Middle Childhood Education Lesson Plan Template v.

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Teacher Candidate Name: Taylor West
Lesson Title/#: Maps, Directions, and Relative Location/ Lesson #3 (technology)
Grade Level: 4th Essential Question: How does map reading help us make sense of our world, locally and globally?

Lesson Foundations
Content Standards
*Science and SS should also
include common core for
reading/writing

Learning Objective(s)
Students will

Prior Academic
Knowledge and Skills
What have you or your
mentor taught previously that
will inform what students are
learning today?

Materials & Resources

SS.4.9 Geography: Spatial Thinking and Skills- A map scale and cardinal intermediate direction
can be used to describe the relative location of physical and human characteristics of Ohio
and the United States
RI.4.7 Reading Information Texts: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas- Interpret information
presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g. in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines,
animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information
contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of relative location on a map of Ohio by
identifying intermediate direction of locations and identifying locations on a map.
(Apply)
Students will be able to arrange locations on a map of Ohio and surrounding states
using the Map Maker 2.0 and Google Maps following the lines of latitude and/or
longitude. (Create)
Prior to this lesson, students will know what relative location and intermediate direction are
and that the United States is a continent in the world. Actually identifying and arranging
locations onto a digital map has never been taught before. Students will need to know how to
use the computer to research information and use what we learn about location on a map
onto a blank map of Ohio and surrounding states. Students will be informed about how
locations are to other locations and then apply the knowledge they gain from the website and
Google Earth to a new map and new set of locations.
Plicker Cards
http://mrnussbaum.com/united-states/ohio/#map
http://mrnussbaum.com/mapmaker2
Google Earth application
26 Chrome book computers

Assessments

Describe the assessments that will be used in this lesson to monitor students mastery of the lesson objective(s). List assessments in order in which they
appear in the lesson.

Name and
number of
Assessment
(A1) Plickers Quiz
on direction and
relative location

Description of assessment

Evaluation Criteria - What is the evidence (the answers) of student

learning? Specifically list evidence of learning and learning objectives.

5 question Plicker Quiz on

the direction and relative
location of certain points

(LO1) As an entrance ticket on cardinal direction and longitude and

latitude, I will create a 5 question Plicker Quiz that assesses the
direction something is compared to another point on a map, the
longitude and latitude a point is on a map, and choices for what
relative location is correct for a certain point.
1. What direction would you travel in if you are going from the
Atlantic Ocean to Ohio? (Understand)
A. North B. South C. East D. West
2. What direction would you travel in if you are going from the
country of Canada to Mexico? (Understand)
A. North B. South C. East D. West
3. What are the coordinates of longitude and latitude for the state
of Ohio? (Apply)
A. 40N, 82W B. 45N, 91W C. 27N, 85W D. 40N, 70W
4. What are the coordinates of longitude and latitude for Orlando,
Florida? (Apply)
A. 25N, 87W B. 20N, 80W C. 28N, 81W D. 28S, 81E
5. Which is the best way of describing relative location? (Analyze)
1. Latitude and Longitude B. To the left of Ohio C. To the right of
Michigan D. By Zoombieziebay

(A2) Finding the

coordinates on
the interactive
map

Using Map Maker 2.0 and

Google Earth, find 18
points on the
Ohio/surrounding
locations from the word
bank

(LO1) Using the Map Maker 2.0 and Google Earth, students will
identify where the locations in the word back are on the blank map of
Ohio by searching on Google Earth and placing them on the blank
map of Ohio on the Map Maker 2.0.
The map of Ohio will eventually look like this when they insert in the
cities, landmarks, rivers, lakes, and other states onto the Ohio area
map.

