3.2.1+Lesson+2

= LESSON PLAN = created by: Jenny Correa, Jacquie Johnson, Elaine Marshall, Kristina Adams

__Core Objective/Standard__:
Standard 3: (Geography): Students will use geographic tools to demonstrate how symbols and models are used to represent features of the school, the neighborhood, and the real world. Objective 2: Recognize and use a map or a globe. a. Create a map showing important sites or landmarks on a school or community (i.e., firehouses, city hall, and churches). b. Locate physical features (i.e. continents, oceans, rivers, lakes), man-made features (equator, North and South Poles, countries) on a map and globe. c. Identity the compass rose and cardinal directions on a map and on the globe.

__Student learning objective__:
The students will learn the above standards and objectives by creating their own physical 3-D map of the city and community. They will create and identify buildings, homes, hospital, school, police station, stores, bodies of water, churches, streets, and other community features. They will also add their own compass rose to the "map" to be able to demonstrate their knowledge of cardinal direction.

__Materials needed__:
Large pieces of butcher paper, globe or an assortment of maps, various craft materials to create community features (different sizes of boxes boxes, crayons/markers, glue, tape, scissors, construction paper, popsicle sticks, etc.) Optional: toy cars/trucks

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:

 * Use Google Earth to find the map of your school and local community. Show the students the pictures of your school and surrounding community from the computer.
 * Discuss the physical features that make up the town/community in which you live. Students will most likely make comments like church, gas station, post office, school, homes, stores, etc.
 * Talk with the students about the purpose of each of these features. (students may say things such as: "A house is where the people live." "We need a hospital to take care of sick people." "We need a police station so the policemen have a place to work." etc.)

Extension: download this movie while not on the school website http://youtube.com/watch?v=9U2ZkeYvAKo It is a short video about cardinal directions.

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:

 * Pass out the student globes or maps and explain the physical features. Discuss what water looks like on the globe or map, if applicable. Also show and explain the compass rose. If your class is using globes, talk about the continents and explain to the students that cities and communities exist throughout the world. There are homes, stores, schools, churches and other buildings on all of the other continents. Emphasize that we will be focusing our project on our community.
 * The teacher will model by doing a think-aloud by making a building. The teacher will point out the physical features of the building such as: windows, doors, roof, etc. The teacher will complete his/her building as the students watch and help.
 * The teacher will explain that the students will be choosing a physical structure and creating their own addition to the 3-D map.

__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:

 * The students will use the given supplies to create their buildings for the map.

Upon completion of the buildings, the teacher will gather the class back together to put together the 3-D map. Use the large paper to create a basic community with streets and bodies of water. Then, place the student-created buildings on the map in their appropriate places. (use the vocabulary of north, south, east, west, physical features, neighborhood, etc.) Allow the students to become citizens of their own community by exploring the map. An example of this could be allowing the students to drive toy cars or trucks through the city.

__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:

 * Teacher will assess by observation.
 * A simple worksheet about directions around a town or city could be handed out.
 * Students could play "Red light/Green light" with cardinal directions. (move north, move south, etc.)