Lesson Plan for Identifying Physical and Political Divisions of the Earth
OBJECTIVES:
The student will demonstrate how to use maps to report information from a spatial perspective.
The student will label an outline map of the world with the seven continents, four oceans, the countries of the United States, Mexico, and Canada, the regions of central America and the Middle East, the cities of Rome and Nashville, and the latitude and longitude lines known as the equator and the prime meridian.
GRADE FOCUS: (4-8)
ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES:
1. The student will view a world map. The teacher may use physical and political wall maps or use on-line maps at sites such as Map Machine or explore various maps at Geography World.
2. The student will use a diagram to visualize differences in political divisions such as cities, states, countries, regions, and continents.
3. The student will review the use of the global grid system by using Mr. Dowling's Virtual Latitude and Longitude Lesson.
4. For guided practice the student will label individual outline maps of the world. The map at the bottom of this page may be copied and printed for your use.
5. The teacher will monitor the labeling of these maps and reteach certain areas of learning if needed.
6. The student will take an on-line self-checking quiz using the scanned picture of the outline map.
7. The teacher will record and evaluate results of self-checking quiz. 95% will be set as mastery level .
8. For those students needing additional reteaching, the teacher may pair students with a proficient peer tutor until they reach mastery level.
(CLUES FOR EACH NUMBERED LOCATION ARE SHOWN BELOW MAP)
CLUES
1. Body of Water
2. Body of Water
3. Body of Water
4. Body of Water
5. Continent
6. Continent
7. Continent
8. Continent
9. Continent
10. Continent
11.Continent
12. Country
13. Country
14. Country
15. Region
16. Region
17. Capital City of Italy
18. Capital City of State of Tennessee
19. Starting Line of Measurement of Longitude
20. Starting Line of Measurement of Latitude