1.2 News items and a map index

Geography

Grade 5

Map work

Module 3

News items and a map index

ACTIVITY 1:

TO COLLECT GEOGRAPHICAL NEWS ITEMS

[LO 1.1]

Regularly collect geographical newspaper reports and indicate the place under discussion on a wall-chart of the world.

Regularly collect geographical newspaper reports and indicate the place under discussion on a wall-chart of the world.

Sometimes it is difficult to find places on a map. Valuable time is wasted. There is an easier way to find a place on a map – the map index.

It is an alphabetical list of places found at the back of any atlas. It contains the names of all the places in the atlas. Each entry indicates the country or region in which the name is located.

Then follows the page number of the most appropriate page on which the name appears – generally the largest scale map.

Lastly the longitude and latitude is given (will be done in Grade 7).

A list of abbreviations is explained at the end of the index.

Study the following examples and look them up in the index of your atlas:

Please note that page numbers are different in different atlases.

ACTIVITY 2:

USING AN INDEX TO FIND A PLACE

[LO 1.5]

Look up the index references of the following places in your atlas.

1. Piketberg

2. Hermanus

3. Klerksdorp

4. Richards Bay

5. Welkom

Assessment

LO 1

GEOGRAPHICAL ENQUIRY

The learner will be able to use enquiry skills to investigate geographical and environmental concepts and processes.

We know this when the learner:

1.1 with guidance, selects and uses sources of useful geographical information (including graphs, maps and fieldwork outside the classroom) [finds sources];

1.2 categorises information [works with sources];

1.3 draws sketch maps and/or plans from field observation and measurements [works with sources];

1.4 uses an index to find places on global atlas maps [works with sources];

1.5 demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the issue through projects, discussion, debate and charts [communicates the answer].

Memorandum

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