Map of Guam Unit Topic: Geography Skills:
Locating villages Visual perception
Objectives: To To To To
Fine motor skills Directionality
develop an awareness of the usage of a map. create a project that will show the shape of Guam. develop fine motor skills as the children make their map. introduce a Guam legend about why Guam is narrow in the middle.
Materials: Green clay, a map of Guam, blue paint, 8” x 11” tagboard with the outline of Guam, song “Legends of Guam” by Johnny Sablan. Procedures: Show the children the map of Guam. What things do your see? Have the children identify all the things they see on the Guam map. (plane, fish, boats, flowers)
Point to the village of their school. This is the village that our school is located at. Is it at the Northern, Southern, Eastern, or Western part of Guam?
Today, we are going to look at the shape of Guam. Which part is the island? An island is a piece of land that is surrounded by water. Which part is the ocean? An ocean is a large body of water. A map tells us many things, for instance, it tells us where places are, how far away places are, how to find your way and not get lost.
Show the children the map of Guam. Tell them that there is legend about how come Guam is narrow in the middle. Play the song: “Legends of Guam” by Johnny Sablan. Ask, do you think that a giant fish really ate the middle of Guam. Tell the children that a legend is a story told from one generation to another generation.
Tell the children that they are going to map the shape of Guam using green clay and blue paint. The green clay will be put on the inside of the outline of Guam. This will stand for the land. then after they are done, they will paint the ocean blue. 7 of 32