Hemispheres Lesson Plan with Longitude and Latitude Activities – Geography Activities

Description

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With authentic practice activities, your students will understand how the Equator and Prime Meridian divide the Earth in two. They’ll read engaging passages on the differences between longitude and latitude and even get to build their own maps. Save time planning and hit your learning targets with this great lesson.

Here are some ways teachers have used this resource:
✔ Use our original mnemonic devices to help students remember the differences between the Equator and Prime Meridian.
✔ Use this lesson to supplement a textbook or curriculum with highly-engaging worksheets and games.
✔ Give students the chance to design their own maps with hemispheres and lines of longitude and latitude.
✔ Have students explore and practice the hemispheres with a fun, active game.

The Hemispheres Lesson is perfect for any elementary teacher no matter what curriculum you use.

Product Details
✦ Comprehensive Lesson Plan on the 4 Hemispheres
✦ Engaging informational texts on the Hemispheres, Longitude, and Latitude
✦ 3 authentic practice activities  on hemispheres, longitude, latitude, the Equator, and the Prime Meridian
✦ An assessment for students to show what they learned
✦ Lesson Dictionary to track new vocabulary
✦ A fun game to remember the hemispheres!
✦ Anchor Charts
✦ Answer Keys

Students will practice essential geography skills such as:
✅ Understand how the Earth is divided into four parts – the hemispheres
✅ Explain why longitude and latitude lines exist and how they’re helpful
✅ Find where they live on a map using the hemispheres and lines of longitude and latitude
✅ Know the differences between the Equator and Prime Meridian

Whether you are reviewing hemispheres, longitude, and latitude, or teaching the concept for the first time, this resource includes everything you need.

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