Maps and Globes

A globe is a round model of Earth. A map is a flat drawing of a place, seen from above.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 1

A globe is a round model of Earth. You can spin it to see every side of our planet.
A map is a flat drawing of a place, as if you were a bird looking down from the sky.
Maps can show a small place, like a room or a town. They can show a big place, too, like the whole world.
On maps and globes, blue shows water. The other colors show land.
Your turn! Sort them. Is it true of a globe, or of a map?
Try it with a grown-up! Look at a globe or a map, in a book or on a screen. Find the blue water. Then find the land.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

MGS.7 — Map and Globe Skill 7: use a map to explain impact of geography on historical and current events (introduced in Grade 1)
SS1G2 — Identify and locate the student's city, county, state, nation (country), and continent on a simple map or a globe.