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DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION UNIT PLAN TEMPLATE Elementary Semesters 3 & 4

Teacher Candidate ______Sandy Carlton___________________________________________ Grade Level __1st_______ Content Area __Social Studies__________________________________ Step 1 DESIRED RESULTS
A. Contextual Factors

13Boys 11 Girls 24 students 1 ELL student (Student 10) (WIDA level 2) 1 Student that needs glasses (Student 11) 3 students in reading recovery (Students 16, 10, and 13) 3 Below students in reading 6 Approaching students in reading 9 On students in reading 6 Above students in reading
B. Utah State Core or Common Core Curriculum Standard Standard 3 (Geography): Students will use geographic tools to demonstrate how symbols and models are used to represent features of the school, the neighborhood, and the real world. Objective 1 Identify and use geographic terms and tools. A. Use a compass to locate cardinal directions. B. Identify the equator and north and south poles. C. Identify Utah on a variety of maps and on a globe. D. Identify the United States on a variety of maps and on a globe. Objective 2 Recognize and use a map or a globe. A. Create a map showing important sites or landmarks on a school or community (i.e., firehouse, city hall, churches). B. Locate physical features (i.e. continents, oceans, rivers, lakes), and man-made features (equator, North and South poles, countries) on a map and on a globe. C. Identify the compass rose and cardinal directions on a map and on a globe. C. Enduring Understanding/Big Idea

Use Geographic terms and tools to locate where we are on a map.


D. Essential Questions/Guiding Questions

How do we use a map and globe? How do we Identify key features on a map and a globe? How do we use a compass correctly? What tools do we use to create and use maps?
E. Concepts

Cardinal Directions Equator North and South Poles Utah on map United states on a map Compass Rose

F. Skills

Use a compass Rose to locate cardinal directions. Identify the equator on a map. Identify the north and south poles on a map. Identify Utah on a variety of maps and on a globe Identify the united states on a variety of maps and on a globe. Create a map of their city. Step 2 ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
1. Pre-Assessments Students will receive a 8 x 7 farm grid. They will use cardinal directions to place a number in the right spot. One question will be write a 1 three spaces to the west of the barn. There will be five questions like that one. Then on the map of the United states they will find and color the state of Utah red. They will have a map of the world and they will draw the equator, and label the North and South poles. They will then find and color the United States of America Blue. They will then find and color the compass rose green. 2. Formative Assessments/Evidence

White boards will be used throughout lessons to check for comprehension Teacher will walk around observing students during partner, small group, and whole group instruction Participation in activities Questioning students throughout lessons Think-pair-shares will be used by teacher to check for understanding Shoulder partners will be used by teacher to check for understanding Groups or partners will share ideas discussed, with the rest of the class Graphic organizers Small group discussions Self-reflection with a rubric

3. Summative Assessments/Evidence Students will receive a 8 x 7 farm grid. They will use cardinal directions to place a number in the right spot. One question will be write a 1 three spaces to the west of the barn. There will be five questions like that one. Then on the map of the United states they will find and color the state of Utah red. They will have a map of the world and they will draw the equator, and label the North and South poles. They will then find and color the United States of America Blue. They will then find and color the compass rose green.

Step 3 Lesson Objectives with Instructional Strategies Lesson 1- Use a compass to locate cardinal directions. Will read, Me on the Map. Will use cardinal directions to color in a cactus. Will fill in the first page of where we live book. Lesson 2- Identify the equator and north and south poles. Will read Poles Apart. Will look at different maps and globes and see if we can find the equator. Write a Venn diagram of what some of the differences and similarities of the north and south poles are. Lesson 3- Identify Utah on a variety of maps and on a globe. Will read Our World. Will fill in the a few pages of where we live book. Will look at a bunch of different maps and find Utah on each of them. Lesson 4- Identify the United States on a variety of maps and on a globe. Will read the book America the Beautiful. Will learn the USA song. Will fill in the a few pages of where we live book. Will look at a bunch of different maps and globes and

find the United States of American on each of them. Lesson 5- Create a map showing important sites or landmarks on a school or community (i.e., firehouse, city hall, churches). Will fill in the a few pages of where we live book. Read, Mapping Pennys World. Make a map of our classroom. They will make a map of their bedroom. Lesson 6- physical features (i.e. continents, oceans, rivers, lakes), and man-made features (equator, North and South poles, countries) on a map and on a globe. Will read Tulip Sees the World. Will learn the continent song. Wrap up all that we learned and finish our books. We will look for key features of maps and globes.

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