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BJC Social Studies Team Map Skills Session

BJC Social Studies Team Map Skills Session. By Mr. Deal. BJC Social Studies Team Map Skills Session. OBJECTIVES 1. To present an outline of Map Skills that are tested on the BJC examination. 2. To critique the best strategies to use to foster mastery of BJC examination map skills.

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BJC Social Studies Team Map Skills Session

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  1. BJC Social Studies TeamMap Skills Session By Mr. Deal

  2. BJC Social Studies TeamMap Skills Session • OBJECTIVES 1. To present an outline of Map Skills that are tested on the BJC examination. 2. To critique the best strategies to use to foster mastery of BJC examination map skills.

  3. BJC Social Studies TeamMap Skills Session The Bahamas Junior Certificate of Secondary Education (BJC) has TWO types of Maps that are used to test Map Skills. A World Map A Bahamas Map Students need familiarity and routine when teaching Map Skills on the two above mention maps. Suggestion One: Use the World Map and The Bahamas Map that is tested in the BJC Social Studies Examination. This will increase students familiarity with the material that they will be tested on.

  4. BJC Social Studies TeamMap Skills Session The BJC World Map Skills. The BJC World Map Skills does not test students on small minute landforms, and bodies of water. 1. Group your topics according to the same categories, for example, All landforms in one category and All bodies of water in the other 2. Start teaching your category from the largest physical feature first then move to the smallest. Landforms: Continents Mountain Ranges/Mountains Deserts Islands Peninsulas/Capes 3. In teaching about countries use the above mention physical features for students to identify the larger countries of the world. This will count as Suggestion Two which is routine.

  5. Social Studies Team Map Skills Session BJC World Map Skills. Landforms: Continents-Asia Mountain Range-Himalayas Mountain-Mt. Everest Deserts-Gobi, Thar, Arabian Islands-Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Borneo Peninsulas-Korean, Kamchatka, Malay Capes-Comorin

  6. BJC Social Studies TeamMap Skills Session The World Map Skills. 2. Bodies of Water: Oceans Seas Bays Gulfs Straits Lakes Rivers 3. In teaching about countries use the above mention physical features for students to identify the larger countries of the world.

  7. BJC Social Studies TeamMap Skills Session BJC World Map Skills. Bodies of Water: Oceans-Indian-Pacific-Arctic Seas-Arabian, Philippine, Japan Bays-Bengal Gulfs-Aden, Persian, Straits-Bering, Korean, Lakes-Balkhash, Baikal, Aral, Caspian Rivers-Ganges, Indus, Mekong 1 5 6 6 6 6 2 7 1 7 5 4 2 3 7 4 2 1

  8. BJC Social Studies TeamMap Skills Session The BJC Bahamas Map Skills. The BJC Bahamas Map Skills test students mastery of several skills: Direction Students understanding of the 16point compass Location/Grid Reference Students understanding of latitude, and longitude usage. Distance Students understanding of the use of the scale General Knowlege Students knowledge of the islands, settlements, and bodies of water that makes up The Bahamas.

  9. BJC Social Studies TeamMap Skills Session The BJC Bahamas Map Skills. Routine. Have the students label all the major islands in The Bahamas. Have the students to identify the location of all major settlements on each island. Have students label all the bodies of water that surrounds the islands. Teach the Direction skill in relation to the major settlements/islands identified. Teach the Grid Reference skill in relation to the settlements/islands. Teach the Distance skill in relation to the settlements/islands. 25.1°N, 77.4°W 125miles

  10. BJC Social Studies TeamMap Skills Session The BJC Bahamas Map Skills What is the direction of Bullocks Harbour, Berry Islands from Nassau, New Providence? Name One island located at 25° latitude. Which settlement is located at 23.1 ° N, 74.9° W? Which island is located in square H3? Find the distance between Freeport, Grand Bahama and Nassau, New Providence?

  11. Social Studies TeamMap Skills Session In Closing I will leave you with a few quotes from some great education reformist. Horace MannEducation, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery Nelson Mandela Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Winston ChurchillI am always willing to learn, however I do not always like to be taught.

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