Virginia SOL K.7.a
The Standard
identifying the similarities and differences between a map and a globe
Virginia Standards of Learning for History and Social Science
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students examine a paper map and a globe. They tell how both show places, land, and water, then explain that a map is flat and a globe is round.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student names at least one way a map and globe are alike and one way they differ. The student can point to land and water on both.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a globe is only a ball or that every map shows the whole world. They may also confuse flat and round with the shapes drawn on each tool.
How to Assess It
- Show students a map and globe. Ask, “Tell me one way they are alike and one way they are different.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a map, a globe, and picture cards to place on a floor Venn diagram labeled map, globe, and both.
Ask, “Which would you pack for a car trip, a map or a globe, and why?”
Play a sorting game with cards showing features that belong to a map, a globe, or both.
Show a school map and a globe, then ask which one helps find the cafeteria and which one helps find another country.
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Related Standards
- WG.11.a
identifying and analyzing the location of major geographic regions and major cities on maps and globes;
- WG.6.a
identifying and analyzing the location of major geographic regions and major cities on maps and globes;
- WG.9.a
identifying and analyzing the location of major geographic regions and major cities on maps and globes;
- WG.8.a
identifying and analyzing the location of major geographic regions and major cities on maps and globes;
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