Uen: Lesson Plan: Map Trap

Here is a well-designed, very thorough lesson plan on mapping for very young children. Within the six-page plan, you will find everything you need to implement the lesson. They will identify various landforms found in Colorado on a map,...

First graders are introduced to a variety of maps such as globes, street maps, atlases, and different types of floor plans. The focus of the lesson requires individuals to create their own plan of the classroom using the PowerPoint...

Lesson to reinforce basic map skills. Students discuss Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney, work in groups to create maps of the classroom, and use these maps to hunt for treasure.

Lesson that helps students understand map concepts. After listening to the teacher read aloud each chapter of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett, students discuss the book and use a map and general direction terms to describe the...

Lesson designed to introduce maps and the cardinal directions. After listening to the teacher read aloud or tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood, learners retell the story and use cutouts of landmarks and arrows to create a map of...

Links to all of Canada's provinces and territories relief maps. Maps can be viewed as a picture or as a .pdf file. Be sure to check out the links to lesson plans as well as the many other types of maps.

Lesson that helps students understand the difference between needs and wants. Students discuss the story The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's by Shirley Neitsel and then decide which items they need to take to grandma's house and which items...

Lesson that reinforces the difference between needs and wants as students discuss the book Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst. Includes link to discussion questions.

Lesson that helps students understand what rules and laws are. Students discuss the books David Goes to School by David Shannon and Rules and Laws by Ann-Marie Kishel, perform skits demonstrating how to follow specific school rules, and...

Lesson that helps students understand why rules are needed. Students discuss the story Know and Follow Rules by Cheri J. Meiners, compare the rules in the book to rules at home and at school, and develop a list of rules for the classroom.