What is it Like? Mapping My Neighborhood

GeoLiteracy
ELL
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will become aware of their neighborhood by using their different senses. They will also be able to identify relative location, identify human features and perhaps some physical features as they construct a map of their neighborhood. This lesson contains strategies for diverse learners (ELLs).
Author: 
Patricia Sepp
Grade Range: 
3
Duration: 
2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
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Student Materials: 
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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
14: How human actions modify the physical environment