Lesson Design Template: MAT/Certification Elementary

Candidate Name: Anita Youngman

Host Teacher Name: Erin Jones

School: Government Hill Elementary

Grade Level(s): 1

Date & Time of Lesson:

Length of Lesson:

Topic of Lesson: Map making

Content Area(s): Geography

# of Students: 20

Materials including technology: Clipboards, pencils, overhead projector, scrap paper, homemade
compasses, discovery streaming video on maps

Alaska Standards:

Alaska: Geography A.2 Make maps, globes and graphs

Profile of Your Students (cultural, language, developmental and behavioral characteristics):

Students come from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds. The socio-economic status of families tends to be
low. Behavior management is a factor that requires careful attention to pacing, along with a variety of methods
for teaching. Three students have IEPs and a couple more are being evaluated for IEPs. Six students are
considered English Language Learners.
STAGE ONE

STAGE TWO:

Objective(s):
1. I will recall elements of a map from the video
2. I will construct a map using basic map elements,
compass, title and legend

Student Assessment:
1. Students will list elements that a map needs.
2. Students will create a map using a compass, title and
legend.

STAGE THREE: Opportunities to Learn

Introduction/Hook :Discovery streaming video on maps

Procedure and products

Differentiation/Accommodations/
Modifications

1. Watch discovery streaming video on

1. Teacher will model making a map for
maps.
students on the white board.
2. Table managers get scrap paper, enough
2. Teacher will show where true north is and
for each student at table.
help students who are having a hard time
3. Teacher led demonstration, based on
getting the beginning of their compass on
student input. Title for map? What goes
the paper.
in the legend, based on student knowledge
of playground and where the missing ball
is located.
4. After brainstorming and creating a legend,
students get their homemade compasses,
clipboards, pencils and maps.
5. Teacher gives directions of what is to be
expected, 1st they will use their compass
to put the direction on their map. Next
they will use the symbols they created in
their legend to draw a rough draft of the
playground and the missing ball.
6. Go to the field outside the small
playground and find north, create a
compass rose.
7. Create a map, using the symbols from
their legend.
Closure: As students are finishing, students can share their maps elements of legend,
football and compass.