Globe and flat map - meet planet Earth

Greeting + Calendar Circle + share constitution rules from homework. Teacher: 'Today we ZOOM OUT - from our classroom all the way to planet EARTH. Meet the GLOBE.'

• Unveil 18-inch teacher globe with ceremony
• Spin slowly
• Affirm 'this is our planet, made small'

Earth is a SPHERE - a round ball. A GLOBE is a small model of Earth. It is the most accurate way to show Earth because it is the same shape. A FLAT MAP shows Earth on paper. Flat maps are useful because we can see EVERYTHING at once - but they STRETCH some parts (look at Antarctica on the flat map - it looks huge, but on the globe it is much smaller). Today: meet our globe, meet our class world map, see how they show different things. Then we begin our NESTED PLACE-MAP - me at the center, planet Earth at the outside.

• Notice - Smith shows Earth as one place. WE all share it.

  model Read aloud; pause on Earth illustrations from space; connect to globe.

  prompt Read 'This Is the Earth' by Lane Smith (2017) - whole-Earth framing.
• GLOBE is more accurate; FLAT MAP shows everything at once. Both useful.

  model Teacher places 18-inch globe + MG-7 flat map next to each other. Demonstrates Antarctica stretching, Greenland stretching. Spins globe to show Earth is whole.

  prompt Compare globe to flat map side by side.
• You are at the CENTER of YOUR map. You also share the planet with everyone else.

  model Each child takes their photo tile and places it in the ME ring. Teacher narrates the outward zoom: ME → CLASSROOM → SCHOOL → TOWN → STATE → COUNTRY → CONTINENT → PLANET.

  prompt Place child-photo Velcro tile at the CENTER of MG-3 Nested Place-Map (ME ring).

• Tell me ONE thing the globe shows better than the flat map.
• Where on your Nested Place-Map are YOU?

M-1-S-GEO-10-A Manipulative Physical / non-image

MG-8 12-inch desk globe with continents in distinct colors, oceans in blue gradient, equator yellow, North/South Poles labeled. 18-inch teacher globe on swivel stand for whole-group demo. Tactile raised-relief globe for blind/low-vision learners. One desk globe per pair of children.

MG-8 Chart

Mounted on classroom wall at child-eye-height; each child gets a personal-size version (11x17) to complete in lesson 16 as their belonging-book page.

M-1-S-GEO-10-B Map

MG-7 60x40 inch Robinson-projection world map mounted at child-eye-height. 7 continents labeled in 36pt; 5 oceans labeled in 24pt italic; equator as thick dashed yellow; 5 study countries (Mexico, Japan, Ghana, India, France) outlined in red; home country in blue. Compass rose top-left.

MG-7 Chart

Mounted on classroom wall at child-eye-height; Velcro spaces for adding world-neighbor flag/anthem/landmark thumbnails as those countries are studied. Multiple copies of just the FLAG section printed smaller for take-home flag-making templates.

M-1-S-GEO-10-D Illustration

Book cover + 3 photographed spreads from Lane Smith's 2017 'This Is the Earth.' Whole-Earth illustrations from various distances - close-up, country-scale, Earth-from-space. Each spread captioned with the line from the book. Mounted as 4-panel poster.

• In pairs, spin the small globe. Identify North Pole, South Pole, Equator (red dashed line).

  scaffold Picture-icon labels
• Place YOUR photo at the center of YOUR personal nested-map (11x17 take-home version of MG-3).

  scaffold Pre-cut nested rings; child's name pre-printed

M-1-S-GEO-10-C Chart

MG-3 48x36 inch laminated chart with 7 concentric rings: MY CLASSROOM (innermost), MY SCHOOL, MY TOWN/CITY, MY STATE, MY COUNTRY, MY CONTINENT, PLANET EARTH (outermost). Each ring labeled 24pt + bilingual in 10 home languages. Children place photo tiles at ME center.

MG-3 Chart

Mounted on classroom wall at child-eye-height (24-36 inches) with laminated surface; used as reference during every class vote (lessons 4, 5, 7, 13, 17).

• Show me on YOUR map where YOU are AND where PLANET EARTH is.

• Mount MG-3 with all child-photo center tiles
• Preview: tomorrow we name the 7 continents and 5 oceans

• Tonight, look at a map or globe at home (or online). Find ONE country you have heard of. Bring its name tomorrow.