIDLAND ISD page 1 of 13 Grade 1 Social Studies Unit: 07 Lesson: 02 Suggested Duration: 5 days 1.18A Express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences. 1.18B Create and interpret visual and written material. GETTING READY FOR INSTRUCTION Performance Indicators Grade 01 Social Studies Unit 07 PI 02 Using a blank map of a community, add physical characteristics to the map, including landforms, bodies of water, and natural resources. Exchange maps with a classmate and use social studies terms to ask and answer questions and explain the physical characteristics of the place. Use cardinal directions to tell about the relative location of characteristics on the map using cardinal directions. Standard(s): 1.4A , 1.5A , 1.6A , 1.17B , 1.18A ELPS ELPS.c.3E Key Understandings People use maps and globes to communicate about the physical characteristics of places. – What is a map? – What is a globe? – How is land indicated on a map or globe? – How is water indicated on a map or globe? – How do maps help us communicate about the physical characteristics of place? – How does the compass rose help determine direction? – How does a map key help determine specific landforms? – What landforms and bodies of water are found on Earth? Vocabulary of Instruction physical characteristics continent plain valley desert ocean landforms coast bodies of water lake mountain hill river pond Materials 2D and 3D math manipulatives, including a circle and a sphere. A map of the Earth that includes a compass rose. A map that is specific to the local community with details that students will recognize (for example, a nearby lake, river, or a landform they may have seen) An atlas to show detailed maps from a number of different places all over the world Ball Compass Floor map of North America (optional) Globe Map that includes the North Hemisphere Our Earth Word Journals (see Advance Preparation) one per student Picture of the solar system or a 3-D mobile of the solar system Piece of paper shaped like a circle A computer with access to virtual maps/GIS Blank map of a community , 8 ½ X 11 or similar size Last Updated 04/23/13 Print Date 06/17/2013 Printed By Karen Johnson, MIDLAND ISD page 2 of 13 Grade 1 Social Studies Unit: 07 Lesson: 02 Suggested Duration: 5 days Attachments All attachments associated with this lesson are referenced in the body of the lesson. Due to considerations for grading or student assessment, attachments that are connected with Performance Indicators or serve as answer keys are available in the district site and are not accessible on the public website. Handout: Maps and Globes Cloze Activity (1 per student) Teacher Resource: Sample Word Journal Page Resources None identified Advance Preparation 1. Become familiar with content and procedures for the lesson, including the purpose for maps and globes. 2. Refer to the Instructional Focus Document for specific content to include in the lesson. 3. Select appropriate sections of the textbook and other classroom materials that support the learning for this lesson. 4. Become familiar with the content and procedures for this lesson. 5. Select appropriate sections of the textbook and other classroom materials to support the learning in this lesson. 6. Display vocabulary words on a “word wall” to be used during the lesson. Clip Art pictures to accompany words would be helpful for vocabulary development. 7. Gather picture books to use with lesson. 8. Schedule computer lab time for Day 4 if desired. 9. Consider downloading Google Earth or ask the IT person on your campus to download it. Explore Google Earth before Day 4 of this lesson. 10. Prepare a word journal for each student. Our Earth Word Journals should be made of several 81/2 x 11 “Word Journal Pages” for the inside pages with a white construction paper cover. For the cover, cut an 18 x 12 sheet of construction paper in half, lengthwise. Fold the paper in half to create a cover that opens on the right. Word Journal Pages can be slipped into the cover and stapled on the left side. (The teacher decides on the number of words and which words from the unit to include in the Word Journal. Clip art can be provided as well.) 11. Prepare materials as needed. Background Information A map ‒ is a twodimensional representation of the world. A globe is a threedimensional representation of the world. (A map is a “flattened” globe.) A globe ‒ is a round model of the Earth. The Four Cardinal Directions - are North, South, East and West. Physical characteristics of places ‒ are features such as landforms, bodies of water, natural resources, natural hazards, and weather. These result from climatic and tectonic processes. (Definition from The Social Studies Center) Forces within the Earth (tectonic) - cause volcanic activity and earthquakes, which result in mountains and other natural features of the landscape. Climate, including effects of temperature, precipitation, and wind, also shape the physical characteristics of places. Definitions courtesy of the Social