Social Studies: Continuing with Geography:

Essential question- Where in the world is our community?

Objectives:

• Locate key geographical features on a map of Earth: the equator, the prime meridian, the four hemispheres, the five oceans, and the seven continents.- Review this
• Identify countries on the map of North America.
• Identify states and communities on a map of the southeastern United States.
• Review Continents

Language Arts in SS-

• Correctly write the name of one’s own community and state.
• Write a journal entry relating to the experiences of an explorer.

Develop key vocabulary: border, capital, continent, country, equator, geography, government, ocean, prime meridian, state.

Connect to prior knowledge: Discuss usefulness of maps and find maps in the classroom.

Activity: Students will make a map of the classroom.