Unit Planner: Maps Maps Maps

Submitted By: Corrina Spidell

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science
Nevada State College Spring 2014
Instructor: Karen Powell
EDEL 453 - Spring 2014 Karen Powell- Instructor

UNIT PLANNER: Maps Maps Maps Submitted By: Corrina Spidell
Summary of Lesson Plan NV State Social Studies Objectives Notes
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This lesson plan is designed for 4th
grade students to learn about
geography as a social science and
state why it is important to study it.
Students will be able to locate
themselves and tell about the regions
they live in. This lesson uses the
Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
textbook States & Regions (4-11).
O NV State Social Studies Standards
G5.4.2 Identify spatial patterns on a
map of Nevada, i.e., deserts,
mountains, population.
O Student-Friendly Standards
I can find different patterns on
maps.
Overhead projector ready?
Google Earth Downloaded?
30 copies of Assessment?

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This social studies lesson is designed for
4th grade students to learn how to
read and create their own maps. This
lesson uses the Houghton Mifflin Social
Studies Textbook State & Regions (p.
12-13).
O NV State Social Studies Standards
G5.4.1 Identify and use intermediate
directions on a compass rose to
locate places on a map of Nevada.
O Student-Friendly Standards
I can read maps and locate places
on them.
Are the supplies ready for student
activity?
Butcher Paper for KWL Chart?
Different maps ready for
presentation?
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This lesson plan is designed for 4
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grade students to introduce important
processes that contribute to the
shaping of the Earths surface, and
how to identify them. This lesson uses
the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Textbook State & Regions (p. 16-19).
O NV State Social Studies Standards
G5.4.2 Identify spatial patterns on a
map of Nevada, i.e., deserts,
mountains, population.
O Student-Friendly Standards
I can understand why there are
different patterns on a map.
YouTube Video available to play?
30 copies of the Vocabulary
Worksheet?
Supplies for drawings/sketches?

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This lesson is designed for 4
th
grade
and will help further their knowledge
on land formations previously
discussed in class. This lesson uses
the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
textbook States & Regions (20-21).
O NV State Social Studies Standards
G5.4.2 Identify spatial patterns on a
map of Nevada, i.e., deserts,
mountains, population
O Student-Friendly Standards
I can understand and identify the
patterns on the earth that creates the
land.
YouTube available to play?
Computer Lab reserved?
All materials away for Pop Quiz?
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