(A3) Inserting own Inserting the location of 5

coordinates onto
additional cities or
map
landmarks onto the map
of Ohio using Map Maker
2.0 and Google Earth
aligning with previous
points and stating
whether they are North,
South, East, or West from
the original points

(LO2) Once complete with the word bank of given physical or relative
locations, students will arrange 5 locations onto the map of Ohio
areas of their choice that align of the locations on the previous map
by either North, South, East, or West. For example, they could select
Wayne National Forest as a location to put on the map because its
directly East of parts of the Miami River. Another example is students
could use the Bucyrus Bird Killer Mural because it is directly North of
Columbus.
Answers will vary among students based on the 5 locations they
choose. The black locations are the original locations and the blue
locations are each lined up with an original location by North, South,
East, or West. It could look like this though when they are done.

(A4) Socrative
exit ticket

Each student will

complete a Socrative
response to the lesson

(LO2) Once they are done with the Ohio map, students will complete a
Socrative response on their computer. The quiz question that will be
posed to them to reflect on direction and relative location in our own
real lives. This exit tick it posed to extend their thinking about relative
location. The question will be the linked to the essential question: How
does map reading help us make sense of our world, locally and
globally? Students will respond to the question: How have you seen
maps being used to describe relative location? (Evaluate) If you have
not seen this usage in your life, where would you see cardinal
directions or relative location being used in your daily life? (Apply)
How do these maps examine location? (Evaluate)
I have seen maps describing relative location when my family was on
a trip to Disney World last year and we have to read the road maps to
drive from Ohio to Florida. I have also seen it being used when I was
going downtown a couple of days ago because I had to know which
bus route was taking me to the East side of town.
Since I have never seen it used before, I would normally be able to
see it used if I took public transportation more because of how they

drive around the city and go from place to place. I also could have
seen it while on a plane on the screens that are in the seats to give
you the directions they you are flying and the route that is being
traveled.
These maps can examine location by giving us the relative location of
a place or landmark. They give us directions from getting to and from
and they allow us to have a better understanding of where things are
compared to other places.

Instructional Procedures/Steps

Each portion of this section should be aligned with learning objectives. Note when you are addressing a learning objective and when enacting an assessment.

Opening
10 Minutes
-

Hook?
Activate prior
knowledge?
Communicate LOs?

Teacher will

Student will

Include instructional practices, questions you will

ask, checks for understanding, differentiation,
evidence of culturally responsive teaching
practices.

What will students be doing?

What evidence of learning will students demonstrate?
Student-centered learning/opportunities for practice and application.

At the beginning of the class period,

students will enter the classroom
and place their items in their cubby.
They will read the Smart Board that
has the items they need to
complete.
1. Enter the classroom at a level
0 voice
2. Place coats and bags in your
cubbies
3. Bring your black home folder
to your desk
4. Turn in any permission slips or
forms to the teacher drawer
5. Turn in any Social Studies or
Language Arts homework to
the W bin
6. Place any Science or Math
homework on my back table
7. Get out your Plicker card from
your Green class folder out on

As students enter the classroom, they will look at the board

and begin to complete these items to begin class. Once at
seats and ready, they will read along with the teacher the
daily agenda, learning objectives, and the essential
question.
This will lead into the Plicker quiz that is on the front board
projected for the class. Students will answer each question
based on the map projected by turning their Plicker card so
that the correct answer is on the top of the card. They will
hold up the cards for the teacher to scan their answers with
the iPad.

your desk
Once they are at their seats, I will
bring up the PowerPoint with the
daily agenda, which will be:
Complete Plicker Quiz
Ohio map coordinates with
word bank
You choose 5 locations in
Ohio!
You choose 5 locations in
surrounding states of Ohio!
The next slide will be the learning
objectives and the essential
question and we will read through
them as a class. We will read them
as I can statements.
I can show relative location on
a map of Ohio by identifying
directions and locations on a
map
I can arrange locations on a
map of Ohio and surrounding
states using Map Maker 2.0
and Google Earth with lines of
latitude and longitude
Essential Question: How does map
reading help us make sense of our
world, locally and globally?
Once we are done reading through
the objectives and EQ, we will begin
the Plicker Quiz. Each question will
be on the Smart board with a picture
of a map with different points
already marked.
1. What direction would you
travel in if you are going from

Students will turn their card to either A, B, C, or d.

The correct answer is D, which is West. Ohio is
West of the Atlantic Ocean.

