Brian Dang

Theme: Community

Medium: Drawing

Grade Level: 2nd Grade

Challenge:Create an imaginative community map that shows common landmarks from in their own community.

Objectives: The student will reflect on the meaning and use of maps.The student will understand how to read a maps.The student will explore what is included in a community. The student will recognize use of compass rose and symbols on a map. The student will create a map of their community out of the first letterof their name.

The student will explore the use of drawing and color pencils to create a community map.

Materials: o 9”x12”o 12” Rulero Color Pencilso Thin sharpieo Colored Markers

Vocabulary: Map Community Location Landmark Symbol Title Compass Rose Contour/Outline Label Shading Key/Map Legend

Prototype:

Introduce / Engage: Session 1: Read Dr. Seuss There’s a Map on My Lap! Whole group discussion on maps: What are maps? Who can tell us what we use maps for? Students are given 30 seconds to turn to their elbow partner to answer questions. Table group collaborative makes a list of their community landmarks. Students share what are some common landmarks in theirneighborhood.Session 2: Activate students’ prior knowledge about maps by providing 3 different maps for students to compare & contrast: Ask students to name what they see in common and different on the 3 maps. Session 3: Zoom in and out of school community area using an interactive map on Google Maps. Ask questions: Where are the roads? Where are the buildings? Where do you see stores? Where do you see parks? Explain how as we will be creating bird’s eye view maps just like in google maps. Session 4: Present a video https://youtu.be/v9nOie2mmr0 (2:58 min) “2nd Grade Understanding and Making Maps Symbols” to understand use of signs in maps in the real world.

Closure/Reflection:Session 1 –Snowstorm Students write down (or draw if they have trouble writing) what they learned about community or maps on a piece of paper which they will wad up and throw in the air. Then each learnerpicks up a nearby response to read out loud. Session 2 – Back It Up & Re-Map Check for students understandingof use of compass rose and directions students will point out where certain location on a map is. Session 3 –Vocabulary Check Review words we learned using large flashcards with pictures on them and have students tell me in their own.what each vocabulary words means. Session 4 – Artwalk to observe what others had done.Students also fill out a “Community Map Quiz” to check for students’ understanding of lesson objective and content. True/false and matching vocabulary words with pictures.

Artists and Art History Connections:Map Connection

David Ryan Robinson, ZSL London Zoo, silkscreen illustration (promote the worldwide conservation of animals), 2012. Cartoon Network cartoonist

Richard Scarry, Busy, Busy Town, Book Illustration, 1997. American children’s author and illustrator.

Captayn John Smith, Cartogram of Virginia, 1612. American cartographer.

Walter Bigges, City of S. Domingo located in Hispaniola, illustration, 1588. Spaniard cartographer.

Lesson Title: Imaginative Community Map