Students might be expected to identify on an outline map major features of the physical environment, such as major river systems, oceans and sears, mountain systems, deserts, plateaus, and plains for the United States and for Delaware [Maps].
Students might be expected to identify on an outline map important human settlements and political divisions within the United States and Delaware [Maps].
Students might produce rough sketch maps of Delaware and the United States from memory. The maps need not display precise boundaries or uniform scale, but should correctly identify the relative location of features [Maps].
Students might be asked to demonstrate and/or explain the relationship between maps and globes, and explain why all maps are distorted images of the information displayed on the globe [Maps].
This activity is compatible with the Mathematics Standard Eight: Spatial Sense and Geometry.
Knowledge of the basic elements of maps 9e.g., title, legend, scale, etc.) might be demonstrated by critiquing local highway maps. Students could use a grid system to identify locations on the map and then use the scale to measure the distance between two places [Maps].
After reading a narrative, students might be asked to create a sketch map to illustrate the story 9e.g., make a map showing the movement of a family of ducks as described in "make Way for Ducklings") [Maps].
This use of literature related geography to the English/Language Arts Standards.
to Geography Standard One.