Unit 3: Map Skills

• Students will develop map skills by using globes and maps to locate and describe places and geographic features. 

  • • Identify continents and oceans

    • Identify the equator, and hemispheres 

    • Apply latitude and longitude coordinates

    • Interpret various map types.  

    • Construct simple maps and understand map elements like title, legend, compass rose, scale, and grid

    • Explore political and geographic features of the United States, 

    • Comparing regions of the United States of America