1. Location and Relative Location
Good Afternoon! Today is September 7, 2011 This is ESL Intermediate Social Studies
Our goals for today and this week are:
To know the difference between Exact
Location and Relative Location
To know what longitude and latitude are

2. Location
There are two types of Location.
Relative Location and Exact Location

3. Exact Location Examples of exact location are our addresses.
My address is
7815 California Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98136
Write down your address on a separate
piece of paper. If you don’t know your
address your homework will be to
memorize it.

4. Relative Location
Relative location is the location of something in relation to another place.
-My home is next to a McDonalds.
-What’s next to your home?

5. Latitude: Imaginary lines running East and West or sideways on a globe

6. Longitude: Imaginary lines running North and South or up and down on the earth

8. HW: Find ten cities and give their longitude an latitude and know your address