Map Skills Morgan Abrahamson Content Area Social Studies

Map Skills Morgan Abrahamson

• Content Area: Social Studies • Grade Level: Third grade • Summary: The purpose of this instructional Power. Point is to teach students map skills. • Learning Objective: Given a map of the United States, students will use the cardinal directions to locate major physical features and cities, with 100% accuracy. • Tennessee Standard: 3. 3. Use cardinal directions, map scales, legends, titles, and longitude and latitude to locate major cities and countries in the world. • ISTE Standard: 6. A. Understand use technology systems.

What is a direction? • A direction is the course along which something or someone travels.

Primary and Secondary Directions • There are four primary directions: – North – South – East – West • There are four secondary directions: – Northeast – Southeast – Northwest – Southwest

How can we remember the directions? • This song may help you remember the directions!! • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Uee. Liv QH 7 Ok

Do you remember the acronyms they used in the song? • Never Eat Salty Watermelon • Never Eat Soggy Worms

Let’s see what you can do! • Find a partner and come up with your own acronym to remember the directions! • Now, find a pair of partners and share your acronym. • Who wants to share with the class?

What is a compass rose? • A compass rose is a circle on a map that shows the principal directions.

What is a scale? • A scale is a ratio that compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on a map.

What is a legend? • A legend tells you what the different symbols on a map represent.

What is latitude? • Latitude lines are invisible lines that run east and west around the Earth. • They measure the distance north and south from the Equator.

What is the Equator? • The Equator is the base, or 0, for all lines of latitude. • Latitude lines above the Equator measure North. • Latitude lines below the Equator measure South.

What is longitude? • Longitude lines are invisible lines that run north and south around the Earth. They measure the distance east and west from the Prime Meridian.

What is the Prime Meridian? • The Prime Meridian is the base, or 0, for all lines of longitude. • Longitude lines to the right of the Prime Meridian measure East. • Latitude lines to the left of the Prime Meridian measure West.

When writing latitude and longitude, which comes first? • When writing latitude and longitude, latitude comes first. • Think! LA comes before LO!

Let’s practice our skills!! • • Let's practice directions! Let’s practice longitude and latitude! Let’s practice using a legend! Let's practice directions again!

Time to test what you’ve learned! • Click here to put your knowledge to the test in a cardinal directions quiz! • Remember, Never Eat Soggy Worms!!

What are the four primary directions? • North, South, East, West • Forward, Backward, Right, Left • Nest, South, East, Worth