Idaho Social Studies 1.SS.2.1.a
The Standard
- 1.SS.2.1
- Develop geographic skills by:
using basic map symbols, including references to land, water, cities, and roads
Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies · Geography: Students will analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth’s surface and explain how human actions modify the physical environment and how physical systems affect human activity and living conditions.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use a map key to tell what marks on a simple map mean. They find land, water, cities, and roads on the map.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a simple map and key, a student can point to a city, trace a road, and identify land and water. They can explain how the key helped them.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may mistake a thin blue river for a road or think every dot marks a house. They may think a city dot shows the city's real size rather than its location.
How to Assess It
- Hand out a simple map and key with land, water, a city, and a road. Ask students to label each feature and trace the road to the city.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs paper and colored pencils to draw a map with land, water, a city dot, and a road, then make a key.
Show a map with two cities and one road; ask, 'How could you get from one city to the other? What shows you?'
Play map-key match with cards showing blue patches, green areas, dots, and lines; students pair each card with its meaning.
On a printed regional map, have students mark the nearest city, a road into it, and a river or lake with sticky notes.
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Related Standards
- 2.SS.2.1.e
identifying major rivers, mountain ranges, lakes, and other physical features
- 2.SS.2.1.a
showing that map elements such as key, legend, and scale show how the map represents natural objects or places
- K.SS.2.1.b
identifying basic map symbols
- 1.SS.2.1.d
constructing simple maps and including a title, map legend or key, and compass rose.
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