Process Standards:

• Goal 1.4 use technological tools and other resources to locate, select and organize information
• Goal 1.10 apply acquired information, ideas and skills to different contexts as students, workers, citizen

Content Standards:

• Social Studies 5. The major elements of geographical study and analysis (such as location, place, movement,...
• Social Studies 7. The use of tools of social science inquiry (such as surveys, statistics, maps, documents)
• Communication Arts 4. Writing formally (such as reports, narratives, essays) and informally (such as outlines, notes)

  Time Allowance: three 45-50 minute time periods

  Description: Mapology is the exploration of maps, including directions, symbols, map keys, natural and manmade landmarks, and Missouri rivers and cities--map skills, globe, continents

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  Classroom Component: Instructions for Administration: Present students with the activities within the module packet and make sure they understand what they are to do. Go over the scoring guide so students know what a quality product involves.
  
  Pre-Assessment Instructions: Students will need to have the knowledge of how to use a map and globe and interpret their characteristics, locate different features on a map and globe, and locate specific Missouri features.
  
  

  Trade Books: Natural Landmarks Mark Twain Cave Yellowstone Yellowstone National Park       by Mike Graf Letters Home from Yellowstone       by Lisa Halvorsen A Yellowstone ABC       by Cyd Martin Grand Canyon Grand Canyon National Park       by Mike Graf Grand Canyon       by Wendell Minor Letters from the Canyon       by Kathleen McAnally Grand Canyon       by Cari Meister The Everglades Trouble Dolls       by Jimmy Buffett Welcome to the River of Grass       by Jane Yolen The Everglades       by Jean Craighead George Sawgrass Poems       by Frank Asch

  Manmade Landmarks St. Louis Arch The White House Woodrow, the White House Mouse       by Peter W. Barnes, et al. Scamper, the Bunny Who...White House       by Anna Roosevelt Grandmother Remembers, Christmas at the White House       by Mary Evans Seeley Statue of Liberty A Picnic in October       by Eve Bunting Statue of Liberty       by Lucille Recht Penner Liberty       by Allan Drummond The Story of the Statue of Liberty       by Betsy Maestro Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore       by Craig A. Doherty, et al. Mount Rushmore       by Robert Noyed & Klingel Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon       by H. A. Rey Rushmore       by Lynn Curlee

  
  Implementation:
  
  Day 1: Students will begin with an exploration of the Missouri map. The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers will be located and then drawn onto their self-made maps. Cities of interest will be placed on their maps and the capital city of Missouri will be made with the symbol "star." The history of the compass rose will be discussed and each student will create their own compass rose.
  
  Day 2: Students will create a map key to go along with a map designed for each table activity. Group one is given a map of the school playground. They will create a symbol for at least three things on the playground and place them on their map. Group two will be given a map of the school building. They will create a symbol for the library, office, classroom, and lunchroom and place them on their map. Group three will be given a map of the town. They will need to create symbols and place on their maps the location of McDonald's, Sonic, and Subway. Group four will create a compass rose for their map and label it with the cardinal directions.
  
  Day 3: Half of the students will use world map "placemats" to create the continents and oceans out of two colors of playdough. The rest of the class will begin exploring the natural and manmade features of our country. This information will be familiar because of spiraling curriculum. The Mark Twain Cave is a first grade field trip and the Everglades are studied during the science ecology unit. The St. Louis Arch is covered during Missouri Day, and the White House, Statue of Liberty, and Mount Rushmore are covered in November in the unit "Patriotic Symbols." Trade teaching groups.
  
  Day 4: Using the world map, try to cut and pin it to a Styrofoam ball. Discuss how a world map and the globe are both representations of the earth. The inflatable globe works well to demonstrate how it could be cut and flattened or blown up and still be a representation of the earth. Discuss how the world map and globe are different. The globe is a sphere and the map is a flat, paper object. The globe is something you use in a home or office, while a map works better in a car because it folds.
  
  

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  Mapology
  Response Sheet #1
  (Maps are placed on each table for student use.)
  G1.4 / SS 5 on this page
  
  
  1. North on a map would be located at the
     
     1. bottom
     2. top
     3. right
     4. left
     
     
  2. East on a map would be located at the
     
     1. bottom
     2. top
     3. right
     4. left
     
     
  3. South on a map would be located at the
     
     1. bottom
     2. top
     3. right
     4. left
     
     
  4. West on a map would be located at the
     
     1. bottom
     2. top
     3. right
     4. left
     
     
  5. Which of these symbols might represent a capital on a map?
     
     
     
  6. Which of these symbols might mean hiking is available?
     

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  Mapology
  Response Sheet #2
  
  
  7. Explain one way the world map and globe are alike and one way they are different. G1.6 / SS 7
     
     
  8. Use the Missouri map outline and locate the two main rivers and at least two cities. Label them on
     For additional information contact :
     Theresa Lloyd
     Macon Elem.
     Macon Co. R-I
     (660) 385-2118
     EMAIL: ltklloyd@istmacon.net