Where People Live

1. Where People Live

2. Standards Covered • 1.2 Students compare and contrast the absolute and relative locations of places and people and describe the physical and/or human characteristics of places.

3. Vocabulary • state A part of a country. • country An area of land with its own people and laws. 

4. Vocabulary • Globe: A model of the Earth • Continent: A large area of land

5. Vocabulary Symbol: A picture or an object that stands for something.

6. Reading Social Studies

7. California has many places to visit. People go to San Diego, Los Angeles, and other cities. Families visit theme parks such as SeaWorld and Disneyland. Other people come to California to see national parks. They visit Yosemite National Park and Redwood National Park. They also go to see deserts such as the Mojave Desert and Death Valley.

8. Apply what you learned

9. Let’s Practice • Read the paragraph. Which words are kinds of places? Add these words to your word web. California is a great place to visit. You can swim and find shells at the ocean. You can ride a bike through the hills and valleys. You can also hike in the forests. There are many things to do for fun in California.

11. Finding Where You Are Lesson 1

12. What to know • How can a map help you find places? • Maps show locations. • Maps show land and water.

13. A location is the place where something is. • A map is a picture that shows locations. This map shows the locations of places in a community. • Maps can show many kinds of places. 

14. Some maps show states and countries. • A country is an area of land with its own people and laws. Egypt is our country. It has 26 governorates. • Lines on a map show borders. A border is where a state or country ends.

15. Map and Globe Skills Use a Globe

16. Why it matters • We live on Earth. You can use a globe to find places on Earth. A globe is a model of Earth.

17. What You Need to Know • A map is flat, but a globe is round. It shows what Earth looks like from space. • Like a map, a globe shows locations of places. Each large area of land is a continent. Each large body of water is an ocean.

19. Practice the skill • Look at the drawings of a globe. Find and name the continent on which you live. • Use your finger to follow the border around South America. • Which ocean is between Australia and Africa? • Look at a globe. Find and name the seven continents and the four oceans.

20. Neighborhood Map Use a Globe

21. What to know • What can pictures, maps, and models show you? • Pictures, maps, and models all show places. • Pictures, maps, and models can show the same place in different ways.

22. When Kim’s family moved to a new city, Kim and her dad took a walk around their new neighborhood. A neighborhood is a part of a town or city. Kim’s dad showed her a map of the neighborhood. They found the location of Kim’s new school. Kim took pictures of places as they walked.

23. Later, Kim and her dad looked at the pictures. The pictures showed some of the places on the map. The places in the pictures and the places on the map looked different.

24. Kim used her pictures and the map to make a model of places in her neighborhood. Pictures and maps are flat, but you can look at a model from all sides. When Kim looks down at the top of her model, it is like looking at a map.

25. Summary • You can learn about a place by looking at a picture, a map, or a model. Each shows the same place in a different way.

27. Map and Globe Skills Read a Map

28. Why it matters • You can use symbols to help you read a map. A symbol is a picture or an object that stands for something. What you need to know • Maps use symbols to show places. A map legend shows you what each symbol on the map stands for.

30. Practice the Skill • What places do you see on the map? • What symbol shows the fire station? • Where would you go in this neighborhood to buy food? Apply what you learned Make It Relevant Make a map of your school. Use symbols and a map legend to show places.

31. The Land Around You

32. What to know • How do location, land, and resources affect the way people live? • People live in different places . • Where people live affects how they live.

33. Vocabulary • Resource • Farm • Shelter • transportation

34. Different parts of Earth have different kinds of land. People can live near mountains or forests, on hills, or in valleys or deserts. They can also live by lakes, rivers, or the ocean.

35. Each kind of land has resources. A resource is anything that people can use. Soil, trees, and water are some of Earth’s resources. • A place’s location, land, and resources affect what people eat, where they live, and how they move around.

36. People use resources to grow food on farms. A farm is a place for growing plants and raising animals. Many kinds of food that you eat come from farms all over the country.

37. People who live near water often fish for food. People in other places grow trees to get food. Fruits and nuts grow on trees. • People need shelter. A shelter is a home. People in different places build different kinds of shelters.

38. Ways we Use Land and Water

39. Ways We use Land and Water

40. Ways We use Land and Water

42. People also need transportation. • Transportation is any way of moving people and things from place to place. Transportation can be by land, water, or air.

43. Summary • Earth has many kinds of places and resources. Where people live affects their food, shelter, and transportation.

45. Map and Globe Skills Find directions on a mao

46. Why it matters • Directions point the way to places. They help you find locations.

47. What You Need to Know • The four main directions are called cardinal directions. They are north, south, east, and west. If you face north, west is on your left. East is on your right. South is behind you.

48. Practice your skill Playground North School Building Cafeteria South School Building Parking lot School Garden

49.  What is east of the parking lot? •  What is north of the school buildings? •  Find the school garden. Now move your finger to the parking lot. In which direction did you move?

50. Apply what You Learned • Make It Relevant Make a map of your classroom. Show directions.