Atlas+-+September+28,+2011


 * Information Literacy - Atlas (Lesson 3) **
 * Wednesday - October 2, 2013 **
 * Class Period Outline **

1. Class completes the Political and Physical Maps worksheets.

2. Collect "Why We Use Maps?" worksheets.

3. Class reviews the concepts of Latitude and Longitude. Concepts are put into practice by completing the "Latitude and Longitude" worksheets as a class.

**Homework**: Atlas Processing Activity - Friday

Old Draft...

__ Class creates Atlas Quiz Study Guides. __


 * This file is the completed Atlas Study Guide. USE it to study for tomorrow's quiz!!!




 * This file is a blank Atlas Study Guide. Fill it in with the answers from the "completed" guide above for a class work grade. Visit Ms. Hummel in the library if you have any questions.

__ Class takes the following notes in their Interactive Notebooks. __


 * Legend - A list that explains the symbols, colors, line patterns, shadings, and/or type used on a map. Also called a key.


 * Scale - The distance on a map in relation to the distance on the earth.


 * Absolute Location - A unique or exact position using a standard measuring system such as latitude and longitude to describe it.


 * Latitude - The distance north and south of the Equator, measured in degrees. (Parallels)


 * Equator - An imaginary line running horizontally around the Earth at its widest part.


 * Longitude - The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees. (Meridians)


 * Prime Meridian - An imaginary line running vertically from the North to the South Pole through Greenwich, England, which is zero degrees longitude.


 * International Date Line - An imaginary line running vertically at the 180th meridian in the Pacific Ocean at which the date changes.

__ Class completes the "Latitude and Longitude" worksheet in class. __ (If you missed class visit Ms. Hummel in the library to get the "Latitude and Longitude" worksheet to complete with an atlas.)

**__Homework__**: Atlas Quiz - Friday