Idaho Social Studies 2.SS.2.1.g
The Standard
- 2.SS.2.1
- Develop geographic mapping skills using maps and globes by
locating man-made features.
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 find features built by people, such as roads, bridges, and schools, on a map. They use landmarks and map symbols to describe where those features are.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can point to a bridge on a simple map and say where it is compared with the school. They can tell that the bridge was built by people, while the river was not.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may count a river or hill as a built feature because it appears beside a road. They may also mistake a map symbol for the feature’s exact shape.
How to Assess It
- Give students a map showing a school, road, bridge, river, and hill. Ask, 'Circle the road and bridge. Where is each one compared with the school?'
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Build a neighborhood with blocks for a school and bridge, then have students mark both on a paper map.
Show a neighborhood map and ask partners, 'How would you help a new student find the library from the school?'
Play map bingo: call out 'bridge beside the park' or 'road near the school,' and have students cover the matching feature.
Walk the school grounds with a sketch map and have students label the playground, sidewalk, and parking lot.
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Related Standards
- 1.SS.2.1.a
using basic map symbols, including references to land, water, cities, and roads
- 2.SS.2.1.e
identifying major rivers, mountain ranges, lakes, and other physical features
- 1.SS.2.1.c
locating Idaho, the United States, continents, and oceans on maps and globes
- K.SS.2.1.c
identifying land and bodies of water in the local community
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