Geography, Humans and the Environment
Resources:
Where Are We - discussion presentation
Nearpod: Cardinal and Intermediate Directions
Nearpod: What is a Compass Rose
Mapping Skills Interactive - interactive presentation
BrainPOP Jr. - Reading Maps - pw: 12887
Learn the 50 States
Lesson 1 - Maps
Day 1 (2nd Grade Mapping PDF: pages 1-5) : Show and discuss....
the differences between a Globe and a Map
the differences between Physical, Political and Population maps.
Day 2: (presentation: Where Are We) Show and discuss....
Open the slide show: Where are We? (in present format) and discuss. Students answer questions at the end with their whiteboards.
Lesson 2 - Compass Rose and Directions
Day 3: (2nd Grade Mapping PDF pages 6-9): Show and discuss....
the Cardinal AND Intermediate directions of a compass rose and how to remember (Never Eat Soggy Waffles).
Complete page 9 together with whiteboards.
Day 4: (Nearpod lesson): complete together - 1st half
Assign the Nearpod lesson: Cardinal and Intermediate Directions to your Google Classroom and advance as a class.
Day 5: (Nearpod lesson): complete together - 2nd half
Complete Cardinal and Intermediate Directions as a class.
Day 6: Cardinal and Intermediate Directions
OPTIONS:
Maps and Directions - Youtube 3:51
Cardinal Direction Song - Youtube 2:16
State Directions online Game - basic
Fortnite Direction online Game - more advanced
Day 7: (Mapping Skills Interactive): complete together
Assign Mapping Skills Interactive in Google Classroom (make a copy for each student).
Complete the Compass Rose and Compass Rose Quiz activities together.
Day 8: (2nd Grade Mapping PDF: page 12) : Show and complete....
Town Map - students should answer on their whiteboards as you enter answers in the PDF,
Day 9: (Nearpod lesson): complete together - 1st half
Assign the Nearpod lesson: What is a Compass Rose to your Google Classroom and advance as a class.
Day 10: (Nearpod lesson): complete together - 2nd half
Complete What is a Compass Rose as a class.
Day 11: supplemental
Lesson 3 - Map Key or Legend
Day 12: (BrainPOP Jr. - Reading Maps): Show, discuss, and play....
Assign the BrainPOP Jr. Easy Quiz in Google Classroom.
Present the video, pausing to discuss the map keys being shown.
In Google Classroom have the students log into Easy Quiz. Discuss the answers.
Day 13: (2nd Grade Mapping PDF: page 14): Show and discuss....
Draw a picture of your classroom. The students should help design an appropriate Key.
Day 14: (2nd Grade Mapping PDF: page 15): Show and discuss....
Students should use their whiteboards to help answer the 4 questions.
Ask other questions that can be answered using the map.
Lesson 4 - Scale
Day 15: (Mapping Skills Interactive): complete together
Discuss what Scale is and why / how it is used. (Why is the picture of a desk on our classroom map smaller than an actual classroom desk?)
Students should open their copy of Mapping Skills Interactive from either their Drive or Classroom.
Complete "Map Scale - Basic" together.
Day 16: (TpT Map Skills Worksheets): complete together
Assign: TpT Map Skills Worksheets to your students in Google Classroom.
1st display and discuss: 2nd Grade Mapping PDF: page 18
Have the students open Map Skills Worksheets in Google Classroom.
Complete pages 1 (definitions) and 2 (Our Neighborhood) together
Day 17: (TpT Map Skills Worksheets): complete together
Have the students re-open Map Skills Worksheets in Google Classroom or their Drive.
Complete page 3 (Our Zoo) together.
Optional Activities: (2nd Grade Mapping PDF: page 22 - 25): Show and discuss....
Our Campground (page 22) - complete together using GRID coordinates.
Other coordinate graphing activities to try out....
Build a Playground (pages 23 - 25) - copy then, following the directions, cut and paste (or draw) a playground.
Lesson 5 - Parts of our Globe
Day 18: (Mapping Skills Interactive): complete together
Students should open their copy of Mapping Skills Interactive from either their Drive or Classroom.
Read and discuss slides: Globe, Equator, Prime Meridian, Hemisphere, and Parts of a Globe. Remember to discuss the poles and where they are.
Complete "Hemispheres" together.
Day 19: (2nd Grade Mapping PDF: page 31): Show, discuss and complete....
Turn to page 31 and complete "World Map" together.
Lesson 6 - New York
Day 20: (2nd Grade Mapping PDF: page 32 ): Show, use and discuss....
Assign the link: New York Interactive Map in Google Classroom.
Turn to Mapping PDF page 32 and ask the kids what they know about their state.
Have the kids open the New York Interactive Map in Classroom.
Take turns clicking on different cities and reading a fact or two.
Day 21: (2nd Grade Mapping PDF: page 33 - 35): Show and discuss....
Discuss any facts remembered from previous day.
Focus on what BOARDERS New York in specific directions.
Turn to Mapping PDF page 34. Try to identify each number.
Repeat on page 35.
Day 22: (2nd Grade Mapping PDF: page 36): Show, research and complete....
Have the kids re-open the New York Interactive Map in Classroom.
Open Mapping PDF page 36. Answer the Scavenger Hunt as a class.
2.5a Urban, suburban, and rural communities can be located on maps, and the geographic characteristics of these communities can be described by using symbols, map legends, and geographic vocabulary.
Students will locate their communities on maps and/or globes.Students will examine how land within a community is used and classify land use as “residential” (used for housing), “industrial” (used to make things), “commercial” (used to provide services), and “recreational” (where people play or do sports).Students will create maps including maps that represent their classroom, school, or community, and maps that illustrate places in stories.
2.5b The location of physical features and natural resources often affects where people settle and may affect how those people sustain themselves.
Students will compare how different communities in their state or nation have developed, and explain how physical features of the community affect the people living there.
2.5c Humans modify the environment of their communities through housing, transportation systems, schools, marketplaces, and recreation areas.
Students will explore how humans have positively and negatively affected the environment of their community though such features as roads, highways, buildings, bridges, shopping malls, railroads, and parks.Students will describe the means people create for moving people, goods, and ideas in their communities.
2.5d The location and place of physical features and man-made structures can be described using symbols and specific geography vocabulary.
Students will use a compass rose to identify cardinal (North, South, East, West) and intermediate (Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest) directions on maps and in their community.Students will locate the equator, northern and southern hemispheres, and poles on a globe.Students will use maps and legends to identify major physical features, such as mountains, rivers, lakes, and oceans of the local community, New York State, and the nation.