Unit Plan: Geography Maps

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

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B. Summary of the Lesson Plan:
Students will look at photos of the past and photos of now to discuss the differences and
why things have changed. Students will be able to understand that things change due to
many different reasons.
C. Basic Information:
Grade Level: 2
nd

Time to Complete this Lesson: 40-50 minutes
Groupings:
Whole group while going over the pictures and discussing what it is.
Small group when looking at the past picture and now pictures to create their poster
Independently when writing the paragraph of why they think things changed.
D. Materials:
Pictures from the past or internet sources of the school and surrounding area.
Pictures of the areas now that the teacher has taken

o Objectives: NV State Social Studies Standards
o G6.2.4 Identify patterns of change in the community.
o Student-Friendly Standards
o I can identify the changes in the community.

Vocabulary
Change: to make different in some way.
Procedure:
1. Show the students pictures of the school and neighborhood and grocery store from 15
years ago.
2. Discuss with the students what they see in the pictures, if it looks familiar or when the
picture was taken.
3. Split the picture up into four different areas to look at and examine the picture in each
different area of the picture.
4. Model a picture from a school and her house from 20 years ago and discuss what the
teachers sees in the picture. The teacher will then show the class a picture of her
school she went to and her house now. The teacher will discuss what she sees now that
may be the same or different and why she thinks that it may be different.
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5. Students will be in a small group of 3-4 students and get pictures that the teacher has
taken of the areas now.
6. Discuss with the class about the picture now of what they see what is in the picture and
then compare and contrast the two pictures.
7. Students will make a poster on what may be the same and what is different and write
a small paragraph on what might have caused the change.
8. Students will turn in their poster.
E. Assessment:
What will you use to measure student understanding?
G6.2.4 Identify patterns of change in the community.
I will use the students poster and paragraph to measure the students
understanding of patterns that change the community.
Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson.
I will know if students understand the concept because the paragraph will show me if
the student writes about changes in the community.
F. Closure:
Students will discuss how this lesson impacted them and their learning.
G. Reflection:
1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach?
I think the easiest part to teach is showing the students what the differences in in
the pictures and why it has changed.
2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?
The most challenging will be for students who dont understand that change is
always happening and that there are changes in the area.
3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson?
I will extend this lesson by having a student work with an adult at home to look at
pictures of the adults hometown in the past and pictures of it now and discuss what
has changed and why.
4. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts?
Students who dont grasp the concept I will have to go back a step and work with
them in a small group about looking at the first picture and really going into as
much detail as possible and working with the second picture and going into detail
of what they see in the new picture. Once they have done that brainstorm why
they might think things change and then hopefully this will help the student to
understand why there is change in areas.
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5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?
I am not sure if I need to change anything, but maybe just having the class just
choose one location and everyone be on the same page.
6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part?
The most difficult part would be getting the permission to go off campus to
surrounding areas to take pictures.