Maps 2 nd Grade Social Studies Beginning Map

Maps 2 nd Grade Social Studies Beginning Map Skills (Teacher Created Resources)

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Why do we use maps? A is a picture that shows us a place. our classroom • our street • our school • our city • our country • our world • our solar system • anything or anywhere! •

Why do we use maps? • Imagine you live a long, long time ago and you want to play with your friend. You , but you need to. Draw a picture to invite your friend to play next to the tall oak tree by the pond. You will be sitting on a large flat rock by the tree.

Why do we use maps? • • Early maps were often drawn in dirt, stone, clay, or tree bark. As time went on, mapmakers created , using the sun to help them place things according to direction: north, south, east, west

Map Parts shows north, south, east, and west shows symbols that stand for things that are on the map shows a way to measure distance tells what the map is about tell what things on the map are

Directions Using a Compass Rose.

Directions north, south, east, west On a map: map

Directions north, south, east, west Let’s practice:

Directions • People don’t always travel straight . northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest

Directions northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest Let’s practice:

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Symbols What do they mean?

Symbols • A stands for something. + add What do symbols look like on a map? - subtract love

Symbols • A tells what the symbols stand for on a map. What symbols do you see on this map?

Symbols Let’s practice: Symbols

Symbols Let’s practice: Symbols

Scale How can we measure distance?

Scale • A shows us how to measure distance on a map. According to this one inch equals one mile. ,

Scale Use the to answer the questions.

Scale Let’s practice: Scale

Scale Let’s practice: Scale

Scale Title What is the map about?

Title A map’s Choose the best title for each map: • Rivertown • South America • Market Street • My Bedroom tells what it is about.

Title A map’s Three types of maps: tells what kind of map it is.

Title A map’s tells what kind of map it is.

Scale Labels What is on the map?

Labels tell the names of places on maps.

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Continents and Oceans Our World

Continents and Oceans The largest areas of land are called There are seven continents. .

Continents and Oceans The largest areas of water are called There are four oceans. .

Continents and Oceans Let’s practice:

Continents and Oceans A is a model of the Earth. It is round, and it can rotate like the Earth rotates. Can you find our continent on a globe?

Continents and Oceans The equator is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into two parts. A is a globe or a ball shape. A is half of a sphere. Northern Hemisphere equator Southern Hemisphere

Continents and Oceans The prime meridian is an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and divides the Earth into two parts. Western Hemisphere Eastern Hemisphere

Continents and Oceans Let’s practice: Use a green colored pencil to label the. Use a blue colored pencil to label the. Draw the and with a red colored pencil. Use a purple colored pencil to label the and the. North Pole South Pole

North America Our Continent

North America Locate: • • The United States of America Canada Mexico Caribbean Islands

North America Let’s practice:

North America 1. 2. 3. 4. On Your Map: Draw a on our state’s capital, Tallahassee. Put a on Gainesville. Draw a on our nation’s capital, Washington DC. Lightly color Florida orange.

North America On Your Map: Color the 50 states of the United States any colors you choose. Stay in the boundary lines as you color. *Do not color any states that touch each other the same color.