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Create a map showing important sites or landmarks on a school or community (i.e., firehouse, city
hall, churches).
Locate physical features (i.e. continents, oceans, rivers, lakes), and man-made features (equator,
North and South poles, countries) on a map and on a globe.
Identify the compass rose and cardinal directions on a map and on a globe.
C.
Enduring
Understanding/Big
Idea
Students
will
understand
how
to
use
a
map
and
compass
rose
and
be
able
to
identify
features
on
a
map.
D.
Essential
Questions/Guiding
Questions
Why
do
we
need/use
maps?
What
are
important
landmarks?
1. Pre-Assessments
Pretest:
Identify
features
on
a
map,
compass
rose,
and
cardinal
directions.
2. Formative
Assessments/Evidence
Student
made
map
Drawing
of
compass
rose
Drawing
of
physical
features
List
of
landmarks
3. Summative
Assessments/Evidence
Posttest
(same
as
pre-test)
identify
features
on
a
map,
compass
rose,
and
cardinal
directions.
Students
final
map
of
our
school.
Step
3
Lesson
Objectives
with
Instructional
Strategies
Pre
test
will
be
given
prior
to
Lesson
1.
Lesson
1:
I
will
be
able
to
explain
why
we
use
maps
and
identify
the
cardinal
directions..
Read
Theres
a
Map
on
my
Lap.
Map
discussion,
why
do
we
use
maps?
Show
map,
discuss
the
symbols
used
on
the
maps.
Draw
a
compass
rose.
Play
compass
rose
game.
Lesson
2:
I
can
describe
important
landmarks
and
their
symbols.
Define
landmarks.
Discuss
why
we
have
landmarks
on
maps.
Look
at
maps,
identify
important
landmarks.
Make
a
list
of
landmarks.
Lesson
3:
I
can
explain
what
man
made
features
are.