Lesson: 7th grade: Lesson 1 “What Do Maps Show?”

Objective: The Learner Will (TLW) recognize different types of maps.
TLW…demonstrate prior knowledge of the unit concepts by taking a
pretest.

Anticipatory Set: “Today you are going to be receiving your journals for the first unit. Go ahead and look through them.” Allow students to browse. “Are there any questions or comments?”


Materials:
Science journals
Pretest
Letter to parents
Social Studies books
Vocabulary Boxes paper
Teacher map poster from science kit 6c

Procedure:
1) Review testing norms. Hand out pretest. Give students ~ 15 minutes to take
it.
2) Collect tests.
3) Have students brainstorm types of maps that they have seen or used before. Write it on the board.
Guided Practice:

4) Hand out social studies books, one to every two students. Have them list the types of maps that they find in their journal. 10 minutes.
5) Share information as a group.
6) Discuss why there are so many types of maps.
7) Use the Teacher map and on the ELMO guide students through the different maps.
Independent Practice:

8) Have students write in their journals, one or two things that they can learn from each of the three kinds of maps discussed on the poster (road, shaded relief, and topographic).




Closure: “Today we discussed the three different types of maps that we will be looking at for the next few lessons. Who can tell me what they are?”


Extension/Enrichment: Students can look at the bulletin board in room at examples of maps and how to use them.