Lesson Plan

It's Happening, Where? Find the Absolute and Relative Location of News Articles

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Students read newspaper articles. For this social studies lesson, students locate the latitude and longitude of the location where the news article takes place. Students write a summary of the news article.

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Concepts
summaries, latitude and longitude, map skills
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latitude, longitude, summary, social studies
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Resource Details
Grade
4th - 5th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategy
Skills Practice