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TIMELINE for INTRODUCING BASIC MAP SKILLS
(As described through PASS – Social Studies)
Pre-Kindergarten
Locate and describe familiar places
Community – begin to develop an understanding of community
Kindergarten
City/town/state/country – begin to develop an understanding of all of these.
Map – identify a map as a drawing of a particular location.
Oklahoma – recognize Oklahoma on a map.
1st Grade
Map & Locations Place objects on a map and describe locations near/far,
up/down, left/right/above/below, in front of/behind.
Cardinal directions Construct maps individually and with other students using
cardinal directions
Map reading Identify locations on a map
Using Maps & Globes Locate community, United States, bodies of water, four
oceans, seven continents
2nd Grade
Construct simple maps Identify major landmarks of the community and
construct simple maps showing these – connect roads, and directions. Give titles
to map.
Cardinal & Intermediate directions Identify locations on a basic map, write
directions for going from one location to another – use directional indicators –
cardinal and intermediate directions
Identify basic landforms, bodies of water, four oceans, seven continents and
human-made features such as roads and towns.
Locate on a map of the United States: Oklahoma, six surrounding states,
Mississippi River, Great Lake Regions, Appalachian Mountains, Great Plains,
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
3rd Grade
Map Symbols: Legend reference to land, water, roads, and cities.
Map Elements: Construct simple maps of seven continents – should include
essential elements such as title, key, directional indicators and date.
Equator & Prime Meridian Use equator and prime meridian to identify the
four hemispheres.
Parallels of Latitude and Meridians of Longitude Develop skills in locating
places across the globe using latitude and longitude
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4th Grade
Atlases, Charts, Graphs, and Visual images: Interpret geographic information
using primary and secondary sources.
Political, Physical, Thematic Maps & globes: Identify and interpret basic
political, physical and thematic maps and globes.
Construct and use maps of the regions of the US, the continents, and the world to
demonstrate understanding of relative location, direction, latitude, longitude,
scale, size, and shape, using appropriate geographic vocabulary, tools, and
technologies.
State & Capitals: Locate and identify the states and capitals and major
metropolitan centers of the US by region (e.g., New York City, Los Angles,
Dallas, and Miami).
Identify the major landforms and bodies of water of the United States.
5th Grade
Students will review and strengthen geographic skills.
Identify, evaluate and draw conclusions from different kinds of maps, graphs,
charts, other sources and representations such as aerial and shuttle photographs,
satellite-produced images, geographic information system (GIS), encyclopedias,
almanacs, dictionaries, atlases, and computer-based technologies.
Construct and use maps of locales, regions, continents, and the world that
demonstrate an understanding of mental mapping, relative location, direction,
latitude, longitude, key, legend, map symbols, scale, size, shape and landforms.
6th Grade
Students will use geographic representations to draw conclusions.
Apply the concepts of scale, orientation, latitude and longitude, and physical
regions.
Compare political, physical, and thematic maps.
Define, recognize, and locate basic landforms and bodies of water on appropriate
maps and globes.
7th Grade
World Geography is taught all year and has six standards to be taught. The major
themes of geography are taught during this year. Students learn that geography is
the study of spatial patterns of the human and physical dimensions of the world.
Students explore how these spatial patterns form, change over time, and relate to
one another throughout various regions. Students examine the cultural, political,
and economic developments, physical geography, and population distribution for
each region.
Students use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies
to analyze relationships between people, places, and environments of world
regions from a spatial perspective.
As students proceed through middle and high school they are expected
to demonstrate competencies in the use and application of the map
skills learned in relationship to historical and present day associations.
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