STUDENT-TEACHER’S NAME: Tamia Smith

Saint John’s College Junior College Lesson Plan

Subject: Social Studies Date: 30-1-20 Duration: 45 minutes Grade: Standard 3

Unit Topic: Climate and Time Zone Lesson Topic: Map of the Earth
Learning Outcome Number(s): 13.1 On a blank map of the world, label lines of longitude and latitude, the
equator, prime meridian, international dateline, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, and the polar circles.
Connections/Linkages: Language Arts (labeling)

Students' Previous Knowledge & Experience:

Students can locate at least three continents.
Lesson Objective:
After a class discussion, activities, and presentation students will be able to identify and describe at
least four lines or poles on a map of the world.
Materials and Texts: Sources of Information:
Riddles question paper Lines of longitude and latitude retrieved from:
A large blank map of the world http://www.nhcmtc.org/Extensions/Files/2013/1626/Earth
KAM-GeoUnderstandingMaps.pdf
Labels
Lines on the map retrieved from:
Small copies of the map of the world
https://www.factmonster.com/world/world-
Tape
geography/lines-map
Riddles question retrieved from:
https://www.mathworksheets4kids.com/social-
studies/continents/color/riddles.pdf
Map of the world retrieved from:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=http%3A%2F
%2Fmonstesrdesigns.blogspot.com
%2F2011%2F03%2Fblank-world-map-with-latitude-
and.html&psig=AOvVaw1tAhdouobdnkkuogbxzGP7&ust
=1593627725278000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0C
AIQjRxqFwoTCLDHvYiUquoCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD
Lesson Content:

The earth can also be broken up another way: into the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western
Hemisphere. The Western Hemisphere includes North and South America, their islands, and the
surrounding waters. The Eastern Hemisphere includes Asia, Africa, Australia, and Europe

Lattitude- The imaginary lines circling the globe in an east-west direction.

Longitude- The lines circling the globe in a north-south direction are called lines.
The Equator- This imaginary circle goes around the middle of the earth for 24,902 miles. It divides the
Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere and is exactly halfway between the North and
South Poles.

Meridian- Imaginary lines that run north and south on a map from pole to pole. Meridians express
degrees of longitude, or how far a place is away from the prime meridian. The prime meridian runs
through Greenwich, England. Longitude is used together with latitude to form a grid on which it is
possible to locate any place on the earth.

The International Date Line- An imaginary line where the date changes one day when passed. It is one
day earlier east of the line than it is on the west.

The Tropic of Cancer- A parallel line of latitude that is a quarter of the way from the equator to the North
Pole. During the summer solstice, the sun is directly overhead.

The Tropic of Capricorn- This line of latitude is a quarter of the way from the equator to the South Pole.
During the winter solstice, the sun is directly overhead.

The Antarctic Circle-The Antarctic Circle lies three-quarters of the way between the equator and the
South Pole.
The Arctic Circle- Three-quarters of the way between the equator and the North Pole lies the Arctic
Circle. Above this line is the Arctic region, where nights last for 24 hours in the middle of winter. It is
known as the Land of the Midnight Sun because in summer the sun never sets.

Skills: Identify lines and poles, Describe lines or poles

Attitudes: Appreciate lines and poles, willingly participate in-class activities
Suggested Activities/Procedures:
Introductory Activities (7 mins.):
Students will be given riddles to solve individually.
After the riddles are read twice, students will be given a minute to finalize answers.
Students will pair up with a classmate to share answers and fill in any blank answers.
Each group will produce one answer paper.
Groups will switch answer papers.
Answers we checked as a class.
Developmental Activities/Procedures (30 mins.):
A blank map of the world will be taped to the board.
At random students will be called to label continents and oceans on the map
A class discussion will be held about how the lines and poles found on the map.
As a class, the map will be labeled.
Students will be placed in groups and will be given a line or pole.
 Each group must come up with a creative way of describing their line or pole ( riddle, poem, song etc.).
The class has to guess the answer.
The student that guesses the answer will label it on the map.
Culmination & Closure (8 mins.):
Students will be given a blank map to label the lines and poles.
Students must describe at least four of the lines or poles found on the map.
Homework (if applicable)

Reflection:

My weakness falls in my culmination activity. I could have made the students create a method of how they
remember the location and names of the major lines on the map, for example, a short rhyme. My strength in this
lesson would be the remainder of my activities. In each activity, students are involved in, to a great extent. I
like the icebreaker activity in the introductory activity, it allows students to think at a high level from the
beginning of the class.