Maps and globes: K to 2nd people & places
Maps and globes: a map shows a place from above. A free K to 2nd lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: maps and globes: a map shows a place from above.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: What does Earth look like from way up high?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: maps and globes.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.
Practise (15 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Learn: Maps and Globes (https://peabody.kids/world/geography/geography-maps-and-globes)
- Print: A Map Shows Where (https://teach.peabody.kids/passages/1/a-map-shows-where)
- Watch: Why is a globe round? (https://peabody.kids/tv/wonders/around)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about maps and globes, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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