Studies Center [defunct]. (2000). Glossary. Austin: Texas Education Agency. GETTING READY FOR INSTRUCTION Teachers are encouraged to supplement and substitute resources, materials, and activities to meet the needs of Last Updated 04/23/13 Print Date 06/17/2013 Printed By Karen Johnson, MIDLAND ISD page 3 of 13 Grade 1 Social Studies Unit: 07 Lesson: 02 Suggested Duration: 5 days learners. These lessons are one approach to teaching the TEKS/Specificity as well as addressing the Performance Indicators associated with each unit. District personnel may create original lessons using the Content Creator in the Tools Tab. All originally authored lessons can be saved in the “My CSCOPE” Tab within the “My Content” area. INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES ENGAGE ‒ Introduce threedimensional globe Notes for Teacher NOTE: 1 Day = 30 minutes Suggested Day 1 ‒ 7 minutes 1. Display a picture of the solar system (or a 3-D mobile of the solar system). Materials: picture of the solar system or a 3-D mobile of the solar system piece of paper shaped like a circle ball globe 2. Students share prior knowledge about the solar syste. Possible information could include: The solar system is made up of planets. Point to and name each of the planets. Identify Earth as our home planet. If we were in outer space looking at the planets Earth would be shaped like a round ball. Why doesn’t it look like a round ball in the picture? Purpose: Learn the globe is a model of the Earth. 3. The picture is two-dimensional. Display the piece of paper shaped like a TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A; 1.5B; 1.6A; 1.6B; 1.17B; 1.18A; circle. This circle is two-dimensional. Our Earth is round like a ball. It is threedimensional. Display the ball. The ball is three-dimensional. 1.18B Instructional Note: 4. Display a globe. This globe is three-dimensional. It is a model of the Earth. Globes and maps were briefly introduced in Unit 5. The Social Studies textbook should have a thorough introduction to maps and globes that can also be used as a resource. This is a model of what the Earth looks like in space. EXPLORE – Discover globes and maps Suggested Day 1 continued - 10 minutes 1. Continue to display the globe. Materials: 2. Students share their observations about the globe. If necessary, ask questions such as the following to guide the observations: What do the blue parts represent? (water) What do the other parts, the green and brown parts, represent? (land) What are the masses of land called? (continents) How many continents are there? Count them. (seven) What is between most of the continents? (oceans) Which one is the continent we live on? Point to North America. (Some students may recall it was in the PowerPoint in the previous lesson.) Point to the United States, Texas, and your local community. Last Updated 04/23/13 Print Date 06/17/2013 Printed By Karen Johnson, MIDLAND ISD Globe 2D and 3D math manipulatives, including a circle and a sphere. Purpose: Learn that globes and maps represent the Earth or parts of the Earth. TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A; 1.5B; 1.6A; 1.6B; 1.17B; 1.18A; 1.18B Instructional Note: If desired, tape or velcro labels to the globe. An alternative activity could be to use an inflatable globe and play “globe toss” and page 4 of 13 Grade 1 Social Studies Unit: 07 Lesson: 02 Suggested Duration: 5 days 3. Ask a volunteer to stand beside the globe. 4. With eyes closed, give the globe a slight spin. Then, place one finger on identify water, continents, mountains, etc., where their hands are when they catch the globe. Venn Diagram the globe to stop it from spinning. Did the student’s finger land on water or land? It most likely landed on water because over 70 percent of the Earth is covered with water. 5. Repeat more than once to show the probability that the student’s finger will land on water. 6. Display a map of the Earth. Facilitate a discussion to discern the differences between the map and globe, 2-D and 3-D. (The major difference between a map and a globe is the map is two dimensional and the globe is three dimensional.) 7. Draw or display a very simple Venn diagram. Label the two sides with the words “map” and “globe”. 8. Students verbalize the difference between a map and a globe. How are maps and globes alike? (They both show oceans, land, continents, and countries.) 9. Point to a variety of features on the globe and the map. Depending on the specific globe and map you are using, some also show landforms and most show other bodies of water. 10. Add appropriate information to the Venn diagram as “show places” or more specific information if there is space. EXPLAIN – Cloze Activity Suggested Day 1 continued ‒ 13 minutes 1. Read each definition from the Handout: Maps and Globes Cloze Activity to the students. Attachments: 2. Students turn and talk to a partner to share the correct answer. Handout: Maps and Globes Cloze Activity (1 per student) 3. Students share the correct answer with the class. 