Students will turn their card to either A, B, C, or D.

the Atlantic Ocean to Ohio?

(Understand)
A. North B. South C. East D.
West
2. What direction would you
travel in if you are going from
the country of Canada to
Mexico? (Understand)
A. North B. South C. East D.
West
3. What are the coordinates of
longitude and latitude for the
state of Ohio? (Apply)
A. 40N, 82W B. 45N, 91W C.
27N, 85W D. 40N, 70W
4. What are the coordinates of
longitude and latitude for
Orlando, Florida? (Apply)
A. 25N, 87W B. 20N, 80W C.
28N, 81W D. 28S, 81E
5. Which is the best way of
describing relative location?
(Analyze)
A. Latitude and Longitude B. To
the left of Ohio C. To the right
of Michigan D. By
Zoombieziebay
I will take a look at the data after the
class. I will instruct them to place
their Plicker Cards back in their
green class folder and to go to the

The correct answer is B, which is South. Mexico is

South of Canada.

Students will turn their card to either A, B, C, or D.

The correct answer is A, which is 40N, 82W.

Students will turn their card to either A, B, C, or D.

The correct answer is C, which is 28N, 81W.

Students will turn their card to either A, B, C, or D.

The correct answer is A, which is longitude and
latitude. Longitude and latitude are the best way
of describing an relative location on a map.

Once complete with the quiz, students will place their cards
back in their green folder and go to the cart to get their
assigned computer and go back to their desk.

Chrome cart to get their assigned

Chrome Book and bring it back to
their desk. I will reiterate the EQ and
how map reading helps us make
sense of that around us close-by and
far away. Helping students think
critically about how knowing these
map skills are essential.
Instruction
25 Minutes
Procedures and steps
to the lesson.
Strategies?
Assessments?
Q & A?
Evidence of
learning?
CRP?
Planned supports?
Transitions: Identify
when you are
transitioning and how
you will make that a
smooth transition?

Once each student has their

computer at their desk, I will put a
URL on the front board for them to
go to on the Internet.
http://mrnussbaum.com/mapmaker2
I will take this blank map and
instruct students to locate the 18
points on the map using Google
Earth. Google Earth will already be
downloaded to the computers.
Google Earth will be used to find
these locations, landmarks, states,
rivers, and lakes on the blank map.
The Map Maker is able to insert text
by clicking on the small pencil
button. You can change the size and
color here too. There is also a button
to click for the black dot to drag and
drop onto the map for the location.
The word bank will look like this:
Demonstrate knowledge of location
on a map by placing the 18 points
below onto the map of Ohio and
surrounding states (Apply)
1. Michigan
2. Lake Erie
3. Pennsylvania

Using the Map Maker 2.0 and Google Earth, students will
identify where the locations in the word bank are on the
blank map of Ohio by searching on Google Earth and
placing them on the blank map of Ohio on the Map Maker
2.0.
The map of Ohio will eventually look like this when they
insert in the cities, landmarks, rivers, lakes, and other
states onto the Ohio area map.

4. West Virginia
5. Kentucky
6. Indiana
7. Toledo
8. Cleveland
9. Pro Football Hall of Fame
10.
Columbus
11.
Dayton
12.
Miami River
13.
Cincinnati
14.
Ohio River
15.
Ulysses S. Grant
Birthplace
16.
Thomas Edison
Birthplace
17.
Akron
18.
Cuyahoga Valley
National Park
While students are working, I will be
asking students questions to extend
learning like:
How are the locations on the map
relevant to you? (Analyze)
How do you see using relative
location to be useful in your
community? (Evaluate)
What direction would you have to
travel to get to Thomas Edisons
birthplace from Columbus? (Analyze)
What direction would you have to
travel from Lake Erie to get to the

These locations are relevant because it is connected with

where I live and the surrounding areas. They are also
important to Ohio history and to be aware of what
surrounds us.
Using relative location is useful in my community because it
allows us to tell other where certain things are around us
and how to get from one place to another. It also helps
people locate places on a map.
You would have to travel North to get to Thomas Edisons
birthplace from Columbus.
You would have to travel Southeast to get to the Miami
River from Lake Erie.

