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Maps & Communitiesin Ohio

ED 417-02

Dr. Helms

10/4/06

Elisabeth (Lisa)Murphy

• Target Grade for lessons: 3rd
• Activities:
• Explore maps of Ohio and America.
• Explore map of Main street in Xenia, Ohio.
• Compare/contrast communities in Ohio.
• Explore map of Ohio and the 5 bordering states.
• Explore landforms of Ohio and 5 bordering states and how they impact

communities.

Objective: Students will be able to identify the state of Ohio on a map of the United States and be able to identify major cities in Ohio.

Materials:

two print-out maps for each student

glue sticks, scissors, colored pencils,

overhead map of the United States, &

various map print outs

• Students will discuss words associated with communities.
• Students will discuss how there are many communities in the United States and also in Ohio, which is one of the states.

• Students will be given two maps-one of Ohio and one of the United States.
• Students will discuss where Ohio is found on United States map as well as major cities of Ohio.
• Students will color maps and cut them out, and then glue the maps on the paper to bring home and discuss with parents.

Objective: Students will be able to identify and label streets and places in their community (Xenia), which is in Ohio.

Materials:

writing paper,

glue sticks, word lists,

colored pencils

maps of Xenia, Ohio

• Students will review what they learned about communities in Ohio.
• Students will make a list of important places in Xenia, Ohio
• Students will discuss where the important places are in relationship to the main street in Xenia, Ohio.

• Students will each be given a map of downtown Xenia, Ohio and then label the major streets, such as Main street, Detroit street and West Market street.
• Students will also label the important buildings on the major streets.
• Students will discuss the importance of buildings and streets in a community, and specifically for Xenia.

Objective: Students will be able to use technology to observe, reflect and compare on their community in Ohio (Xenia) with another community in Ohio (Dayton).

Materials:

computers, video, TV & VCR,

pencils, journals

journals,

poster paper

• Students will watch a video that compares their community (Xenia, Ohio) with another community (Dayton, Ohio).
• Students will discuss the differences and the similarities they observed from the video.
• Students will compile a class list from their discussion on poster board

paper.

• Students will be assigned to compare and contrast another community in Ohio with Xenia, Ohio, using information from the Internet on classroom computers.
• Students will journal about their observations.
• Students will share their observations with their group.

Objectives: Students will be able to locate and identify the five states bordering Ohio. They will also be able to identify specific landmarks for each state and understand how geography influences communities.

Materials:

maps of United States

maps of Ohio and the five states bordering it

colored pencils

glue sticks and

scissors

• Students will re-identify Ohio on class map and then learn briefly about the five bordering states.
• Students will learn about landforms and how geography

affects communities.

• Students will be given a map of Ohio and the bordering states to color and label.
• Students will label the states, as well as their major cities, rivers, and landforms.

Objective: Students will be able to make model landforms of Ohio and five bordering states, based on maps from previous lesson.

Materials:

green and blue salt dough for each table,

5 different colors of salt dough (one for each table), a piece of ply board for each table,

landforms map of Ohio and 5 bordering

states

• Students will use their maps of Ohio and five bordering states and review how landforms impact communities.
• Students will work

with table to make a

model of the landforms

for Ohio and each of

the bordering states.

• Students will work cooperatively to create one model per group.
• Students will journal about how they had to work in a small communities to make salt dough models as well as journal about the importance

of cooperation.

• http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us

• http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/

(A website with information and maps about Ohio)

• http://www.xacc.com/

(A website with information and maps about Xenia, Ohio)

• http://maps.yahoo.com/

(A website that can find maps about specific cities and streets)

• http://pics2.city-data.com/city/maps/fr1557.gif

(A website with a map of Ohio and the 5 bordering states)

• http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/state/ohio.html

(A website with maps and information about Ohio)