Content Area: Social Studies

 

Index: 6.6A Grade 4 CPI 1

 

Standard: 6.6 - Geography

 

Strand: A -  World in Spatial Terms

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 -  The student will use physical and political maps to identify locations and spatial relationships of places within local and nearby communities.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        Using a physical/political map of New Jersey, students locate and list the various regions (e.g., highlands, shore areas, pinelands, farmlands, plains). Students also learn the basic political subdivisions: counties, townships, towns, and cities. Discuss these regions and how the physical characteristics of each region affect the lives of the people who live there. Working in cooperative groups, the students divide a blank map of New Jersey into regions in a unique way.