Unit Plan #3: The World Around Us

Submitted By: Suzanne Garlick

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2013 Instructor: Karen Powell

UNIT PLANNER#3: The World Around Us

Summary of Lesson Plan NV State Social Studies Objectives

Week 1 of 2
Notes

Map of the world G5.1.1 Differentiate between and Students will learn that some parts of identify water and land on a map and Word strips of continents and oceans the Earth are water and some parts globe and use the terms ocean and Video-are land. The students will create a continent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg world map out of a blue paper plate G5.1.1A Identify water and land on a mZYslTBLk and will identify continents and map and globe. Correctly use the oceans. 30 Blue paper plates terms ocean and continent. 25 Work sheet of cut outs of continents Maps

MONDAY week #1

TUESDAY week #1

The students will recognize their school, street, city, state, country, the North American continent and planet. The students will create a flip chart that connects maps to places where people live.

G5.1.2 Describe maps as representations of places. G5.1.3 Recognize the shape of North America on a world map.

Book Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney Items for flip charts Cut outs Construction paper Brad fasteners

WEDNESDAY week #1

Students will create their own map of the school and label important G5.1.4 Use simple maps to illustrate symbols. They will show the directions direction. of North, South, East and West on the map.

Map My town Word stripsNorth, South, East, West Computer hooked up to overhead projector Construction paper for maps

THURSDAY week #1

Students will learn a song about their name, address and phone number. G6.1.4 Recall home address and They will create a model of their home phone number. and put their address and phone number on the model.

Letter home to parents about students home address and phone number. Song about name, address and phone number. Construction paper Pre-cut shapes for making houses

FRIDAY week #1

The students will learn about different G6.1.1 Sort and group pictures geographic features. The students will displaying geographic features, e.g. sort and group pictures of different forests, deserts, lake regions. geographic features.

Video Earths Physical Features-http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo. php?video_id=94863 Geographical packet Pictures of different geographical features around the world Pictures that are not geographical features Construction paper

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

Making a Plan #3

Submitted By: Suzanne Garlick

UNIT PLANNER#3: The World Around Us

Summary of Lesson Plan NV State Social Studies Objectives

Week 2 of 2
Notes

MONDAY week #2

The students will learn about urban and rural communities. The students will draw a picture and write a sentence about urban and rural communities.

G7.1.3 Identify characteristics of rural and urban communities.

Pictures of urban and rural communities

A special guest speaker, Raul Morales, from the Bureau of Land Management will inform our class about our physical environment and how it can affect our class. He will also teach us about basic resources that are available in South Nevada.

TUESDAY week #2

G8.1.1 Tell how the physical environment affects activity at school, i.e., inside/outside recess. G8.1.2 Identify locations for accessing basic resources available to the student, i.e., food, water.

25 copies of KWL charts Any supplies or technical equipment needed by guest speaker

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

FRIDAY week #2

THURSDAY week #2

WEDNESDAY week #2

Karen Powell- Instructor

Making a Plan #3

Submitted By: Suzanne Garlick