SOCIAL STUDIES

HOW TO REPRESENT PLACES:

PLANS AND MAPS
SECOND GRADE
PLANS:

HELP US TO
FIND OUR
WAY IN
LARGER
SPACES
 FLOOR PLANS:
SHOW INDOOR LOC ATIONS: A BEDROOM, A BUILDING, A
SCHOOL, OR A HOUSE.
 STREET PLANS:
SHOW CITIES OR TOWNS
 LET’S SHARE

Think of one characteristic of a floor and street plan, and

share it with the class.
 TO BUILD A HOUSE, I NEED A…

Floor plan
 TO FIND A SUPERMARKET IN MY NEIGHTBORHOOD, I
NEED A…

Street plan
 Maps...
What are they?
 MAPS:
ARE WAYS TO REPRESENT ALL OR PART OF THE EARTH
 PHYSICAL MAPS

• These maps show us the natural

characteristics of the Earth’s
surface.

• We can see hills, mountains,

valleys, rivers and lakes.
 POLITICAL MAPS

• These maps show where one

territory ends and where
another one begins.

• They show the borders

between different locations
and countries.
 TO FIND THE ANDES MOUNTAINS I NEED A…

Physical Map
 TO PLAN A TRIP TO ANOTHER COUNTRY, I NEED A…

Political Map
OUR COUNTRY ON THE
MAP
Chilean borders:

•Peru in the north,

•Bolivia to the northeast,
•Argentina to the east
•Pacific ocean to the west.
 CHILE: TRI-CONTINENTAL

• Chile’s territory in South America

is long and narrow.

• The Chilean Antarctic territory is

in the Southern Ocean.
• Easter Island and the Salas and
Gomez Islands are in Oceania.
 CHILE:
REGIONS