Objective 3: Recognize symbols and models used to represent features of the environment.

1. Recognize that maps and globes are symbols for actual places.
2. Identify items on a map of the classroom.
3. Explore basic map and globe directions and characteristics (e.g., top, bottom, right, left, land, water, Arctic Ocean, Antarctica).
4. Make representations of things observed in the environment (e.g., drawing, painting, building structures with blocks, making models with clay).

Objective 3: Demonstrate how symbols and models are used to represent features of the environment.

1. Use map skills to identify features of the neighborhood and community.
2. Create representations that show size relationships among objects of the home, classroom, school, or playground.
3. Identify map and globe symbols (e.g., cardinal directions, compass rose, mountains, rivers, lakes).
4. Locate continents and oceans on a map or globe (i.e., North America, Antarctica, Australia, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean).

Objective 4: Demonstrate how symbols and models are used to represent features of the environment.

1. Identify and use information on a map or globe (i.e., map key or legend, compass rose, physical features, continents, oceans).
   
2. Use an atlas and globe to locate information.
   
3. Locate continents and oceans on a map or globe (i.e., North America, Antarctica, Australia, Africa, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean).

Objective 3: Evaluate the role of the United States as a world power.

Objective 1: Analyze how major world events of the 20th century affect the world today.

Objective 2: Explore current global issues facing the modern world and identify potential solutions.

Objective 3: Determine human rights and responsibilities in the world.