Globe and Map Skills

Content Check and Strategies

Dr. Tim Fry

A person can know the world and never leave his/her home Lao-Tzu

Objective:The teacher candidate should become more familiar with some important globe/map skills and some strategies/activities to facilitate learning in social studies

Specifically become more familiar with:

size and shape of the Earthhemispheresrotation, axis, tilt, North Starrevolution, seasons, direct raysrelative location-pumpkin globesexact location-longitude and latitude, hurricane game

SizeLiterature connection-The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Laskey

Sphere Hemi”-Greek word for halfHemisphere

Four Main Hemispheres

Northern Hemisphere-”Landed” divided by the equator from theSouthern Hemisphere-”Water”Western Hemisphere- “Americas” divided by the Prime Meridian & International Date Line from theEastern Hemisphere

Two movements of planet Earth

Rotation-Earth spinning on its axis

Revolution-Earth making a wide circle around the Sun

RotationEarth spinning on imaginary line called an axisTakes 24 hours or one dayCauses day and nightAxis is tilted at 23½ degreesAxis always points at North Star

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Rotation related-Time Zones

Literature connectionsSomewhere in the World Right Now By Stacie SchuettNine O’clock Lullaby by Singer (1993)

RevolutionWide circle around sunTakes 365 & 1/4 daysWith 23½ tilt of axis and North Star orientation it causes seasonsDirect rays & first day of each season

First Day of Season Facts

March 21-First day of Spring, Vernal Equinox, direct rays at equatorJune 21-First day of Summer, Summer Solstice, direct rays at 23½° North-Tropic of Cancer, Longest daySept. 21-First day of Fall, Autumnal Equinox, direct rays at equatorDec. 21-First day of Winter, Winter Solstice, direct rays at 23½° South-Tropic of Capricorn, Shortest day

Two other lines as a result of Revolution

Arctic Circle-66 2/3° North

Antarctic Circle-66 2/3° South

Marks the area that experiences 24 hours of total darkness and 24 hours of total light

Five Map Skills of NCSS

Orient a map and note directionsUse scale and compute distancesInterpret map symbolsExpress relative locationLocate places on maps and globes

Relative location

Pumpkin Globes

Atlas --a.k.a Matthew

Exact LocationGrid System-Single QuadrantLongitude and Latitude

Lines of LatitudeLatitude lines are parallel, “parallels”Run E & W but measure N & S of the equator which is O degrees latitude¼ of 360 degrees = 90 degrees maximum latitude- N & S Poles

Lines of LongitudeLongitude lines not parallel but converge at the N & S Poles“meridians”Run N & S but measure E & W of the Prime Meridian-0 degrees LongitudeArbitrary point/Greenwich Observatory½ of 360 is 180 degrees max-IDL

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Riddle???

Standing on a point on Earth, I go one mile south, then one mile west, and then one mile north.

Where am I from the original point?

Color of the bears?

Each degree divided by 60 minutes 41° 40°50’

40°30’

40°10’40°

Hurricane Game

Groups of at least 4Instructor calls out coordinatesStudents determine location and raise hands to attempt correct place nameBaseball style-correct answer allows person on first base and so forth until one team scores a run

Mercator Projection Map

Kansas Curricular Standards AddressedGeography Standard

Benchmark 1-Maps and LocationFourth Grade Indicators 2 & 3• 2. Uses grid systems to locate places…..• 3. Identifies major landforms...relative

locations

Benchmark 3-Physical SystemsSixth Grade Indicator 2• 2. Explains how Earth-Sun relationships

produce day and night, seasons

KSDE Teaching Standards Addressed

History Comprehensive 5-8Standard #7 The teacher…has knowledge and understanding of the spatial organizations of the Earth’s surface…..

Performance Indicator 1• The teacher is able to use maps and

graphic representations….