UEN+K-12

**2nd Grade Social Studies**  I chose to focus on social studies, because I think that it's important for students to understand and value cultural differences within our community, state, and nation. I would also love for students to leave the 2nd grade with the ability to recognize and find places on a map, on our earth.

**Learning Objective: Geography **

**Standard: ** Students will use geographic tools and skills to locate and describe places on earth.

** Objective One: ** Demonstrate geographic skills on a map and a globe.

** Can you guess where we are located on this map!? **
 * Identify and use information on a map and on a globe (e.e., map key, or legend, simple grid systems, physical features, compass)
 * Compare and cotnrast the difference between maps and globes
 * Locate your city, the State of Utah, and the United States on a variety of maps or on a globe
 * Locate and label the following on a map or globe: the seven continents, the five oceans, the poles, and the equator
 * Using a map, or a globe, link cultural/nationalities within your community to their place or origin

Lesson Plan:

[|Me On the Map] Students have the opportunity to better grasp the concept of maps, by exploring symbols and map keys and making some of their own!

Games:

[|Continent Shapes] Use this 'Continent Shapes' game to quickly be familiar with the seven continents and their shapes and locations!

**Objective Two: ** Identify common symbols and physical features of a community, and explain how they affect people's activities in that area. Does this sign look familiar to you!?
 * Identify community traffic signs and symbols, and know their meanings (e.g., stop signs, hazard symbols, pedestrian crossing, bike route, recreational, blind or deaf child signs
 * Describe how geographic objects of the area affect the community and influence culture (e.g., river, mountain, desert)
 * Describe ways in which people have modified physical environment in a community (i.e., building roads, clearing land for homes, and mining)

Lesson Plan: =[|Map Your School Yard!]= Geologists do a lot of mapping. You can do the same thing in your schoolyard. This exercise introduces the concept of maps.

Games: =[|Your Neighborhood]= Use this link to help you get familiar with the local buildings in our community! Click on each of the buildings for information and tips about each place contributes to your area!

For more geographic Learning, please visit these websites! [|Geography Games]

[|Social Studies Madness]