Design+for+Instruction

Day 1: Christa
 * Possible anticipatory set: doing a direction thing, such as asking kids to stand up and take a step to the right, then the left, etc.
 * General introduction to the unit
 * very brief
 * KWL chart
 * different types of maps
 * physical, political, and thematic (example of thematic being temperature or measurement of rainfall)
 * Read Aloud
 * * (possible activities you could do with them would be to do a 3 circle Venn Diagram comparing the 3 types of maps ** when going over political maps possibly tie in the with the current dispute over county line boundaries)

Day 2: Staci
 * how to use a map
 * map elements
 * activity of creating a classroom map or playground
 * possibly have them build the perfect playground
 * possibly can be done on the computer (Technology Element*)
 * * (additional activities creating a balloon globe/map [can have students do this or can be teacher demonstration: blow up a balloon draw continents on it, which do not have to be labeled since that comes day 3, which shows the globe, then cut bottom tie off and then up to the top to lay it flat making a map * doing a treasure hunt, where kids use a map to find the 'treasure', maybe do this on the playground or simply in the classroom)

Day 3: Cooper
 * continents and oceans
 * introduction to our country, state, city, and capital
 * connect this to the student and have them link this info to their home and where they live
 * * ( some possible activities could be having students cut out continents and glue them to a blank map or also have them use previous days learning of maps and map elements to create a world map and draw a legend and etc. * you could do a biocube [which was one of my artifacts actually, so if you want to use it let me know and I will send you the template] )

Day 4: Beth
 * Native Americans
 * old maps compared to new maps
 * go more in depth upon state and city, and student's home
 * Creation of brochure on computer

Day 5: Nikki
 * direction
 * latitude/longitude
 * KWL
 * summary (going over the KWL in small groups then choose a representative from each group to share with the class)
 * * (possible activities for me, anticipatory set do a quick game of "Who am I?" with kids guessing what continent or ocean, etc. that is posted on the card on their forehead * blow up globe with lat. and long. lines on it and have them point to diff countries when I give them degrees, or to point to countries/oceans when given directions such as what ocean is to the East of the United States * a take home/folder activity can be for them to complete a crossword puzzle reviewing key terms that they have learned over the unit * compass activity)