Alabama Social Studies SS24.K.8

Social StudiesKindergartenGeography

The Standard

Identify landforms and bodies of water on maps, globes, and satellite and digital images.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students find mountains, rivers, lakes, and oceans on maps, globes, and satellite or digital images. They tell which features are land and which are water.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student points to a mountain symbol on a map and names it as land. They find a lake and an ocean on a globe and tell them apart.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call every blue area on a map an ocean. They may mistake a winding road for a river in a satellite image or expect mountains to look like triangles from above.
How to Assess It: Show a map with a mountain symbol, river, and lake. Ask, “Point to each feature and tell me which are land and which are water.”

Lesson moves

Give pairs blue paper and modeling clay; have them build a river beside a mountain, then find both on a picture map.
Show a satellite image with a river and road; ask, “Which is water, and how can you tell?”
Give pairs map cards showing mountains, lakes, and rivers; call out a feature and have students cover its picture with a counter.
Open a digital map at your school, zoom out to a river or lake, and trace its edge with your finger.

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