Number: SS.1.G.1
Title: The World in Spatial Terms
Type:
Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 1
Strand: Geography
Related Benchmarks
This cluster includes the following benchmarks
| Code |
Description |
| SS.1.G.1.1: | Use physical and political/cultural maps to locate places in Florida. |
| SS.1.G.1.2: | Identify key elements (compass rose, cardinal directions, title, key/legend with symbols) of maps and globes .
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| SS.1.G.1.3: | Construct a basic map using key elements including cardinal directions and map symbols.
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| SS.1.G.1.4: | Identify a variety of physical features using a map and globe. |
| SS.1.G.1.5: | Locate on maps and globes the student's local community, Florida, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico.
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| SS.1.G.1.6: | Describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live in our community.
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Related Access Points
This cluster includes the following access points.
Access Points
| Access Point Number |
Access Point Title |
| SS.1.G.1.AP.1: | Identify Florida and student’s hometown on a map. |
| SS.1.G.1.AP.2: | Recognize key elements of maps and globes. |
| SS.1.G.1.AP.3: | Complete a pictorial map using symbols for designated areas. |
| SS.1.G.1.AP.4: | Identify land and water on a map and globe. |
| SS.1.G.1.AP.5: | Locate Florida and a major body of water that borders Florida. |
| SS.1.G.1.AP.6: | Identify a selected characteristic of the student’s environment with its personal effect on the student. |
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Original Student Tutorial
Lesson Plan
| Name |
Description |
| Traveling With Clifford: | In this MEA lesson plan, students will work on their map skills while they practice collecting data in categories, representing data using pictographs, and interpreting data in pictographs to solve a problem. Students will read and/or listen to the story Clifford Takes a Trip. After discussing the story, they will then plan a trip for Clifford to visit the great state of Florida. |
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