Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Unit 1: Geography Essential Question: Is your geography your destiny? Lesson #2

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Warm-up  Silently draw a map of your neighborhood (street / few blocks)  Journal: Full sentences for full credit  Describe where you are from.  What does it physically look like?  My neighborhood looks like…  What is the environment like? (Use your senses – sight, smell, hearing, taste, and feel)  You can see…You can smell…You can hear…You can taste…You can feel…

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Discussion  What is your environment?  My environment is…  What is geography?  Geography is…

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Definitions  Environment: the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates  Geography: the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these.  How can a map visually represent your environment or geography?

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Parts of a Map  Title: Heading to summarize what is in the map.  Labels: Attached to a part to define what it is.  Compass: An instrument/symbol showing direction.

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Parts of a Map  Key: table to explain what symbols are used on the map.  Scale: Ratio of the distance on the map relative to the distance in real life; often marked by an inch.

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Parts of a Map  Hemispheres: a half a sphere; in this case, half of the earth – either divided north/south or east/west

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Parts of a Map  Latitude: the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator  Longitude: the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian line (split N/S)

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Parts of a Map  Landforms: a natural feature of the earth’s surface  Water forms: a feature of the earth’s surface with water

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Parts of a Map  Political Map: a visual representation of government boundaries of countries and states.  Physical Map: a visual representation of country borders, major cities and significant bodies of water, physical maps show the location of landforms and water forms.

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Map Stations Activity  Stations: Each group of students will be given a type of map to look at, then after five minutes you will be given a different type of map.  Fill in the graphic organizer to describe what you notice about the different maps  Stations:  NYC Transportation Map  NYC Map  New York Map  United States of America Map  Country Maps  World Map  Globe

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Reflection *  JOURNAL: Full sentences for full credit  What are the similarities and/or differences you notice between the maps?  I notice…and…are similar because…  I noticed that…and…are different because…  What does the map tell you about the area in which you live?  The map tells you that the area…

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Homework *  Personal Mapping Project:  Draw a DETAILED map of your neighborhood that includes:  Title  Labels  Compass  Scale  Key  And any other major elements you feel should be included to understand the geography of your neighborhood  Due:

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Warm-up *  Journal: Full sentences for full credit  What are the IMPORTANT parts of a map? List as many as you can remember.  Draw/explain at least TWO in more detail

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Map Stations Activity  Stations: Each group of students will be given a type of map to look at, then after five minutes you will be given a different type of map.  Fill in the graphic organizer to describe what you notice about the different maps  Stations:  NYC Transportation Map  NYC Map  New York Map  United States of America Map  Country Maps  World Map  Globe

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Reflection  JOURNAL: Full sentences for full credit  What are the similarities and/or differences you notice between the maps?  What does the map tell you about the area in which you live?  What is included on the map? What is excluded from the map? Why?  What labels for geographic places exist? Why?  Are there stereotypes around these labels?

Daily Questions: Where am I from? How does where I am from affect the choices I make? Agenda: 1.Warm-up 2.Discussion 3.Maps Lesson 4.Map Stations 5.Reflection Worksheet # Homework  Personal Mapping Project:  Draw a DETAILED map of your neighborhood that includes:  Title  Labels  Compass  Scale  Key  And any other major elements you feel should be included to understand the geography of your neighborhood  Due: