Through the Forest and Home Again: Maps Help Us Find Our Ways

GeoLiteracy
ELL
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students learn that maps help us find our way from one place to another and stories have settings that can be mapped. This lesson contains adaptations for diverse learners (ELLs).
Author: 
Rebecca Willey
Grade Range: 
K-1
Duration: 
1-2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/pdf iconAssessment Checklist
application/pdf iconStudent Example
Materials to Assist Teachers and English Language Learners: 
application/pdf iconVocabulary Cards
application/pdf iconLocation Flashcards--Courtesy of Carol Gersmehl
Related Links: 
Audio-Visual Presentation of this Lesson
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
4: The physical and human characteristics of places