3. This is my world. It is called Earth.
It looks like a giant ball.
If you could unroll the world and make it flat….
4. …it would look something like this
map of the world
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Come join me on a trip to find my place in the
world and learn more about the country I live in.
5. To find my special place on the
map. First I look at the map of the
world and find my continent.
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The continent of North America.
6. Then I look at the map of my
continent and find my country.
Mexico
The country of Mexico.
8. I notice my country shares its
borders with other countries.
The United States of America
The country of the United States is North of
Mexico.
9. I notice my country shares its
coast with two bodies of water.
The United States of America
The Pacific Ocean is on the West coast
The Gulf of Mexico is on the East coast
10. Next, I look at the map of my
country and find my state.
Mexico has 31 states and 1 federal district.
I live in the state called Hidalgo.
11. Then I look at the map of my state
and find my city.
The name of my city is Pachuca.
It is the capital of Hidalgo.
13. This is a map of my city.
Pachuca, Hidalgo
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This is my street on the map of my city.
14. Then I look at the map and find
the street my school is on.
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I go to Escuela Primaria El Pipila
(The Pipila Primary School).
15. This is my school. In my school I
find my classroom.
17. This is a map of my classroom.
ROOM 2
Yensenia
Maria
Carmen
Diego
Luis
Meeting Area
Raul
Rosa
Nayeli
Abraham
Abigail
This is me on the map of my classroom.
18. And in my classroom I find me!
Just think..
…in rooms, in houses, on streets, in towns, in countries all over
the world, everybody has their own special place on the map.
19. Credits
Luis: soschildrensvillages.org.u
Planet Earth: kimthompsonartist.com
World Map: sy-klone.com
Map of North America: dk.co.uk
Map of Mexico: maquilamentor.com
Map of Mexico/states: mexconnect.com
Map of Pachuca- (small) square: m.wikitravel.org
Picture of Pachuca: lonelyplanet.com
Google interactive map: http://maps.google.com/maps=Gobernadores, Parque
de Poblamiento 1a. Sección, Pachuca, Hidalgo, México
Satellite image of Escuela Primaria El Pipila: Google Earth
Classroom: Photo Credit: Keith Dannemiller/D70s/Corbis)
Notes de l'éditeur
This is Luis. He is a Second Grader who lives in the country of Mexico. Today we are going to travel with Luis and learn about where he lives in our world and learn about just some of the things we may see as we travel to this country.
Read slide
Read slide
Which direction would we have to travel to get to Mexico?
What else can you tell about my country from this map?
Introduce word border.
You may want to mention the countries of (Guatemala and Belize) that Border Mexico to the South if you feel your class is ready for this.