4. Distribute Handout: Maps and Globes Cloze Activity to students. Purpose: Demonstrate knowledge of new vocabulary. 5. Again, read each definition to the students. Students choose words TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A; 1.5B; 1.6A; 1.6B; 1.17B; 1.18A; from the Word Bank to fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. 1.18B 6. After each student writes answers independently, students compare with a partner and talk about any differences they find in their answers. ENGAGE – Maps Suggested Day 2 ‒ 5 minutes 1. Display a map of the Northern Hemisphere that shows a compass rose, landforms, and bodies of water. Review with students names of appropriate features. Materials: Map that includes the Northern Hemisphere 2. Point to the Northern Hemisphere and name it as well as other features of the globe. Last Updated 04/23/13 Print Date 06/17/2013 Printed By Karen Johnson, MIDLAND ISD page 5 of 13 Grade 1 Social Studies Unit: 07 Lesson: 02 Suggested Duration: 5 days 3. Next, point to the United States and ask students to name it. 4. Then point to Texas and the local community. This map is similar to the globe because we were able to find some of the same locations. Purpose: Discover how similar items can be located on a map and globe. TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A; 1.5B; 1.6A; 1.6B; 1.17B; 1.18A; 1.18B Instructional Note: Note that the term Northern Hemisphere is not required of students in grade 1. Hearing the terminology will help students build geographic vocabulary and understanding as well as help students move toward that difficult, abstract understanding that the local community is within the state, which is in the country, which is on the continent, etc. EXPLORE – Look at a variety of maps Suggested Day 2 continued ‒ 10 minutes 1. Examine the map closely and look for physical characteristics: landforms and bodies of waters. Ask these or similar questions to draw attention to the details on the map. Materials: Are there mountains or valleys? Do you see the coastline, where the water meets the land? Where are there deserts and plains? Where is there a river? Are there streams? Do you see a lake? 2. Many maps have a key that shows the symbols used on the map and what The same or a similar map that shows a variety of landforms and bodies of water, not of the local community and surrounding areas A map that is specific to the local community with details that students will recognize (for example, a nearby lake, river, or a landform (like Enchanted Rock) they may have seen) An atlas to show detailed maps from a number of different places all over the world they represent. Locate the key. What does this map key show? (the symbols used on the map) Why is the key useful? (helps know what the symbols mean) 3. Display the map of the local community and surrounding areas. What does this map show? Are there places you recognize? TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A; 1.5B; 1.6A; 1.6B; 1.17B; 1.18A; 1.18B Purpose: Examine a variety of maps to discover similarities and differences in the way landforms and bodies of water are shown and the ways the map key is used. Instructional Note: 4. Continue to examine the map to find landforms, bodies of water, and other familiar items. 5. Look at the map key. Ask: Is this key like the one on the previous map? What does this map key show? Why is the key useful? 6. Display an atlas. Show several different maps, including maps from different Last Updated 04/23/13 Print Date 06/17/2013 Printed By Karen Johnson, MIDLAND ISD Check with the local chamber of commerce for maps of the local area. Questions in this Explore section are used as a guide to explore the various tools found on maps. Questions should be adapted to go with the maps you have chosen to display. An alternative arrangement for this activity could involve several centers, with one center being the teacher talking to small groups and using a map that is already labeled so all students page 6 of 13 Grade 1 Social Studies Unit: 07 Lesson: 02 Suggested Duration: 5 days parts of the world. Look for similarities and differences in the map examined can easily see the map and labels. Other group activities that could be done while the teacher is working with map instruction are 1) map puzzle; 2) globe exploration (label with dry erase marker or Velcro); 3) coloring activity (color all water blue; land green; outline lakes and streams, etc.) previously and those in the atlas. Ask the same or similar questions to include landforms, bodies of water, and the map key. EXPLAIN – Our Earth Word Journals Suggested Day 2 continued ‒ 15 minutes 1. Distribute Our Earth Word Journals. Students may decorate the cover of the Word Journal with an appropriate illustration that represents the lesson. Materials: Our Earth Word Journals (see Advance Preparation) one per student 2. Suggested vocabulary for Our Earth Word Journals: map globe landforms ocean continent atlas map key Purpose: Demonstrate understanding