Lesson plan
Johnny Appleseed: The Path of a Barefoot Legend
GeoLiteracy
GeoSTEM
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.Duration
1 class periodAuthor
Diana
Spratt
Standards
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information9: The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations