Chapter 6 GEOGRAPHY

Elementary Social StudiesA Practical Guide

What is Geography? 1• Geography defined: the study of the Earth’s surface,

atmosphere and people.• Table 6.1– What does the geographically informed person

know?• National Geographic Society scope and sequence– K-1: personal/local– 2-3: local/state; show student sample– 3-5: state/U.S.

• Look at the textbook samples: find geography related skills (p. 200 – On Your Own Activity 6.2)

Geography Websites 2• www.nationalgeographic.com• www.mywonderfulworld.org• http://nationalgeographic.com/portal/site/

kids• www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/le

ssons• http://www.kidsgeo.com/index.php• http://www.weeklyreader.com

The 5 “Basic” Themes of Geography p.186

• L• P• H/E I•M• R see samples!

Online Geography Quizzes• www.eduplace.com/geonet• www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee• www.funbrain.com/where• www.lizardpoint.com/fun/quizhttp://www

.• kidsgeo.com/index.php

Activ Board SamplesFlip Charts:

Map & Globe Skills sample; Grade 2 (GA)

Claire’s Hurricane sample

Making Geography Engaging

• You tell me. (P. 193-196)• How did they make the following lessons

engaging?– Where Born: Human Migration– School’s Location: Land Usage and Place– Neighborhood Services– Candy Bars to Pizza Toppings

Trade Books • Think of books that you know that can take

your class to faraway places!• Share with a partner• Varied genres: RF, BIO., NF, Poetry• Literature Circle Role: Travel Tracer• Masai and I , Sadako and the Thousand Paper

Cranes, Roberto Clemente, Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile, The True Story of Pocahontas, GOT Geography!

Roberto Clemente story wheel

Mexican Mariachi Band

Geography Software• Page 200

Map Skills• Systematic, explicit instruction; Page 203• Various resources: Home Depot, Cracker Barrel, online, etc.

• Mapmaking; Page 206• 13 colonies ziploc map sample; peanut butter dough map of Florida; My Education Lab video- Salt Maps13 Colonies Song:Sung to the tune of “Yankee Doodle”

Virginia, Georgia, Delaware, and North CarolinaMassachusetts, Maryland and South CarolinaPennsylvania, New York!New Hampshire and New JerseyRhode Island and ConnecticutThese were the thirteen colonies!

Geography Standards1st Grade

• SS.1.G.1.1: Use physical and political/cultural maps to locate places in Florida.      

• SS.1.G.1.2: Identify key elements (compass rose, cardinal directions, title, key/legend with symbols) of maps and globes .   

• SS.1.G.1.3: Construct a basic map using key elements including cardinal directions and map symbols.

SS.1.G.1.4: Identify a variety of physical features using a map and globe.

SS.1.G.1.5: Locate on maps and globes the student's local community, Florida, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico.

• SS.1.G.1.6: Describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live in our community.

Geography Standards2nd Grade

• SS.2.G.1.1: Use different types of maps (political, physical, and thematic) to identify map elements.

• SS.2.G.1.2: Using maps and globes, locate the student's hometown, Florida, and North America, and locate the state capital and the national capital.

• SS.2.G.1.3: Label on a map or globe the continents, oceans, Equator, Prime Meridian, North and South Pole.

SS.2.G.1.4: Use a map to locate the countries in North America (Canada, United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean Islands).

Geography Standards4th grade

• SS.4.G.1.1: Identify physical features of Florida.   

• SS.4.G.1.2: Locate and label cultural features on a Florida map.   

• SS.4.G.1.3: Explain how weather impacts Florida.

• SS.4.G.1.4: Interpret political and physical maps using map elements (title, compass rose, cardinal directions, intermediate directions, symbols, legend, scale, longitude, latitude).