Day 5: Map Legend/Map Key
Objectives:
MATERIALS
Teacher: United States Map, Virginia Map, Symbols (mountains, lighthouse, statue of liberty, lei, boots, Liberty Bell, White House for each student)
Students: United States Map, Virginia Map
Lesson:
Differentiation:
For struggling students: Provide another map labeled with similar symbols to use as a reference.
For advanced students: Ask them to create a map legend for things that we may see in the cafeteria.
Assessment: Check notebook (within folder) and ensure they have a grasp on symbols and gave examples such as chairs, desks, door, windows with a check-mark
Resources:
http://www.dreamstime.com/?gclid=CNHL7bvvobsCFVLxOgodzB4A6A
This site is a great resource to print out FREE clip art to use as symbols.
Also, the Dollar Tree sometimes has window clings of the United States along with these types of symbols that could be a great resource to use for the activity.
References:
Map Lesson Plan. (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2013, from
http://www.access2academics.com/Map%20Skills%20Lesson%20Plans%20-%2010%20day%20Unit.pdf
Objectives:
- Define Map Legend or Map Key as the part of the map that tells what the shapes and symbols mean
- Recognize various symbols and how they relate to states on the U.S. map
MATERIALS
Teacher: United States Map, Virginia Map, Symbols (mountains, lighthouse, statue of liberty, lei, boots, Liberty Bell, White House for each student)
Students: United States Map, Virginia Map
Lesson:
- Ask students to get out Virginia Maps
- Ask students to give examples of symbols on the Virginia map (ensuring that mountains, water and other terrain is given as an example)
- Ask students how they knew what those symbols were?
- Advise students that the place that tells them what the shapes and symbols mean is the Map Legend or Map Key
- Ask students what they would put in their map legend if they were creating a map for the classroom (desks, chairs, blackboard, etc...)
- Write these out in their notebook
- Ask what symbols they may use
- Now ask students to take out their U.S. Maps
- Reference your U.S. Map
- Tape laminated symbols on the board (mountains, lighthouse, statue of liberty, lei, boots, Liberty Bell, White House for each student)
- Ask for volunteers to place them on the map where they make sense
- Model this by placing the Liberty Bell on Pennsylvania advising that is where it is located so it makes sense to place the symbol there
- Now ask where we would define these symbols
- Conclude by asking students to tell you why a map legend is important (so we know what the symbols mean)
Differentiation:
For struggling students: Provide another map labeled with similar symbols to use as a reference.
For advanced students: Ask them to create a map legend for things that we may see in the cafeteria.
Assessment: Check notebook (within folder) and ensure they have a grasp on symbols and gave examples such as chairs, desks, door, windows with a check-mark
Resources:
http://www.dreamstime.com/?gclid=CNHL7bvvobsCFVLxOgodzB4A6A
This site is a great resource to print out FREE clip art to use as symbols.
Also, the Dollar Tree sometimes has window clings of the United States along with these types of symbols that could be a great resource to use for the activity.
References:
Map Lesson Plan. (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2013, from
http://www.access2academics.com/Map%20Skills%20Lesson%20Plans%20-%2010%20day%20Unit.pdf