of newly acquired vocabulary by writing definitions, using the word in a sentence, and drawing a picture. TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A; 1.5B; 1.6A; 1.6B; 1.17B; 1.18A; 1.18B 3. Teacher decides how many and which words to be included in the Our Earth Word Journal. Other words can be used. Instructional Note: Time may only allow for 2 -4 words to be added the Our Earth Word Journal. Additional words can be added at a later time. ENGAGE – Cardinal Directions Suggested Day 3 ‒ 8 minutes 1. Display the classroom globe. Materials: Point to the top of the what that point on the Point to the bottom of what that point on the globe and ask if students know globe is called. (the North Pole) the globe and ask if students know globe is called. (the South Pole) 2. The words north and south tell direction. Directions help tell where something is located. What other direction words do we use? (east and west) These words are known as the cardinal directions. They are north, south, east, and west. Classroom globe A map of the Earth that includes a compass rose Compass Purpose: Introduce cardinal directions. TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A; 1.5B; 1.6A; 1.6B; 1.17B; 1.18A; 1.18B Instructional Note: 3. Display the compass. 4. Use a document camera if available so that all students may see the compass at the same time. 5. Move the compass slightly to show how the needle moves. 6. Locate the north, south, east, and west sides of the classroom using the compass. Last Updated 04/23/13 Print Date 06/17/2013 Printed By Karen Johnson, MIDLAND ISD Take the compass along when the class goes to locations in the school. For example, determine if the direction of the library in relation to the classroom. If time, you may wish to provide students an opportunity to explore compasses. One way may be to play a game. Divide students into several page 7 of 13 Grade 1 Social Studies Unit: 07 Lesson: 02 Suggested Duration: 5 days teams. Give each team a compass. Then, give directions such as, “Walk five steps to the east.” Many textbooks provide good information to help in teaching cardinal directions. Throughout the discussions, the teacher models statements using the TODAL strategy so students recognize required parts of a map and learn about geographic concepts: T – Title (of the map) O – Orientation (where north is) D – Date (of the map’s creation) A – Author (of the map) L – Legend components EXPLORE – Compass Rose and Cardinal Directions Suggested Day 3 continued ‒ 7 minutes 1. Display the map of the Earth. Point to the compass rose. Students will access prior learning and tell the purpose of the compass rose. The compass rose is a tool used to tell where something is located or give directions. Materials: Floor map of North America (optional) Map of the Earth that includes a compass rose Map of the local community and surrounding areas 2. Ask questions that will allow students to use the cardinal directions found on the compass rose in their answers. Ask questions such as these: What ocean is west of the United States? (Pacific) What ocean is east of the United States? (Atlantic) Is Antarctica north or south on the globe? (south) What state is east of Texas? (Louisiana) What country is just south of Texas? (Mexico) Purpose: Use cardinal directions and compass rose to describe direction. TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A; 1.5B; 1.6A; 1.6B; 1.17B; 1.18A; 1.18B 3. Display the map used previously of the local community and surrounding areas. Ask questions specific to the map that will require students to use the cardinal directions in the answer. For example: What city is just west of Dallas? (Ft. Worth) Instructional Note Consider showing an “upsidedown” map where south and north are inverted to demonstrate the importance of the compass rose. compass rose EXPLAIN – Add to Our Earth Word Journals Suggested Day 3 continued ‒ 15 minutes 1. Distribute Our Earth Word Journals. (Use the Teacher Resource: Sample Word Journal Page or other design to create journal pages for the journals.) Materials: Our Earth Word Journals 2. Students add vocabulary words to their journals. 3. Suggested vocabulary words from this section of the lesson: Last Updated 04/23/13 Print Date 06/17/2013 Printed By Karen Johnson, MIDLAND ISD Attachments page 8 of 13 Grade 1 Social Studies Unit: 07 Lesson: 02 Suggested Duration: 5 days compass rose cardinal directions north south east west Teacher Resource: Sample Word Journal Page Purpose: Demonstrate understanding of newly acquired vocabulary by writing definitions, using the word in a sentence and drawing a picture. 4. When students have completed this task, they will exchange their word journals with a partner. They will read one another’s definition and look at the picture. TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A; 1.5B; 1.6A; 1.6B; 1.17B; 1.18A; 1.18B 5. Teacher circulates and comments on word journal work. ENGAGE – Use technology to learn about maps Suggested Day 4 ‒ 5 minutes 1. Use online software to access virtual maps and GIS. Materials: 2. Demonstrate how to use the north, south, east, and west arrows to manipulate the map/globe. 