Idaho Social Studies 5.SS.2.1

Social Studies5th GradeGeography

The Standard

Develop and use different kinds of maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases, and models to display and obtain information.

Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students make simple maps, graphs, charts, place databases, and models from given information. They use those tools and a globe to find locations, compare numbers, and answer questions.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student makes a map with a key and a graph with a labeled scale from the same town data. They use a globe to locate a place and search a town database for matching details. They can point to the evidence behind each answer.
Common Misconceptions: Students may skip the map key or assume the top of every map is north. They may read the tallest bar as the largest land area when the bars show population. They may confuse a table's rows and columns.
How to Assess It: Give students a map with Oak north of Pine and Elm south of Pine, plus a population table: Oak 20, Pine 40, Elm 10. Ask them to draw a labeled bar graph and name the town north of Pine.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a globe, a paper world map, and sticky dots; mark the same three places on both and compare their positions.
Show a town map and population table; ask, 'Which helps you find a town, and which helps you compare populations?'
Give teams a six-row town database with direction and population columns; call 'north, under 5,000,' and have teams find matching rows.
Give students a sample bus route map and rider-count chart; use string and blocks to model the route and mark its busiest stop.

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