Map and Globe Skills: Social Studies Unit 2, Grade 3 (Letters & Devotion)

Description

Map and Globe Skills is Unit 2 of Communities Near and Far (Grade 3), the Letters & Devotion Social Studies course, complete in one printable PDF: 10 lessons, the unit check-up and the answer key, 49 pages.

• Cardinal directions (N, S, E, W) shown on a compass rose
• Relative cardinal direction between two locations on a given map
• Intermediate directions and their position between cardinal directions
• Map symbols and their listed meanings in a map key/legend
• The idea that mapmakers choose what to include, so maps of one place can differ
• Scale as a tool relating map distance to real-world distance
• Landforms (mountain, valley, island, plain) and bodies of water (river, lake, ocean)
• Shape distortion that results from flattening a globe into a map
• The seven continents and five oceans
• A complete original map including title, legend, symbols, and compass rose

Every lesson is written for a parent with no teaching background: it opens with a short script to read aloud, names the specific wrong idea a student is likely to reach for and how to correct it, and closes with a practice sheet you may copy for your household. Scripture references are King James Version throughout. Black-and-white, 8.5 x 11 in. The whole year of this course is also in this store as a single book.

AI note: The written content of this resource was drafted with AI tools, then reviewed and edited by the author.