Standard 1: The World in Spatial Terms

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General Information
Number: SS.1.G.1
Title: The World in Spatial Terms
Type: Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 1
Strand: Geography

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Related Access Points

This cluster includes the following access points.

Access Points

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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Lesson Plan

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.

Type: Lesson Plan

Original Student Tutorial

Let’s Celebrate: Pascua Florida Day!:

Learn more about Pascua Florida Day and the explorer Ponce De Leon who gave Florida its name in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Student Resources

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Original Student Tutorial

Let’s Celebrate: Pascua Florida Day!:

Learn more about Pascua Florida Day and the explorer Ponce De Leon who gave Florida its name in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

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