Johnny Appleseed: The Path of a Barefoot Legend

GeoLiteracy
GeoSTEM
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson students will learn where John Chapman was born and planted apple orchards on his way west. Students will then use appropriate tools to measure the distance he walked using the map’s scale and finally use the compass rose to determine which direction one would go to travel from Arizona to Pennsylvania.
Author: 
Diana Spratt
Grade Range: 
2
Duration: 
1 class period
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Supplemental Files: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/pdf iconU.S. Map (wall map to be assembled)
application/pdf iconU.S. Map (with state names)
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
9: The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations