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Welcome: 3rd Grade Geography Description: In this 5 day lesson plan, it will be concentrated on geography. In this week’s lesson, the students will learn the continents and oceans, basic directions, how to read a map key, and effectively give directions to get to a certain place somewhere on the map. Grade Level: 3-5 Curriculum: Social Studies Keywords:

In this unit, we will be looking at the workings of geography. More precisely, we will be looking at:

                 1. recognizing/classifying the major part on a map (Oceans, Continents, and symbols )

                 2. recognizing and knowing how to use a map key

                 3. being able to recognize places/positions on a map

                 4. developing cardinal directions in order to find things on a map

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to answer the following questions:

          1. What is a map key, some symbols that you may see and what is it used for?

          2. Why is it useful to know how to read a map?

          3. What are the 5 oceans and 7 continents?

Day 1

Day 1 will center on teaching the children about the oceans and continents.

Materials Used: video, dry erase board, markers, map

Objective: SWBAT name and locate the oceans and continents.

   1. The teacher will talk with the class and seeing if they know the oceans and continents and write them on the board.

   2. The teacher will then present the song to the class

   3. After the video, the teacher will allow the students to chat amongst students in their group about what they learned.

   4. The teacher will then have one student from each group to share what they have learned and another student from the group write it down for the class to see.

   5. The teacher will choose one person to locate a spot on the map whether it a continent or ocean.

   6. To review what they just learned, the teacher will let them discuss with one partner and name all the oceans and continents. Once each completed they will receive praise from the teacher.

Day 2

Day 2 will go over what was discussed the day before then move to learning directions (North, South, East, and West).

Materials needed: compass rose, video

Objective: SWBAT point to the correct cardinal direction after the movie with dancing

   1. The lesson will start by going over the material from the day before. They are to talk with their partners and list all continents and oceans. Once done turn paper over and put head down to let the teacher know who is finished.   

   2. The teacher will have the partners point to a certain place that she/he has asked. Do this until all are named and check to see if everyone has them correct?

   3. Then, the teacher display the compass rose and describe the cardinal direction and saying the correct name for each. Do this several times and then have students stand and show the direction by moving their bodies in the proper direction.

   4. Play a short clip so the students can move about to show and follow directions.

   5. Once that is completed the teacher will have other partners test each other. Giving time for everyone to complete this. Day 3

Day 3 will review again the oceans and continents along with the cardinal directions but this time by an interactive game. Last we will use a public map.

Materials needed: map, public map, paper compass rose,

Objective: SWBAT write down how to get to precise location on the map and give instructions    1. The lesson will start by having the class name the continents and oceans and directions. Making sure each one is called out.

   2. The teacher will put up the picture of the local area. She will explain that it is a map of a local area. Tell them to look at the pictures/symbols and have the students ask questions and tell about what they see.

   3. Then the students will look for street names because they need to know where they are and where they need to go. Also have them find where they live in reference to school.

   4. The teacher will point to the school on the map and describe how the school is located on one street and the bus goes by these streets to pick students up and bring home. We will then locate the fire station, police station and hospital.

   5. Last give them a piece of grid paper and see if they can draw their own map with roads, a map key and directions from their house to somewhere else. Review to make sure everyone has it correct and if wrong have them correct it.

Day 4

Day 4 will review using the Smartboard. Then they will watch and dance to the short film to review the directions. Last, they will be learning how to fund a certain markers and information on the map from the map key.

Materials needed: short film , map worksheets, interactive game, Smartboard

Objective: SWBAT read the map key and give correct directions

   1. The lesson will begin on the SmartBoard with a review.

   2. Play the Compass Slide short film and have them dance along. 

3. The teacher will then review with them of the map key. Give them another sheet to work on with a partner.

   4. The teacher will then go over the questions with the class and ask them to give their opinion on what they learned and if it was interesting.

Day 5

The final day of the lesson! Review over all the material from the past four days. Then make sure they can read their map so the field trip will be a success and we as a class can see everything that we want to on this trip.

Materials needed: Smartboard, interactive game, map, drawing paper, markers, computers

Objective: SWBAT relate what they learned to life situations and will be able to give someone the right directions

    1. Class will begin the reviewing the continents and oceans by computer. The teacher will quiz students by having them come up to the board and show what they have learned.

   2. Then, the teacher will talk about field trip. She will bring up a picture of the map and ask the students which place they want to go to. They will decide and make the map along with directions so they can complete the task.

   3. They will create their own directions on how to see what was chosen to be seen. Their map should have streets, cardinal directions, continent from where the place is at and what ocean is it by.

4. The finished projects will be part of their grade and displayed in class.

Evaluation

- Student assessment will be done during the course of the 5 day unit. Many of the assessments will be casual, meaning the students will give simple signals showing they are done or complete, and a rating from 1 to 5 based on understanding

- The teacher will gather students work to check and see if they understand the lesson. Each day we will begin with review of the previous material.

- At the end, the students will create a project they will be pleased with due to they worked and studied/explored with their classmates.

Conclusion

- During the course of the lesson, the students have learned the oceans and continents, the cardinal directions, how to read a map key, give instructions to a certain location, and apply their information to life situations. They also learned vocabulary, valuable skills, and an understanding of geography. They now know the name of the continents and oceans, 4 cardinal directions, explain what a map key and how to use it, give basic directions to get some place and put into use in life.