Goes over how to use maps- Grade level 6 All images were found on google images search bar

2. Enduring Understanding
At the end of this unit, students
will understand that…
Geography influences needs,
culture, opportunities,
choices, interests,
and skills.

3. Essential Questions
How does geography influence lifestyle
and point of view?
What story do maps and globes tell?
What makes places unique and different?
How do maps and globes reflect history,
politics, and economics?

4. Continents & Oceans
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Artic Ocean
Indian Ocean

5. Map Packet:
Continents and Oceans
Directions: Independently (that means on
your own), use the map pictured on the
Continents and Oceans page of your packet to
answer the four questions.
Then, be ready to discuss (that means we talk
together in a group) your journal topics:
1. “What story do maps and globes tell us?”
2. “What makes places unique and different”

6. Elements of a Map!
Cardinal Points
Intermediate Points
Key/ Legend
Latitude
Longitude

7. Cardinal Points
 The four directions found on a compass rose.
North
South
East
(Right hand)
West
(Left Hand)
Guided Practice:
Cardinal Points sheet from
your Map Packet.

8. Intermediate Points
 The points that come between the four primary
directions (cardinal points).
• On your own, complete
the Intermediate
Points sheet from your
Map Packet.
• Homework: Create your
own compass rose with
both Cardinal and
Intermediate Points.

9. Map Key/ Legend
 Explains what each symbol on the map represents.
Example:

10. Guided Practice:
I’ve got the Key and
Where Where sheets from
the Map Packet.

11. Keep Calm.. I’ve got a map!
Scenario: (Small Groups)
You are a new 6th grade student at Chester Middle School. The
Main Office has just given you a map of the school to use to find
your way around. Using this map, write out the directions to
your group’s assigned location starting at our social studies
classroom: room 106.
-Auditorium (1) -Mrs. Houston’s Office (5) -Art Room (9)
-Cafeteria (2) -Guidance Office (6) -Band Room(10)
-Library (3) -Computer Labs (7) -Chorus Room(11)
-Main Office (4) -Keyboarding Rooms (8)

12. Latitude & Longitude Lines

13. Let’s Practice
Latitude & Longitude
Think-Pair-Share:
1st: Complete Latitude and
Longitude Lines sheet from
the Map Packet by yourself.
2nd: Compare answers with
your partner.
3rd: Discuss why your
answers may be different.
4th: Go over answers with
whole class

14. Physical Map
Historical Map
Distribution Map
Product Map
Population Map
Recreation Map
Weather Map
Road Map
And on and on…
Types of Maps

15. Physical Map
 Type of map
representing the
Earth’s surface
(topography,
watercourses,
aquatic areas)
using various
techniques
(contour lines,
colors).

16. Historical Map
 Type of map
that shows
historical
information;
such as past
places, people,
events, ect.

17. Distribution Maps
 Type of map that
shows how people,
resources, data, and
other objects or
things are
distributed
throughout am
area, country,
continent, or the
world. They also
can show migration
patterns.

18. Reading Maps
Small Group Assignment
Directions: In your assigned groups, work cooperatively to
complete sheets: Reading Maps, Using a Physical Map, Using a
Historical Map, Using a Distribution Map, and other Uses for
Maps- from your Map Packet.
Then…
Journal: In your journal respond to the following prompt:
“How do maps and globes reflect history, politics, and
economics?”

19. Timelines are Maps too!

20. Timeline Terms to Know
 Chronological order- arranging events in their order as
they occur. (Events from first to last.)
 Example: 2002- your birth
2007- you went to kindergarten
2013- you went to middle school
 A.D.- abbreviation for the Latin words: “anno Domini”
 Meaning: “The year of our Lord”
 (years counted forward from the year of Christ’s birth)
 C.E.- abbreviation for “Common Era”
 (same periods of time as A.D.)
 B.C.E.- abbreviation for “Before the Common Era”
 (same periods of time as B.C.)
 B.C.- abbreviation for “Before Christ”
 (years counted backward from the year Christ was born)

21. “Selfie” Timeline Activity
Directions:
Using the provided blank timeline in your Map Packet, create a
“selfie” timeline based on events in your own life.
-make sure your events are in chronological order
-make sure you use true facts about your “events”
-only use School Appropriate examples in your timeline
Remember, timelines can have pictures, symbols, and words to
represent each event. Be creative!