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Morgan Abrahamson
• Content Area: Social Studies
• Grade Level: Third grade
• Summary: The purpose of this instructional
PowerPoint is to teach students map skills.
• Learning Objective: Given a map of the United
States, students will use the cardinal directions to
locate major physical features and cities, with
100% accuracy.
• Tennessee Standard: 3.3. Use cardinal directions,
map scales, legends, titles, and longitude and
latitude to locate major cities and countries in the
world.
• ISTE Standard: 6.A. Understand and use
technology systems.
What is a direction?
• A direction is the course along which
something or someone travels.
Primary and Secondary
Directions
• There are four primary directions:
– North
– South
– East
– West
• There are four secondary directions:
– Northeast
– Southeast
– Northwest
– Southwest
How can we remember the
directions?
• This song may help you remember the
directions!!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeeLiv
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Do you remember the acronyms
they used in the song?
• Never Eat Salty Watermelon
• Never Eat Soggy Worms
Let’s see what you can do!
• Find a partner and come up with your own
acronym to remember the directions!
• Now, find a pair of partners and share your
acronym.
• Who wants to share with the class?
What is a compass rose?
• A compass rose is a circle on a map that
shows the principal directions.
What is a scale?
• A scale is a ratio that compares a
measurement on a map to the actual
distance between locations identified on a
map.
What is a legend?
• A legend tells you what the different
symbols on a map represent.
What is latitude?
• Latitude lines are invisible lines that run
east and west around the Earth.
• They measure the distance north and
south from the Equator.
What is the Equator?
• The Equator is the base, or 0, for all lines
of latitude.
• Latitude lines above the Equator measure
North.
• Latitude lines below the Equator measure
South.
What is longitude?
• Longitude lines are invisible lines that run
north and south around the Earth. They
measure the distance east and west from
the Prime Meridian.
What is the Prime Meridian?
• The Prime Meridian is the base, or 0, for
all lines of longitude.
• Longitude lines to the right of the Prime
Meridian measure East.
• Latitude lines to the left of the Prime
Meridian measure West.
When writing latitude and
longitude, which comes first?
• When writing latitude and longitude,
latitude comes first.
• Think! LA comes before LO!
Let’s practice our skills!!
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Let's practice directions!
Let’s practice longitude and latitude!
Let’s practice using a legend!
Let's practice directions again!
Time to test what you’ve
learned!
• Click here to put your knowledge to the
test in a cardinal directions quiz!
• Remember, Never Eat Soggy Worms!!
What are the four primary
directions?
• North, South, East, West
• Forward, Backward, Right, Left
• Nest, South, East, Worth
Correct!
• Great job! You’re right!
What is a compass rose?
• A pretty flower
• A tool used on a map to tell direction
Correct!
• Great job! You’re right!
What is a scale (on a map)?
• The skin of a fish.
• A ratio that compares a measurement on a
map to the actual distance between
locations identified on a map.
• Something you use to weigh things.
Correct!
• Great job! You’re right!
What is a legend (on a map)?
• A very old story.
• Something that tells you what the symbols
on a map mean
Correct!
• Great job! You’re right!
What do longitude lines
measure?
• The distance north and south from the
equator
• The distance east and west from the prime
meridian
Correct!
• Great job! You’re right!
Memorize this legend.
Forest
Hospital
Lake
House
Which symbol represents a house?
Correct!
• Great job! You’re right!
What do latitude lines measure?
• The distance north and south from the
equator
• The distance east and west of the prime
meridian
Correct!
• Great job! You’re right!
Longitude lines run ___, latitude
lines run___.
• North and south, east and west
• East and west, north and south
Correct!
• Great job! You’re right!
If you go North from Memphis, Tennessee,
what city do you come to first?
St. Louis, Missouri
Atlanta, Georgia
Tallahassee, Florida
Salt Lake City, Utah
Correct!
• Great job! You’re right!
What city is southeast from Little Rock,
Arkansas?
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sacramento, California
Jackson, Mississippi
Albany, New York
Correct!
• Great job! You’re right!
What state is northwest of
Utah?
New Mexico
Ohio
Minnesota
Oregon
Correct!
• Great job! You’re right!
Any questions?
What did you learn?
• Today, you learned about map skills.
• You learned the cardinal directions: North,
East, South, West, Northeast, Southeast,
Northwest, and Southwest.
• You learned what a scale is and how to use
it.
• You learned what a legend is and how to use
it.
• You learned what latitude and longitude lines
are and what they measure.
• You put your skills to the test with the map
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