Grade Level: Kindergarten | Content Area: Social Studies | Duration of Unit: 3-4 weeks
Unit Overview:
Kindergarten students will gain understanding of our place on a map and in the world through location, symbols, and history. We’ll discover that a map is a two-dimensional representation of an area that shows its physical features on paper, and a globe is a round three-dimensional object that represents the planet earth. This trunk also introduces American symbols that connect to important people and events in American history and connections to today.
Standards addressed:
- SSKG3 State the street address, city, state, and country in which the student lives.
- SSKG2 Explain that a map is a drawing of a place and a globe is a model of Earth.
- SSKH2 Identify the following American symbols
