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Chapter 6 GEOGRAPHY. Elementary Social Studies A 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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter 6 GEOGRAPHY
Elementary Social StudiesA Practical Guide
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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)
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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
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The 5 “Basic” Themes of Geography p.186
• L• P• H/E I•M• R see samples!
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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
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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
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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!
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Roberto Clemente story wheel
Mexican Mariachi Band
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Geography Software• Page 200
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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!
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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.
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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).
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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).