Lesson Video MAPS Lesson Plan 2 nd 3 rd grade

hello everyone today we're going to discuss maps the lesson title is there are many kinds of maps and it is designed for second and third graders firstly we're going to be talking about continents continents are main expanses of land made up of countries and there are seven continents in the world this is world map that shows the seven continents north america south america africa europe asia australia and antarctica there's countries within so for example in north america there's canada the us and mexico the earth terms that you have to learn for your quiz later include ocean the oceans are larger bodies of water that surround the lands of the world and see sea is usually smaller and more defined area of water there are seas next to oceans of water so for example the atlantic ocean touches the caribbean sea an equator an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting their parallel latitude zero countries have their own government's economies and cultures there are countries within continents and cities within countries our country is the united states of america our continent is north american our status alabama there are several cities in alabama including montgomery birmingham mobile and huntsville this world map shows when just told you about these are the continents the u.s is country within north america and like china is country within ancient asia and there is the equator right here in the middle physical maps physical maps are visual representation of an area that shows geography topography and others the physical maps are usually drawings of how you see territories from outer space so for example here are the rocky mountains the great lakes and then the appalachians political maps are designed to show governmental boundaries of country states and counties they can also indicate the location of major cities and they usually include significant bodies of water so political maps show the real territorial divide this one for example shows the difference in states by color this is an example of political and physical map of the same territory and it's the alabama state latitude and longitude latitudes the angular distance of place north and south of the earth's equator and longitude is the angular distance of place east or west of the meridian of greenwich so latitude is from up and down or north and south the longitude is east and west or side to side and right here these lines represent the latitude and longitude this one's latitude this slows longitude the important vocabulary words you have to know for the quiz include states continents maps the equator oceans latitude and longitude you will take quiz on quizlet that will require you to practice these words you can use google maps to look at the maps and see how physical maps are and you will create your own bulletin board and fast board you will go to spasmore.com and you will include its latitude and longitude country political and physical map continent and three pictures of the city so you're going to pick any city in the world and you can be as creative as you want remember to email me the link to your spas board you may use google images google maps google earth and national geographic website for pictures thank you