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Geography · Grade 1

Our School and Neighborhood

Learners read a map of a make-believe school to find rooms and exits, explore the goods and services that neighborhood places provide, learn what each part of an address means using made-up addresses (and why real addresses stay private), and see how neighborhoods change over time.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 55 minutes
  • School and neighborhood check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, count, plot points, highlight a text and label a picture
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What learners will discover

  • Read a school map to find rooms and exits, using the key, location words and directions.
  • Name neighborhood places and the goods or services each one gives the community.
  • Explain what the parts of an address tell us, using made-up addresses, and keep real addresses private.
  • Describe how a neighborhood can change over time and why maps need to be updated.

Lessons

  1. A map of our school 8 steps5 practiceabout 14 min
  2. Places in a neighborhood 7 steps4 practiceabout 13 min
  3. Streets and addresses 7 steps4 practiceabout 13 min
  4. Neighborhoods change 7 steps4 practiceabout 12 min
  5. School and neighborhood check 8 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Globe ExplorerSpin a real 3D globe, flip to the flat map, and find continents, oceans and countries.
  • Mapmaker QuestFollow directions to make a map, then read its legend, compass rose and scale.
  • Landform ExplorerMountains, valleys, peninsulas and deltas — learn the shapes of the land and find them on Earth.

More 1st grade geography

Guide for grown-ups