LESSON PLAN Name: James M.

Daniels Grade Level: 3 Subject Area: Social Studies Topic: Day 1: Geography: The 50 States

Direct Instruction: 50 States of America

North Carolina Standard Competency Goal 4: The learner will explain geographic concepts and the relationship between people and geography in real life situations. The NC English Language Proficiency Standard is that ELL communicates information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Social Studies. State Objectives: The list below is the learning objectives set by the North Carolina Board of Education: 4.01 Distinguish between various types of maps and globes. 4.02 Use appropriate source maps to locate communities.

Learning Objective: Student will understand The United States of America is made up of 50 different states.

Student will know Each state has its own capital. Some states do not have bordering states.

Students will be able to Identify 50 states on a map Identify what states border North Carolina

LESSON PLAN Assessment: Diagnostic: Ask students to define border. Ask the students what state borders the town they were born. Formative: During independent practice, students research and identify the states on a U.S. map worksheet.

Materials Needed: Map worksheet U.S. wall Map

Vocabulary words: state border region

Procedure or Method of Instruction: Begin the lesson by reviewing the United States map. Ask students: Do you recognize any states that youve visited? Which states are closes to where you are from? If not from America, do you know what countries are close to where you are from? Enlighten the students of how we often hear about different places in America. Inform them that today we will identify some of the states of those places. Briefly discuss the definitions of the vocabulary words: border and states. Tie in the border concept while identifying a specific region of the map. Focus the lesson on the western states.

LESSON PLAN Give students a copy of the western states map worksheet. Demonstrate how to use the U.S. wall map as a reference to fill out the map sheet. As each western state is

identified in the class participation, tie in the different states that border each one. After the class has done all the western states together, prepare them to do the eastern states independently. Pass out the map eastern state map worksheet to each student. The map sheet has two parts. Students may choose to do part one that has them identify each state or choose to do part two which asks the student to list the states that border each one.

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