Students know how to use maps, globes and other geographic tools to locate and derive information about people, places and environments. Students locate, evaluate and use relevant information sources for their reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing. Students will find and label the country their name came from on the map. Prerequisite Skills Research skills such as locating resources, index, and the table of contents. You may want to check the meaning of your students last names or use first names only.
First names are usually positive.
Surnames can have bad meanings, which could give the student a poor self-concept. The teacher will model how to find information using glossaries, table of contents, resources, etc. The students will think of a name that they might like to have and research it. After completing the worksheet, the students will illustrate their name according to the meaning of their name on one side of a piece of construction paper and attach their worksheet to the other side of the paper. Students will share their paper and picture with the rest of the class.