THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF

MAPS! Claudia Mesnil-Baez

Social Studies Lesson grade 2 & 3

CONTINENTS Continents are main expanses of land They are made up of countries

EARTH / GLOBE TERMS Ocean: The oceans are the larger bodies

of water that surround the lands of the world.

Sea: A sea is usually a smaller and more defined area of water. There are seas next to oceans of water.

EARTH/GLOBE TERMS Equator: an imaginary line drawn

around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.

COUNTRIES Countries have their own governments,

economies, and cultures. There are countries within continents and

cities within countries. Our country is the United States of America,

our continent is North America, and our state is Alabama.

There are several cities in Alabama: Montgomery Birmingham Mobile Huntsville

WORLD MAP

U.S China

PHYSICAL MAPS A visual representation of an area that

shows geography, topography, and others.

POLITICAL MAPS Political maps are designed to show governmental boundaries of countries, states and counties. They can also indicate the location of major cities, and they usually include significant bodies of water.

ALABAMA POLITICAL MAP AND PHYSICAL MAP

Political Physical

LATITUDE & LONGITUDE Latitude: the angular distance of a place

north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

Longitude: the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

VOCABULARY WORDS States Continents Maps Equator Oceans Sea Latitude Longitude

You will take a quiz on Quizlet that will require you to practice these words.

GOOGLE MAPS Google maps online navigation system Its maps are physical maps Several features

SPAAZEBOARD INSTRUCTIONS Online bulletin board You can create your own project Be Creative!

Project will need the following: its latitude and longitude country political and physical map  continent  three pictures of the city

TO FIND THE INFORMATION You may use Google• Google Images • Google Maps• Google Earth National Geographic website for pictures

Spaaze.com for your bulleting board