Students explore a map of a community park. Students use the map to begin to learn spatial concepts such as identity, location, and symbols.

Students explore a map of a park and use map symbols, a map key, and cardinal directions to analyze it.

This unit was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This unit is aligned to the NC Standards for 1st Grade Social Studies.

In this activity, students measure the perimeter of their favorite room in a house or other structure and then create a scale-sized map of the room.

Students learn about the people in the school community, their jobs and job descriptions, and identify locations of those jobs within the school. Students also learn how these jobs contribute to meeting the needs of the school community.

In this lesson students learn about relative location of things in the classroom and build map skills. They learn about jobs in the school, build map skills as they interpret maps, and create a simple map of the school showing important places. They follow directions to locate places on the map and describe the locations relative to other locations.

In this lesson, students will….Use Spanish Language to communicate how to give directions and use cardinal points  in a community map while using coding strategies.

In this activity, students create their own treasure maps using topographical symbols and a directional compass.

In this lesson, students use the four main directions to locate features within the classroom.

Students will use Google Maps to first find your school, and then find and learn about the closest body of water to your school.

This lesson will address the physical and human characteristics of the local community. Students will build geographic vocabulary as well as use map skills.

In this unit, students learn utilization of maps and their elements and learn about physical and human characteristrics of communities.