1. Welcome to Nystrom Education
Welcome to Nystrom Education. Nystrom is the largest producer of maps and globes in the United States.
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2. A Nystrom Education Hands-on Program for K-5
Exploring Where and Why is a hands-on social studies program. This program offers opportunities for your students to learn content important vocabulary, engage in critical thinking, develop as responsible citizens, and to be sensitive to others’ cultures.
A Nystrom Education Hands-on Program for K-5

3. Today’s Agenda: Elementary
Getting Started
Hands-on, Minds-on Learning
StrataLogica
Closure
Today, we are going to spend time on both Exploring Where and Why and StrataLogica.

4. Getting Started Introductions Warm-up: Roll the Cube Cart’s Components
Catalog
See your Facilitator notes for further instructions.

5. Hands-on, Minds-on Learning
Group Roles
Globes
Desk Maps
Atlases
Raised Relief Maps (bumpy maps)
Teacher’s Guide

6. The Best Place to Start is Your Teacher’s Guide

8. What Does Exploring Where and Why Do?
Develops a solid foundation of essential social studies skills and concepts
Develops responsible citizens in the community, country and world
Develops multicultural awareness and sensitivity
Reinforces reading, writing, math and science development
Develops critical thinking skills
Integrates frequent assessment and evaluation
Stimulates a variety of intelligences
Provides learning opportunities for diverse student populations
Ensures success for all students
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9. EWW’s Scope and Sequence
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10. Each Tab Begins a New Unit (6 Units total)
Notates amount of time to be spent on this lesson
Table of Contents
Additional Literature Links

11. On the Back of Each Tabbed Divider, Find Your Letter Home

12. Each Lesson (2-5 each unit)
Focus on Previous Learning
Strategy ties directly to objective

13. Each Activity (1-5) Connects to previously-learned content
Objectives for the activity
Model the lesson: Begin with Getting Started, teach the lesson and then look at the individual pieces.
Makes prep work easy

14. Each Activity Takes 15-20 Minutes
Teaching strategy is tied back to the objective
Step by step directions

15. Summarizing and Assessing Each Activity
Cross-Curricular
Close each lesson

16. Bringing Closure to a Unit of Study

17. Literacy Library Lessons

18. List of Books and Where They Fit Best
Notice that all of the books can be used in more than 1 place

19. Lessons for Each Book

21. Wall Maps

22. Note How the Maps are Labeled

23. Graphic Organizers

29. For Additional Information:
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