Grade 4

Social Studies

 

 

Unit 1:  Map Skills - Examining the World and the United States

Activity 2: Assessment of Prior Geographic Knowledge (GLE: 3)

CC: Put the following terms on the board: Africa, Australia, Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, North Pole, South Pole, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Equator, and the United States.  Have students draw and label each of the above locations on their maps. Collect these maps as students finish.

The following web sites have outline maps of the continents and oceans:

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/world_cont.pdf

http://www.graphicmaps.com/webimage/testmaps/namecont.gif

 

 

Unitedstreaming video clips:

http://www.unitedstreaming.com

Continents (00:46)     A clip from the program Geographical Features: Landforms

Water: Oceans, Fresh Water, & the Water Cycle (02:55)  A clip from the program Physical Geography

 

 

 

 

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