Arkansas Geography Photo by Noel Pennington The world

Arkansas Geography Photo by Noel Pennington,

The world is divided into

Our country is divided into states.

Our state is divided into counties.

Arrange in order. biggest country county world smallest state

Our country is ________. Our state is _________. Our county is ________. Our city is _________. Our school is ________.

Relative location – Site of a place or region in relation to other places or regions (e. g. , northwest, downstream) What are some relative location words?

Border State Song, to the tune of “Twinkle Little Star” Missouri is on top, Missouri Louisiana's down below, Oklahoma’s to the left, Oklahoma Though in the corner Texas shows, Tennessee is right, On top of Mississippi, The river that separates Texas Makes the border kind of wiggily, Louisiana 6 states border Arkansas And I can name them all! Tennesse e Mississip pi

Border State Song, to the tune of “Twinkle Little Star” Missouri is on top, Louisiana's down below, Oklahoma’s to the left, Though in the corner Texas shows, Tennessee is right, On top of Mississippi, The river that separates Makes the border kind of wiggily, 6 states border Arkansas And I can name them all!

I Spy Play “I Spy” in your classroom. When a person gets the answer wrong, respond with a relative location clue.

Missouri Oklahoma Tennessee Mississippi Texas Louisiana

Where are the states that border Arkansas? Use relative location words.

Conversatio n What kind of maps can you think of? What is it used for? What are things you may see on a map?

climate map shows information such as rain and snowfall amounts, temperatures, and weather patterns. (1)

physical map Map that shows mountains, rivers, valleys, oceans, and other natural features (2)

political map Map that shows the boundaries of counties, states, and countries. They often include cities and areas of water as well.

What kind of map is this? http: //www. cocorahs. org/media/images/us_precip. png

What kind of map is this? http: //www. worldmapsonline. com/images/academia/murals/academia_us_physical_mural _lg. jpg

What kind of map is this? http: //image. weather. com/web/forecast/us_wxlo 7_large_usen_600. jpg

What kind of map is this?

What kind of map is this?

What kind of map is this? Library of Congress: http: //www. loc. gov/resource/g 3201 c. ct 001507/

Let’s read

Population map, with red having the most people, and dark green having the least amount of people

Conversatio n Have you ever been lost? How did you feel? Would a map have helped?

What does a map have on it? compass rose title legend scale Map courtesy of Washington State Deptartment of Transportation, found on Flickr

What are the directions?

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