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Student Name: Amanda Shaffer Lesson Title: Geographic Representation Unit: Maps/Regions Subject Area: Geography Grade Level: 4th grade Time Required: approximately 4-5 class periods

1. PA State Standards: 7.1.6.A: Describe how common geographic tools are used to organize and interpret information about people, places, and environment. 7.1.6.B: Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features. 2. NCSS Themes: People, Places and Environments Culture 3. Big Ideas: Geographic representations are essential to explain the spatial organization of people, places and environments. 4. Essential Questions: How can geographic information systems and other geographic technologies impact development? Why are mental maps useful? How is one place different from another place? 5. Learning Objectives: The student will describe different types of geographic tools using a graphic organizer.  The student will analyze different types of geographic tools by experimenting with Google Earth, Google Maps, Mapquest, National Geographic Maps, physical maps, mental maps, atlas, and globe. The student will determine which map to use for their assessment project and use that map to complete the project. 6. Concepts and Vocabulary: Geographic tools and technologies pose and answer questions about spatial distributions and patterns on Earth. Mental maps mirror an individual’s attitudes toward places and regions. Physical processes and human characteristics define place. Places Regions Human Features Geographic tools Environment 7. Materials: Physical maps Virtual Maps Google Earth Google Maps ([]) Mapquest ([]) National Geographic Maps ([]) Atlas Globe Inflatable Globe 8. Instruction Procedures/Activities:  · Students will discuss, with a partner, places in the world that they have been.  · They will each choose a place and find it on the geographical representation given to them by the teacher [PASS Meaningful]  · The students will each receive a sticky note to write the name of their place and locate it on the class map by placing their sticky note on the map [PASS Meaningful] <span style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · The students will explore the multiple types of geographic representations by working with a partner to complete a scavenger hunt to find places around the world [PASS Active] <span style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o They will have a part of the scavenger hunt where they have to create a picture of a place that they have already learned about using their memory and what they think of that place <span style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o The scavenger hunt will involve using all of the different types of geographic representations <span style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · As a class, the students will determine which representation is the most accurate and why. They will decide which representation that they would like to use for their project. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · In groups, the students will also compare their drawings and discuss why their drawings may differ from one another based on their memories and representations of the place. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">9. Assessment: <span style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · The students will complete a graphic organizer (see attached) comparing the different types of geographical representations. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · The students, in groups, will determine which map they like to use the best and which map they think is the most accurate. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Using the map that they determined to be the best, the students will create directions for traveling between two given countries, states, and cities. They will also use the maps and background knowledge to determine physical and geographical features [PASS Challenging] <span style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · In their project, the students will determine distances and latitude and longitude from the places. [PASS Integrative]


 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> ** Map Type ** || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> ** Pros **  || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> ** Cons **  || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> ** When would you use it? **  ||
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> Physical Map || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> Virtual Map 1 || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> Virtual Map 2 || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> Virtual Map 3 || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> Globe || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> Atlas || <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: center; mso-element-top: 33.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"> ||   ||   ||