Kid Maps: Reading and Creating Maps with Human and Physical Characteristics

GeoLiteracy
ELL
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will learn about natural and human characteristics. They will then practice showing human and physical characteristics in a personal map. This lesson includes strategies for diverse learners (ELLs)
Author: 
Kathy Knowler
Grade Range: 
1-2
Duration: 
3 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
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Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
Materials to Assist Teachers and English Language Learners: 
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Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
2: How to use mental maps (a person's internalized picture of a part of Earth's surface) to organize information about people places, and environments
3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
4: The physical and human characteristics of places