Grade 1 Spring History - Citizenship, World Neighbors, Symbols, and the Many Groups We Belong To
History · GEO G1 (CA HSS 1.2.2; D2.Geo.2.K-2; D2.Geo.3.K-2) hist.g1.s.geo.compare_local_world

Compare a local map to a world map and a globe

Compare three representations of place: child's hand-drawn neighborhood map (from K-Spring or refreshed), a flat world map, and a 3-dimensional globe. Identify what each shows best (detail vs scale vs shape).

Mastery threshold
80%
Min instances
4
Typical minutes
30
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30
Successors
Common misconceptions
  • Believing the globe is a planet model rather than a model of the Earth specifically
  • Believing the flat world map is 'truer' than the globe (the globe is true to shape; flat map is convenient but distorted)
  • Believing local map shows the same thing as world map (one shows blocks; the other shows continents)

Exercise pool (2)