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Geography

Description: 

Students will learn about their community through studying and creating maps. They will also learn about the natural and human characteristics of their community and write brochures to convince people to visit their community.

Learning Targets: 
Students will be able to use maps to describe the spatial organization of the local community by applying concepts including relative location and using distance, direction and scale.
Students will be able to construct maps of the local community that contain symbols, labels, and legends denoting human and natural characteristics of place.
Students will be able to describe how the local community is part of a larger region (e.g., county, metropolitan area, state).
Students will be able to describe land use in the community (e.g., where people live, where services are provided, where products are made).
AttachmentSize
PDF icon Emma Gallo-Chasanoff - AAPS TBDL Blended Unit Planning Document #1.pdf152.9 KB
Author: 
emmagallochasanoff
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Geography
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Lesson
Licensing: 
Creative Commons Licence
Grade: 
2

What concepts or procedures are being explained or demonstrated in this lesson object?

Students will learn about their community through studying and creating maps. They will also learn about the natural and human characteristics of their community and write brochures to convince people to visit their community.

What was your experience, both successes and challenges, using this lesson object with your students?

Drawing the maps was the biggest challenge and took a long time, especially because we only have 5 devices for them to look up the map to copy. Next time, I would have them work on the maps as a center or in small groups so it is easier to share.