Lesson plan

Look and Learn: Photographic Study of Arizona with the Giant Floor Map


GiantMapActivities

Description

In this activity, student will learn about various cities and landmarks found in three geographic regions of Arizona: the plateau, the mountain, and the desert regions. Then the students will locate the regions on table-top versions of the giant Arizona Landscape map or locate the regions on the actual giant map.

Duration

1-2 class periods

Author

Sheila
O'Connor

Standards

1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
4: The physical and human characteristics of places
5: That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity

Teacher Instructions

OConnorLookT.pdf (159 KB)
OConnorSmPlat1.pdf (424.89 KB)
OConnorSmPlat2.pdf (439.43 KB)
OConnorSmMt1.pdf (463.52 KB)
OConnorSmMt2.pdf (222.31 KB)

Student Materials

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

OConnorSmDes1.pdf (503.81 KB)
OConnorSmDes2.pdf (325.91 KB)
OConnorSmDes3.pdf (370.73 KB)

Supplemental Files