Unit Plan: Geography Maps

Lesson Plan for Tuesday

Lesson Plan for Tuesday Strand: Geography submitted by: Shelbie Rodgers

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Grade: 2
nd

Social Studies Strand: Geography
Submitted By: Shelbie Rodgers


EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science
Nevada State College Spring 2014
Instructor: Karen Powell
Lesson Plan for Tuesday Strand: Geography submitted by: Shelbie Rodgers

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B. Summary of the Lesson Plan:
This lesson is building off of Mondays lesson about a community and looking at maps.
Students will analyze a map and understand direction and symbols on a map. Students
will create their own map to somewhere in the school.
C. Basic Information:
Grade Level: 2
nd

Time to Complete this Lesson: 40-50 minutes
Groupings: Whole group to learn about the lesson and model what I expect of the
students
Small group to create their maps.
D. Materials:
Construction paper
Markers
Pencils
Colored pencils
Pads
clipboards
E. Objectives:
o NV State Social Studies Standards
o G5.2.1 Identify titles and symbols maps.
o G5.2.3 Construct a map key from given symbols and choose a map title.
o Student-Friendly Standards
I can identify titles and symbols on a map.
I can create a map key from symbols and have a map title
I will give and follow simple oral directions to move from one location to
another.

Vocabulary Directions: North, South, East, and West
Map symbols: Symbols on a map to know what symbol represents things

F. Procedure:
Lesson Plan for Tuesday Strand: Geography submitted by: Shelbie Rodgers

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1. Students will write down the vocab words and discuss what they are and gain an
understanding of the words.
2. Discuss what a map is and talk about the different things you may see on a map.
3. Pull down the map on the board and discuss with the class and point out things they
see on the map.
4. Print out and show 3 different types of maps for the class to compare and contrast
together and point out how to read the map and what they see on the map.
5. Create a map of the classroom together and how to get to certain places in the
classroom.
6. Students will be given a place to draw a map to in the school. Example some students
will have to draw a map from the classroom to the office or to PE or any other rooms in
the school.
7. Students will get materials and create a map from the classroom to their ending
location with putting symbols and drawing in important places in the school. Students
will write the directions down on a piece of paper alone.
8. Once students have finished they will present it to the class.
G. Assessment:
What will you use to measure student understanding?
o G5.2.1 Identify titles and symbols maps.
o G5.2.3 Construct a map key from given symbols and choose a map title.
o G5.2.4 Give and follow simple oral directions to move from one location to another.
I will use the maps, the presentation and written directions to measure the students
understanding of maps and locations..
Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson.
I will know the students understand the concepts from the map they created with their
group, how they present the map and the directions the wrote down to get to the
location.
H. Closure:
A student will pair up with a partner and explain what they learned today as if their
partner wasnt in class today.
I. Reflection:
J. 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach?
I think teaching the students how to create the map will be easiest because I think
it is simple to create a map using the previous knowledge on maps.
2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?
The most challenging will be teaching the directions for students who really struggle
with north, south, east and west.
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3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson?
I will extend this lesson by having students go home for homework and create a
map of their house with a family member or create a map from home to school or
home to the grocery store with a family member or adult in the house.
4. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts?
For students who dont grasp the concept I will pull them back in small group to
work with them and try to go over Mondays lesson about maps.
5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?
I dont know if anything will need to be changed I really like this lesson so far.
6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part?
The most difficult part was letting the lesson from Monday in the text book go and
just use the strategy from our textbook.