3-SocialStudies-November

Main Concept
Places and Regions: The Location of World Communites

Guiding Questions

 * How are maps and globes used to locate places around the world?
 * How do geographic characteristics define a world region?
 * What's the difference between a map and a globe?

Theme/Content Skills

 * World communities can be located on maps and globes (latitude and longitude)
 * The spatial relationships of world communities can be described by directions, location, distance and scale.
 * Regions represent areas of Earth's surface with unifying geographic characteristics.
 * World communities and Earth's continents and oceans can be located in relation to each other and to principal parallels and meridians.
 * Geographic representations such as aerial photographs and satellite-procluded images can be used to locate world communities.

Key Terms
latitude longitude Prime Meridian Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Cancer equator

Holidays
Thanksgiving Election Day

Student Outcomes

 * Students will locate various places on maps and globes.
 * Students will locate places on maps using latitude and longitude.
 * Students will locate their community (new York City) on a New York State map, national map, and globe.
 * Students will label the equator, poles, and hemispheres on a simple outline map of the world.

Assessment/Project
Make a world map puzzle Make a globe: -Cover balloons with paper-mache. Then have students trace the continents from maps and draw them onto the balloon globe. Use yarn for th equator.

Resources for Students
__All About Maps__ by Catherine Chambers __Somewhere in the World Right Now__ by Stacey Schuett __Picture Reference Atlas__ by Andrew Solway

Resources for Teachers
Google Earth Atlases World Puzzles Globes Map Rugs Maps: NYS maps, USA maps, Local maps