Geography
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GEOGRAPHYEssential Questions
How do maps provide information about people, places, and physical and cultural environments?
http://k-8visual.info/maps.html
Teacher: http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/teachers-packets/mapshow/index.html
Teacher: http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/toolsforadventure/usingmaps/index.html
How does geography affect how and where people live in New York State?
http://www.netstate.com/states/maps/ny_maps.htm
http://teachergenius.teachtci.com/how-geography-affects-where-people-live/ (not NYS)
Skills Learning TargetsDescribe some of the geographical features in the regions of NYS.
Students identify cardinal and intermediate directions using a compass rose.Students use a map key (legend) to locate places, landforms, cities, and bordering states.
http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/geography/readingmaps/grownups.wemlStudents use map scale to determine distance between placeshttp://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/scale_use.html (slightly difficult read)