Rosenshine’s Principles - Lesson Plan
The Big Picture: links to wider Template
curriculum and connections to Checking For Understanding
world of work and outside world. What do students need to learn?
Vocabulary and etymology
Teacher modelling and worked/faded
examples
Key questions/Misconceptions
Review of previous learning
Spaced Practice
Independent
Practice
Scaffoldin
Extend
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Seating Inclusion
Plan Grid
Topic-Types of Maps
Walt-Identify and differentiate between
physical, political, and thematic maps.
Outcomes-
Students will classify different maps correctly
as physical, political, or thematic .
Students will be able to identify physical,
political, and thematic maps by their key
features.
1.What do you notice about these maps? How are they different?“
2.Can you think of a reason we might use each type of map?
Main lesson-
Watch the video
https://youtu.be/Tukfoov_l5Y
Discussion time
Summarise your learnings from the video
1-Read the text
2-Write in your notebooks-
-Physical maps
-Political maps
-Thematic maps
1.Political maps-A Political map shows us the national boundaries of a country. We
can find out the size of different continents and countries from a political map as well
as their names and capitals. Political maps also help us locate and find distance
between different places if we want to visit them.
2.Physical map-A Physical map shows the physical or natural features of the earth
such as lakes, rivers, forests, mountains, deserts. We can find out the natural
features of different continents or countries from the map with the help of different
colors. Brown is used to mark mountains, green for plains and blue for different
waterbodies such as rivers and oceans.
3.Thematic map-A Thematic map focuses on a particular theme or topic and gives
information related to the theme.
Example-A weather map showing only the weather conditions of a place, a park map
showing the different areas of a park or a road map.
Create a comparison chart between physical, political, and thematic maps.
Physical Map Political Map Thematic map
Extended activity: Create a simple thematic map on a topic of your choice
(e.g., favorite animals or foods in the class, or rainfall in different regions).
Differentiated Activities
Create Your Own Maps: Create Your Own Maps: Create Your Own Maps:
A physical map showing A political map with A thematic map based on a
mountains and rivers. countries or states and given theme (e.g., showing
major cities. favorite animals or food
preferences among
classmates).
Match the Features to the Map Type
Draw a line to match the feature to the correct map type.
Feature Map Type
Shows borders between countries Physical Map
Shows information like climate Thematic Map
Shows mountains and rivers Political Map
Displays data such as population
Shows oceans and landforms
Shows countries and capitals
Exit Ticket:
Recap the differences between physical, political, and
thematic maps.
