1. Students Will Be Able To: Define and use relative location when describing locations. Standards: map information about people, places, and environments understand the characteristics, functions, and applications of maps, globes, aerial and other photographs, satellite- produced images, and models (Taken from National Geography Standards, 1994) investigate why people and places are located where they are located and what patterns can be perceived in these locations use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we live—local, national, and global—including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earth’s surface. Exit Slip: Using the map of the United States, compare California’s location to the location of Staten Island. Remember to use key words. Narrative: Students have been learning about 5 themes of geography. One of the themes they have studied is location. Location can be described in 2 ways, absolute and relative. In this lesson students will define relative location and use it to describe a location in relation to another location. TIW: Define and use relative location when describing locations. Relative Location

2. Continue from yesterday TIW: Use Absolute Location when describing a location. EQ: How does Absolute Location help us understand the world around us? Do Now: Each person will place five ships on the intersecting spots on the top left grid. The five ships to be used are: Battleship = 5 pts, Aircraft Carrier = 4 pts, Cruiser = 3 pts, Destroyer = 2 pts, and Tug Boat = 1 pt TIW: Use Absolute Location when describing a location.

3. Battleship Game  A class member selected by the teacher will state an intersection by giving the latitude and longitude of the coordinate.  When the intersection is called off and your ship is there, you must consider it a direct hit by the enemy and your vessel is sunk. Place an X over it!  Once the war is over, total the number of points left on your grid based on ships not sunk. The team with the most points wins. TIW: Use Absolute Location when describing a location.

4. Extra Credit: TIW: Define and use relative location when describing locations. Quiz

5. TIW: Define and use relative location when describing locations. EQ: How does relative location compare and contrast to absolute location? Do Now: Choose one of the following: 1.Describe the location of your house in comparison to SISCL. 2.Describe Staten Island’s location in comparison to Florida. Challenge During the American Civil War, the Union was opposed by 11 southern states that seceded from the nation and became known as what?

8. Relative Location  Relative location - the location of a place when compared to other places.

9. Relative Location  The Relative Location of New York is North East of Mississippi.

10. How do we describe Relative Location? How can I describe SISCL’s location in relation to Buffalo Wild Wings? TIW: Define and use relative location when describing locations.

11. Let’s Try It Together: TIW: Define and use relative location when describing locations. What is New York’s location in relation to Georgia? Remember Key Words.

12. Let’s Try Another One Together: TIW: Define and use relative location when describing locations. What is Florida’s location in relation to Georgia? Remember Key Words.

13. Let’s Try Another One Together: TIW: Define and use relative location when describing locations. What is Ohio’s location in relation to Pennsylvania? Remember Key Words.

14. Let’s Try It Together Where is Canada in relation to Mexico? In relation to Florida, where is Texas? TIW: Define and use relative location when describing locations.

15. Now you try it! Using the map of Europe, answer the following in complete sentences: TIW: Define and use relative location when describing locations. 1.What is Italy’s location in relation to Turkey? 2.What is Finland’s location in relation to Sweden? 3.What is Spain’s location in relation to Russia?

16. TIW: Define and use relative location when describing locations.

17. You are trying to see a new house. In order to do this, you are going to make a ‘FOR SALE’ poster advertising your house by describing where it is IN RELATION TO OTHER PLACES IN TOWN (it is relative location)! Checklist for everything that must be on one side of the poster: FIVE DIFFERENT ways of describing the RELATIVE location of the house 1.At least one of the descriptions must use North, South, East, or West. 2.Write neatly and in complete sentences that begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark. Picture of the house. The house can be anything you want it to be. Be creative! “FOR SALE” written somewhere on the poster. Name of the town the house in in. Remember: The MOST IMPORTANT PART of this assignment is the FIVE ways you describe the relative location of the house! TIW: Define and use relative location when describing locations. Location! Location! Location!

18. Beautiful home located East of the Staten Island Mall. Just a two blocks from Great Kills park. A short drive from Stop and Shop grocery store. Right next to La Portobello’s Pizza. Also located right on the water with beautiful views of the ocean. TIW: Define and use relative location when describing locations. FOR SALE!

19. Exit Slip: Can you use relative location when describing a location? TIW: Define and use relative location when describing locations. Using the map of the Europe, where is France located in relation to the Algeria?