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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

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 .
SS.1.G.1.3:	Construct a basic map using key elements including cardinal directions and map symbols.
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.
SS.1.G.1.6:	Describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live in our community.

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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Lesson Plans

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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.

Matter Man:

Students will be able to build a model of a snowman by using different states of matter. They will be able to use their prior knowledge of understanding that almost everything is made of matter. Then, they will use information learned to design and create a "Matter Man" and its environment.