Miami River? (Analyze)

Once complete with the word bank,
the students will be instructed to
print this off and turn it in. The next
step will be to open a new Map
Maker 2.0 and pick 5 points from the
map (preferably a city or landmark
within Ohio). Arrange these 5 points
onto the map based on what was
just completed. These 5 locations
will be used to look at their direction
compared to the original points on
the map.

Answers will vary among students based on the 5 locations

they choose. The black locations are the original locations
and the blue locations are each lined up with an original
location by the direction from which they are located on the
map, being North, South, East, or West. It could look like
this though when they are done.

Using the 5 original points selected

(in black), arrange 5 new locations
(in blue) onto the map to align with
each of the 5 original points already
on the map. (Create)
For example, they could select
Wayne National Forest as a location
to put on the map because its
directly east of parts of the Miami
River.

Closure
15 Minutes
-

Assess?
Wrap up?
Set-up?

Before we end the class, there will

be a small discussion amongst their
pods about the activity and what
was gained, how it can be used in
their real lives, and how to further
this information going forward.
Once they are done with the Ohio
map, students will complete a
Socrative response on their
computer as an exit ticket.
The quiz question that will be posed
to them to reflect on relative

Once they are complete with the Ohio map, they will print
this off and turn it into the W bin. Students will go to
Socrative online and enter the classroom code to complete
the quiz.

location and cardinal directions in

our own real lives. This exit tick it
posed to extend their thinking about
relative location. The question will
be the linked to the essential
question: How does map reading
help us make sense of our world,
locally and globally?
Students will respond to the
question: How have you seen maps
being used to describe relative
location? (Evaluate)

If you have not seen this usage in

your life, where would you see
cardinal directions being used in
your daily life? (Apply)

Modifications/Acc
ommodations/Enri
chment
Differentiation: How
will you provide
students with specific
learning needs
instructional support?
How will you provide
students access to
learning?

I have seen maps describing relative location when my

family was on a trip to Disney World last year and we have
to read the road maps to drive from Ohio to Florida. I have
also seen it being used when I was going downtown a
couple of days ago because I had to know which bus route
was taking me to the East side of town.
Since I have never seen it used before, I would normally be
able to see it used if I took public transportation more
because of how they drive around the city and go from
place to place. I also could have seen it while on a plane on
the screens that are in the seats to give you the directions
they you are flying and the route that is being traveled.

These maps can examine location by giving us the relative

location of a place or landmark. They give us directions
How do these maps examine
from getting to and from and they allow us to have a better
location? (Evaluate)
understanding of where things are compared to other
places.
IEP Students: This group of students are not present in this classroom.
504 Plans: This group of students are not present in this classroom
ELL Students: This group of students are not present in this classroom
Gifted/Talented: This group of students are not present in this classroom.

Struggling Students: Having a paced check-in with the teacher to make sure they are on task will
support struggling students. There are two students in particular that are at the beginning stages
of the IEP process and will be given extra supports once their plan comes through. Until then, I will
support them during this assignment by working closely with them on the computer and working
with the maps. They will also be given extended time to complete the assignment. The materials
provided are giving students a better access to learning by utilizing different learning styles and it
encourages them to use project-based learning as an activity.

Academic
Language

Identify
Language Function: Construct

Planned Supports
Language Function: Map Maker 2.0, Google Earth, map of
Ohio, modeling, student assessment, and handouts

Vocabulary: Relative location and

cardinal direction

Vocabulary: Map Maker 2.0 by creating location in Ohio,

Plicker Quiz by demonstrating direction, Google Earth by
establishing relative location and cardinal directions

What language function

do you want students to
develop in this lesson?
What vocabulary do
students need to
support learning of the
learning objective for
this lesson?
What supports do you
have in place to assist
students with AL?

Syntax or Discourse? Discourse

Syntax or Discourse? Discourse by researching and

constructing a map of Ohio with locations and landmarks