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Locator booth: Mapping South America

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A lesson plan for grade 3 Social Studies

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In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore the Locator Booth exhibit in Xpedition Hall and consider conditions to find positions of a place. Activities in this lesson engage students in whole class discussion, online learning, vocabulary development exercises, and development of map-reading skills.

Students will:

  • view images of different parts of South America;
  • define terrain, population, and rainfall;
  • select an appropriate map based on context clues;
  • examine the human geography of South America;
  • examine the physical geography of South America; and
  • understand the relationships between factors such as terrain, population, animal life, and culture.

Xpeditions provides detailed directions for completing the lesson, suggestions for assessment and extension activities, discussion questions, and links to helpful web resources.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 3

  • Goal 4: The learner will explain geographic concepts and the relationship between people and geography in real life situations.
    • Objective 4.01: Distinguish between various types of maps and globes.
    • Objective 4.02: Use appropriate source maps to locate communities.
    • Objective 4.03: Use geographic terminology to describe and explain variations in the physical environment as communities.