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- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students construct community map to include cardinal directions. They identify community workers, goods, and services. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students examine the relationship they have with the community and the location of the community in relationship to other communities. They practice using a map of their community and photographs to recongize the area. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students practice reading a map and using its legends. They create their own map of their community and legend. They use the same processes of story mapping to begin the discussion on maps. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students interpret maps. They also create mental maps of regions in which they are studying. Students then explain the historical or cultural significance of map features orally or in written form. Students take a walking field trip in which they can gather data to create a more complete community map drawn to scale. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students read "The Giver" after finishing the unit on inventions and inventors. Using the information in the novel, they develop a geographic map illustrating the community in the story. They identify human and physical features and include a legend. They use the community map as a summary of the story as well. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 5th
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Students work together to complete their imaginary community map. Discussing transportation, they add these facilities after they discuss why and how people come to a new city. They identify what type of transportation is used in their community and why it is needed. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students define the boundaries of their community by comparing the community's official boundaries with other historical, political, physical, and perceived boundaries of the area and create a community map. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students create mental maps of their community. They read articles and add information to their maps. They compare their community map to their mental maps to observe similarities and differences. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students discover the similarities and differences between cities, towns, and rural communities. Using a Neighborhood map Machine, they create a Venn diagram and map of their own community. Students build a 3-D representation of their community. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students are introduced to the concept of community mapping. In groups, they discover how different physical environments change the way people use their environment. They identify positive and negative ways people change their environment and create a PowerPoint presentation to share their information. Full Review »

