1. Thinking About Maps and Globes Geography Unit for K-1 DE Recommended Curriculum Carol and Phil Gersmehl, New York Center for Geographic Learning Adapted for DE use by Maggie Legates, DGA

2. Lesson One -Thinking and Talking About Location

10. Lesson Two: Representation with Models

11. Lesson Three: Representation with Maps

12. Lesson Four: Sequence during a Journey

13. Lesson Five: Globe as a Model of Earth

14. Lesson Six: Near and Far Which is nearer, the low boat (Little Key) or the tall ship Kalmar Nyckel?

15. Lesson Seven: High and Low The tall ship Kalmar Nyckel is 105 feet high. The row boat Little Key is 6 and a half feet high.

16. Looking down from a high place The valley is 1500 feet below the mountain.

17. Looking up from a low place This quarry in northern Delaware is 292 feet high.

19. Harlem Success School Building HeightFeet 40

20. Hill in Marcus Garvey Park HeightFeet 100

21. Empire State Building Height Feet Roof1,250 Antenna/Spire1,472 ft

22. Catskill Mountains Highest point is Slide Mountain at 4,180 feet

23. Adirondack Mountains in New York Height of Mount Marcy is 5,344 feet

24. Photos were taken in NY and elsewhere in the U.S.: The photos show --flat lands (plains), --flat lands with gentle ups and downs, --flat lands with areas that go steeply up, --and different shore lines next to the ocean (both flat and steep)

25. Level land in eastern Long Island…(a nursery) 1- flat land or plain

26. Level land in eastern Long Island…(farm where pumpkins are for sale) 2 - flat land or plain

27. Level land in upstate New York 33 – almost flat land with some gentle ups and downs

28. Level land with a special kind of hill (a butte) – Monument Valley in Western U.S. (Utah, Arizona) A B 4 – flat land with areas that go steeply up and down

29. Shore next to the ocean---a sandy beach that is pretty level…and small hills in background… 5 – flat land next to the ocean (shore)

30. Shore next to the ocean — a rocky shore along coast of Oregon 6 – steep land next to the ocean (shore)

31. Shore---a sandy beach (Cape Code, Massachusetts) with small sandy hills… 7– flat land next to the ocean (shore)

32. These photos were taken in the U.S. Find the highest place in each picture; find the lowest place. Look for - Mountains - Valleys - Hills Discuss how “Hills” are different from “Mountains.” carol.gersmehl@gmail.comcarol.gersmehl@gmail.com, Feb. 7, 2009

33. Sierra Nevada mountains in California… High mountains (about 10,000 feet) often are covered with snow (even in summer because the higher elevation is colder). 10 – Mountains and Valleys that are lower places between higher mountains

34. Yosemite Mountains in California; also the valley which is lower in elevation… 11 – Mountains and Valley (which is lower)

35. Carol is walking in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina (about 5000 feet) 12 - Mountain

36. Hills (Sandhills) in Nebraska; the cows help give notion of size/height… 13 - Hills

37. Hills and valley on Carol’s farm in Wisconsin…- Autumn 14 – Hills

38. Hills and valley on Carol’s farm in Wisconsin…winter 15 – Hills

39. Hills on Carol’s farm in Wisconsin…cows help to show size 16 – Hills

40. Deep and narrow valley in western U.S. (Idaho or Oregon?) Bridge may help with concept… 16 – Steep-sided Valley

41. Yosemite National Park in California Height of Mount Lyell is 13,114 feet

42. This map shows high places and low places in Delaware.