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Unit Plan #3: The World Around Us Submitted By: Suzanne Garlick

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science

Nevada State College – Spring 2013

Instructor: Karen Powell

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EDEL 453 - Spring 2013 Karen Powell- Instructor Making a Plan #3 Submitted By: Suzanne Garlick

UNIT PLANNER#3: The World Around Us Week 1 of 2

Summary of Lesson Plan NV State Social Studies Objectives Notes

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Students will learn that some parts ofthe Earth are water and some partsare land. The students will create a

world map out of a blue paper plateand will identify continents and

oceans.

G5.1.1 Differentiate between andidentify water and land on a map andglobe and use the terms ocean andcontinent.

G5.1.1A Identify water and land on amap and globe. Correctly use theterms ocean and continent.

Map of the world

Word strips of continents and oceans

Video--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgmZYslTBLk

30 Blue paper plates

25 Work sheet of cut outs of continents

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The students will recognize their school, street, city, state, country, the

North American continent and planet.The students will create a flip chart

that connects maps to places wherepeople live.

G5.1.2 Describe maps asrepresentations of places.

G5.1.3 Recognize the shape of NorthAmerica on a world map.

Maps

Book Me on the Map by JoanSweeney

Items for flip charts

Cut outs

Construction paper Brad fasteners

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Students will create their own map ofthe school and label important

symbols. They will show the directionsof North, South, East and West on the

map.

G5.1.4 Use simple maps to i llustratedirection.

Map My town

Word strips — North, South, East, West

Computer hooked up to overheadprojector

Construction paper for maps

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Students will learn a song about their name, address and phone number.

They will create a model of their homeand put their address and phone

number on the model.

G6.1.4 Recall home address andphone number.

Letter home to parents aboutstudent’s home address and phonenumber.

Song about name, address andphone number.

Construction paper

Pre-cut shapes for making houses

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The students will learn about differentgeographic features. The students will

sort and group pictures of differentgeographic features.

G6.1.1 Sort and group picturesdisplaying geographic features, e.g.forests, deserts, lake regions.

Video Earth’s Physical Features --http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=94863

Geographical packet

Pictures of different geographical featuresaround the world

Pictures that are not geographical features

Construction paper

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EDEL 453 - Spring 2013 Karen Powell- Instructor Making a Plan #3 Submitted By: Suzanne Garlick

UNIT PLANNER#3: The World Around Us Week 2 of 2

Summary of Lesson Plan NV State Social Studies Objectives Notes

M O N D A Y w e e

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The students will learn about urbanand rural communities. The students

will draw a picture and write asentence about urban and rural

communities.

G7.1.3 Identify characteristics of ruraland urban communities.

Pictures of urban and ruralcommunities

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k # 2 A special guest speaker, Raul

Morales, from the Bureau of LandManagement will inform our classabout our physical environment

and how it can affect our class. Hewill also teach us about basicresources that are available in

South Nevada.

G8.1.1 Tell how the physicalenvironment affects activity at school,i.e., inside/outside recess.

G8.1.2 Identify locations for accessingbasic resources available to thestudent, i.e., food, water.

25 copies of KWL charts

Any supplies or technical

equipment needed by guestspeaker

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T H U R S D A Y w e e

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F R I D A Y w e e

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