Maps and Globes Knowledge Check

1st Grade Social StudiesMaps and Globes5 pages

About this worksheet

Ten questions over five pages check what 1st grade students know about maps and globes. Part 1 covers map tools: which picture is a globe, what shape a globe is, what a compass rose tells us, and which color shows water. Part 2 uses a town map with a park, school, pond, and library. In Part 3 students draw a map of their own desk with a compass rose and a key. The answer key includes a checklist for the drawing. It fits the C3 Framework indicators D2.Geo.1.K-2, D2.Geo.2.K-2, and D2.Geo.3.K-2.

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Curriculum objectives covered

D2.Geo.1.K-2

โ€œConstruct maps, graphs, and other representations of familiar places.โ€

Question 10 has students construct a map of a familiar place, their own desk, with a compass rose and a two-symbol key.

D2.Geo.2.K-2

โ€œUse maps, graphs, photographs, and other representations to describe places and the relationships and interactions that shape them.โ€

Questions 6 to 9 use the town map to describe where the park, school, pond, and library are.

D2.Geo.3.K-2

โ€œUse maps, globes, and other simple geographic models to identify cultural and environmental characteristics of places.โ€

Part 1 asks students to tell a globe from a map and to know that blue shows water.

What's inside this worksheet

Part 1 Map Tools

Students check boxes for five questions, such as picking the round globe from a flat map and a compass, choosing blue for water, and finding the triangle-shaped mountain symbol.

Part 2 Reading a Map

A town map has a compass rose and a key for tree, library, pond, and school. Students count the 4 trees in the park, name the building in the South, finish "The Pond is _____ of the School," and mark true or false for the Library being to the West.

Part 3 Make Your Own Map

Students draw a top-down map of their desk or table, add a compass rose, and make a map key with 2 symbols, such as one for the chair and one for the pencil box.

How teachers use it

Unit assessment

Run Parts 1 and 2 in one sitting, about fifteen minutes, and grade them with the key. The sheet says "Tick the box," so tell students to put a check mark. Save Part 3 for the next day.

Direction check

Question 8 is the one to watch. The pond sits up and to the right of the school, so some students pick North. Have them trace a finger straight across from the school first.

Desk maps

Before Part 3, stand on a chair and show the class a bird's-eye view of a desk. Students then draw from above instead of from the side.

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