The World Around Us
Unit 2
Lesson One
Maps and Locations
• Location- maps show where something is.
• Relative Location – tells what a place is
near.
• Absolute Location- exact location
Like your address.
• St. Joseph School – 310 Second Street
Maps of all sizes
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Building Map
Zoo Map
Chula Vista Map
City Map
State Map
World Map
Lesson Review
• What is the relative location of Wisconsin?
• How do maps help people find locations?
• What is the absolute location of your
home?
Use a Map Grid
• Map Grid- set of lines that divide a map
into columns and rows of squares.
Lesson 2
North America
• Our continent is North America.
• The country we live in is the United States
of America.
• Which 2 countries are neighbors with the
United States?
• The Bald Eagle is only found
in North America.
Landforms
• Landforms- the kind of land with a special
shape.
• Plains – or flat land.
• Hill- a land that rises above the land
around it.
• Mountain- very high hill. Many mountains
is called a mountain range.
• How are plains different from hills?
• Oceans - Largest bodies of water.
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Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Indian Ocean
• Peninsula – Land that has water on only
three sides.
• Island – landform with water all around it.
Gulf
• Gulf- a large body of water is partly
surrounded by land.
• Gulf of Mexico
• River – stream of water that flows across
the land.
• Lake – body of water that has land all
around it.
Review
• What countries make up North America?
• What landforms are in North America?
• What landform is located in the middle of
the United States?
Read a Landform Map
• Region- an area of land with the same
features.
Lesson 3
Seasons and Climate
• Season: A part of the year that has a
certain kind of weather.
• Can you name the 4 seasons?
Seasons
• Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
• Why do we have different seasons?
Why do we have different
seasons?
• Depends upon how the sun is facing the
earth. Depending up on the tilt of the
earth depends upon what season it is.
Weather
• Weather can change from day to day.
• One day it might be sunny and warm and
the next it might be cold and windy.
Climate
• Climate: the weather a place has over a
long period of time.
• Mountain Range- cool climate
• Desert – Warm climate
Review
• How is weather different from climate?
• How is the climate where you live?
Lesson 4 – World Regions
• Cardinal Directions: North, South, East,
and West.
• We find locations on a globe or map using
these.
• Equator: an imaginary line that divides
Earth into northern and southern halves.
• Regions near the equator are very hot.
• Hemisphere: is half of the earth. It divides
the earth into a northern half and a
southern half.
• How would a region near a pole be
different from a region near the equator?
Mountain Region
• Cold and snowy with rocky land.
Tropical Region
• Near the equator would be warm and flat
with plenty of rain.
Desert Region
• Warm and dry. Not very much rain.
Review
• How are all of the regions alike?
• How are regions different?
• Where would you find the poles on a
globe?
Find Directions on a Map
• Compass Rose- shows the direction on a
map or globe.
• Intermediate Direction: they are the
directions between the cardinal directions.
Northeast, northwest, southeast,
southwest