Geography - The World in Spatial Terms

This two week unit teaches children to understand the world in spatial terms using maps, globes, foldables, and many engaging activities – several are differentiated.

This unit includes:

• Vocabulary Cards – Color and Black & White
• KWL Chart
• Color, Cut, & Create Booklets (differentiated)
• Maps Help Us – Identify & Explain (differentiated)
• Different Kinds of Maps - Read & Write
• Different Kinds of Maps – Foldable
• Parts of a Map – Instructional Posters
• Map Skills – Color & Draw by Instructions
• Practice Using a Compass Rose (differentiated)
• A Map of My School – Create and Label
• Water and Land – Color to Label
• Compare & Contrast Maps & Globes – Venn Diagram
• How To Use Maps & Globes – Writing Foldable
• Features of a Globe – Posters & Labeling Activity
• The World Map – Posters & Labeling Activity
• Regions of the USA – Coloring by Instruction
• Physical Features – Posters & Labeling
• Climate – Foldable
• Sequencing Size Activity (one for each state)
• Where In the World Am I? – Foldable (one for each state)
  *Posters are in color and black & white

Standards addressed in this unit:

• describe a map as a representation of a space, such as the classroom, the school, the neighborhood, town, city, state, country, or world
• identify key elements (compass rose, title, key with symbols) of maps and globes
• identify cardinal directions (north, east, south, west) and apply them to maps
• construct a basic map using key elements including cardinal directions and map symbols
• create and use simple maps such as maps of the home, classroom, school, and community
• identify a variety of physical features using a map and globe
• define and give examples of a continent, mountain, river, lake, and ocean
• define and locate the North and South Poles and the equator
• locate on a map the student's local community, state, the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Great Lakes, and the Gulf of Mexico.
• describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live in our community