Unit Planner: Maps Maps MapsSubmitted By: Corrina Spidell

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social ScienceNevada State College – Spring 2014Instructor: Karen Powell

UNIT PLANNER: Maps Maps Maps Submitted By: Corrina Spidell

Summary of Lesson Plan NV State Social Studies Objectives Notes

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This lesson plan is designed for 4th grade students to learn about

geography as a social science and state why it is important to study it.

Students will be able to locate themselves and tell about the

regions they live in. This lesson uses the Houghton Mifflin Social

Studies textbook “States & Regions” (4-11).

O NV State Social Studies Standards G5.4.2 Identify spatial patterns on

a map of Nevada, i.e., deserts, mountains, population.

O Student-Friendly Standards I can find different patterns on

maps.

Overhead projector ready?Google Earth Downloaded?30 copies of Assessment?

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This social studies lesson is designed for 4th grade students to learn how to read and create their

own maps. This lesson uses the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies

Textbook “State & Regions” (p. 12-13).

O NV State Social Studies Standards

•G5.4.1 Identify and use intermediate directions on a

compass rose to locate places on a map of Nevada.

O Student-Friendly StandardsI can read maps and locate places

on them.

Are the supplies ready for student activity?

Butcher Paper for KWL Chart?Different maps ready for

presentation?

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This lesson plan is designed for 4th

grade students to introduce important processes that contribute

to the shaping of the Earth’s surface, and how to identify them.

This lesson uses the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Textbook “State & Regions” (p. 16-19).

O NV State Social Studies Standards

• G5.4.2 Identify spatial patterns on a map of Nevada, i.e., deserts,

mountains, population.O Student-Friendly Standards

I can understand why there are different patterns on a map.

YouTube Video available to play?30 copies of the Vocabulary

Worksheet?Supplies for drawings/sketches?

THU

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This lesson is designed for 4th grade and will help further their

knowledge on land formations previously discussed in class. This lesson uses the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook “States &

Regions” (20-21).

O NV State Social Studies Standards

G5.4.2 Identify spatial patterns on a map of Nevada, i.e., deserts,

mountains, populationO Student-Friendly Standards I can understand and identify the patterns on the earth that creates

the land.

YouTube available to play?Computer Lab reserved?

All materials away for Pop Quiz?

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EDEL 453 - Spring 2014 Karen Powell- Instructor