JHS3 Social Studies · Term 2, Week 1
Mapping Skills
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Curriculum details
- Strand
- Environment and Sustainability (Strand 2)
- Sub-strand
- Mapping Skills (2.2)
- Content standard
- B9.2.2.1 - Demonstrate knowledge and skills in creating and using maps for locating places and navigation.
- Indicator
- B9.2.2.1.1 - Examine ways of creating and interpreting maps.
- Suggested placement
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Term 2, Week 1
(Week 13 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
- Curriculum reference
- NaCCA curriculum document, p. 72
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
1. Learners use the internet to search for the following: i. meaning of a map ii. types of maps iii. features of a map. 2. In pairs, learners create a map of the school compound, showing scale, key, and an eight-point compass (North, South, East and West; North East, North West, South East, South West). 3. In small groups, learners identify and describe the features of a given map.