Alabama Social Studies SS24.2.10

SS24.2.10 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.2.10a

  Utilize gridlines to find locations on a map.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students name north, south, east, west, and the four directions between them. They use labeled gridlines to find places on a map and describe where one place is from another.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can label all eight points on a compass rose. On a map with lettered columns and numbered rows, they find a place in C2 and say it is northeast of a place in B3.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may mix up east and west or call northeast just north. They may read B3 as row B and column 3 instead of column B and row 3.

04

How to Assess It

Draw a four-by-four grid with columns A to D and rows 1 to 4, with row 1 at the top. Put a school in B3 and a park in C2. Ask, “What square is the park in, and which direction is it from the school?”

1. 01

   Tape a four-by-four grid on the floor, label its edges, and have students place picture cards in called-out squares.

2. 02

   Show a map with a pond in B3 and a bridge in C2, then ask students to write how to walk from pond to bridge.

3. 03

   Play map bingo by calling out grid squares and directions from a marked starting square.

4. 04

   Give pairs a simple town map and ask them to find the fire station, then name its direction from the school.

• SS24.K.9

  Give and follow directions, using terminology that indicates position and direction.

• SS24.1.8a

  Identify map features, including title, cardinal directions, and key.

• SS24.3.1a

  Identify the Equator, International Date Line, Prime Meridian, Tropic of Capricorn, and Tropic of Cancer, using cardinal and intermediate directions.