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How Can We Locate Places? PPTHow Can We Locate Places? PPT
Publisher
Compton Unified School District
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Grade
2nd
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Number of Slides
52
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Projection
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PPT

How Can We Locate Places?

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How can we locate places? Maps, of course! Expose second graders to the tools available in maps and discuss how these tools can help people find locations. Students also look at communities, including what makes a community and the different types of communities.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

suburban communities, urban environments, rural environments, communities, map symbols, map scales, map keys, map skills, compass roses, continents, landform maps, landforms, grid maps, location

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Accompany this presentation with a worksheet that allows students to practice the skills they learn

Classroom Considerations

  • Learners should be aware of how use context clues
  • There are four lessons included in the slide

Pros

  • Visuals in the presentation reinforce the skills being taught
  • Vocabulary words are bolded and red to emphasize importance

Cons

  • Some of the slides reveal the definition of a word before students are asked to think about what the word means

Common Core

SL.2.1.a SL.2.4

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