3. Use the plus/minus tool to zoom in and out. By zooming in, the view will go from the North American continent to the United States. Guide it to zoom in on Texas and then your local community. Computer with access to virtual maps/GIS Purpose: Demonstrate how technology can be used to learn about maps and globes. TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A; 1.5B; 1.6A; 1.6B; 1.17B; 1.18A; 1.18B Instructional Note: Prior to the lesson, become familiar with Google Earth or other GIS package used. If a Smart Board is available, it will make this lesson more interactive. EXPLORE – Find landforms and bodies of water Suggested Day 4 continued ‒ 10 minutes 1. Demonstrate how to find landforms and bodies of water in and around the local community and other areas of Texas. Materials: Look for: a continent an ocean mountains hills plains valleys deserts the coast lakes rivers ponds Last Updated 04/23/13 Print Date 06/17/2013 Printed By Karen Johnson, MIDLAND ISD Computer with access to virtual maps/GIS Purpose: Locate landforms and bodies of water using a GIS or Google Earth. TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A; 1.5B; 1.6A; 1.6B; 1.17B; 1.18A; 1.18B Instructional Note: If possible, this activity should be conducted in the computer lab so that students have hands on experience using GIS or Google Earth to learn page 9 of 13 Grade 1 Social Studies Unit: 07 Lesson: 02 Suggested Duration: 5 days about maps and globes. EXPLAIN – Tell how technology helps us learn Suggested Day 4 continued ‒ 5 minutes 1. Students turn and talk to a partner telling how technology can help us learn about maps and globes. Materials: Our Earth Word Journals 2. Students add another page to their Our Earth Word Journal defining Google Earth and illustrating one of the screen shots. TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A; 1.5B; 1.6A; 1.6B; 1.17B; 1.18A; 1.18B ELABORATE – Bringing it all together Suggested Day 4 continued ‒ 10 minutes 1. Facilitate a discussion that focuses on Key Understandings and Guiding Questions: TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A; 1.5B; 1.6A; 1.6B; 1.17B; 1.18A; 1.18B People use maps and globes to communicate about the physical characteristics of place. What is a map? What is a globe? How is land indicated on a map or globe? How is water indicated on a map or globe? How do maps help us communicate about the physical characteristics of place? How does the compass rose help determine direction? How does a map key help determine specific landforms? What landforms and bodies of water are found on Earth? EVALUATE – Using maps and globes Grade 01 Social Studies Unit 07 PI 02 Using a blank map of a community, add physical characteristics to the map, including landforms, bodies of water, and natural resources. Exchange maps with a classmate and use social studies terms to ask and answer questions and explain the physical characteristics of the place. Use cardinal directions to tell about the relative location of characteristics on the map using cardinal directions. Standard(s): 1.4A , 1.5A , 1.6A , 1.17B , 1.18A ELPS ELPS.c.3E Suggested Day 5 continued ‒ 30 minutes Materials: Blank map of a community, 8 ½ X 11 or similar size Purpose: Determine mastery of students’ ability to use maps and globes. TEKS: 1.4A; 1.5A, 1.6A; 1.17B; 1.18A 1. Students create their maps. 2. Students exchange maps with a partner. Use social studies terms to ask and answer questions. Explain the physical characteristics of the place. Use cardinal directions to tell about the relative location of characteristics on the maps using cardinal directions. 3. It may be helpful to provide sentence stems for students to use. Examples include: There is a lake in the ____ part of the map. Last Updated 04/23/13 Print Date 06/17/2013 Printed By Karen Johnson, MIDLAND ISD page 10 of 13 Grade 1 Social Studies Unit: 07 Lesson: 02 Suggested Duration: 5 days Mountains are _____ of the lake. Last Updated 04/23/13 Print Date 06/17/2013 Printed By Karen Johnson, MIDLAND ISD page 11 of 13 Grade 1 Social Studies Unit: 07 Lesson: 02 Maps and Globes Cloze Activity Fill in the blank with words from the Word Bank. 1. A __________________ is a 3D model of the Earth. 2. Most of the surface of the Earth is covered with ________________. 3. A large mass of land on a map or globe is a ___________________. 4. The name of our planet is _________________________________. 5. Between the continents are large bodies of water known as ________________________. 6. A two dimensional representation of the Earth is a _______________. Word Bank ©2012, TESCCC map Earth water oceans globe continent 10/11/12 page 1 of 1 Grade 1 Social Studies Unit: 07 Lesson: 02 Sample Word Journal Page Word: Definition: Picture: Sentence: ©2012, TESCCC 10/12/12 page 1 of 1
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