Morgan Abrahamson

Map Skills

• Content Area: Social Studies• Grade Level: Third grade• Summary: The purpose of this instructional

PowerPoint is to teach students map skills. • Learning Objective: Given a map of the United States,

students will use the cardinal directions to locate major physical features and cities, with 100% accuracy.

• Tennessee Standard: 3.3. Use cardinal directions, map scales, legends, titles, and longitude and latitude to locate major cities and countries in the world.

• ISTE Standard: 6.A. Understand and use technology systems.

What is a direction?

• A direction is the course along which something or someone travels.

Primary and Secondary Directions

• There are four primary directions:– North– South– East–West

• There are four secondary directions:– Northeast– Southeast– Northwest– Southwest

How can we remember the directions?

• This song may help you remember the directions!!

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeeLivQH7Ok

Do you remember the acronyms they used in the song?

• Never Eat Salty Watermelon• Never Eat Soggy Worms

Let’s see what you can do!

• Find a partner and come up with your own acronym to remember the directions!

• Now, find a pair of partners and share your acronym.

• Who wants to share with the class?

What is a compass rose?

• A compass rose is a circle on a map that shows the principal directions.

What is a scale?

• A scale is a ratio that compares a measurement on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on a map.

What is a legend?

• A legend tells you what the different symbols on a map represent.

What is latitude?

• Latitude lines are invisible lines that run east and west around the Earth.

• They measure the distance north and south from the Equator.

What is the Equator?

• The Equator is the base, or 0, for all lines of latitude.

• Latitude lines above the Equator measure North.

• Latitude lines below the Equator measure South.

What is longitude?

• Longitude lines are invisible lines that run north and south around the Earth. They measure the distance east and west from the Prime Meridian.

What is the Prime Meridian?

• The Prime Meridian is the base, or 0, for all lines of longitude.

• Longitude lines to the right of the Prime Meridian measure East.

• Latitude lines to the left of the Prime Meridian measure West.

When writing latitude and longitude, which comes first?

• When writing latitude and longitude, latitude comes first.

• Think! LA comes before LO!

Let’s practice our skills!!

• Let's practice directions!• Let’s practice longitude and latitude!• Let’s practice using a legend!• Let's practice directions again!

Time to test what you’ve learned!

• Click here to put your knowledge to the test in a cardinal directions quiz!

• Remember, Never Eat Soggy Worms!!

What are the four primary directions?

• North, South, East, West• Forward, Backward, Right, Left• Nest, South, East, Worth

•Great job! You’re right!

Correct!

What is a compass rose?

• A pretty flower• A tool used on a map to tell direction

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Correct!

What is a scale (on a map)?

• The skin of a fish.• A ratio that compares a measuremen

t on a map to the actual distance between locations identified on a map.

• Something you use to weigh things.

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Correct!

What is a legend (on a map)?

• A very old story.• Something that tells you what the sy

mbols on a map mean

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Correct!

What do longitude lines measure?

• The distance north and south from the equator

• The distance east and west from the prime meridian

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Correct!

Memorize this legend.Forest

Hospital

Lake

House

Which symbol represents a house?

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Correct!

What do latitude lines measure?

• The distance north and south from the equator

• The distance east and west of the prime meridian

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Correct!

Longitude lines run ___, latitude lines run___.

• North and south, east and west• East and west, north and south

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Correct!

If you go North from Memphis, Tennessee, what city do you come to first?

St. Louis, MissouriAtlanta, Georgia

Tallahassee, FloridaSalt Lake City, Utah

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Correct!

What city is southeast from Little Rock, Arkansas?

Santa Fe, New MexicoSacramento, California

Jackson, MississippiAlbany, New York

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Correct!

What state is northwest of Utah?

New MexicoOhio

MinnesotaOregon

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Correct!

Any questions?

What did you learn?

• Today, you learned about map skills. • You learned the cardinal directions: North, East,

South, West, Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest.

• You learned what a scale is and how to use it. • You learned what a legend is and how to use it. • You learned what latitude and longitude lines are

and what they measure. • You put your skills to the test with the map skills

quiz.• Now, let’s dance! – Click here for the compass slide!

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