{"id":1954,"date":"2009-11-01T21:11:56","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T02:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1954"},"modified":"2009-11-01T21:11:56","modified_gmt":"2009-11-02T02:11:56","slug":"teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-mapping-pennys-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/01\/teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-mapping-pennys-world-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Geography with Children&#8217;s Literature: Mapping Penny&#8217;s World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/11\/51947hp5ntl__bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou01_.jpg\" title=\"51947hp5ntl__bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou01_.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/11\/51947hp5ntl__bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou01_.jpg\" title=\"51947hp5ntl__bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou01_.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/11\/51947hp5ntl__bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou01_.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"51947hp5ntl__bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou01_.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/reader\/0805072624?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ref_=sib%5Fdp%5Fpt#reader_0805072624\" title=\"Mapping Penny's World\">Mapping Penny&#8217;s World<\/a><\/em> by Loreen Leedy is a children&#8217;s story about a little girl named Lisa who maps out the places she likes to go with her dog Penny.\u00a0 She and Penny map out her bedroom, the backyard where Penny hides her toys, the neighborhood, and even places around the world where Penny might like to go.\u00a0 The maps that Lisa create include the cardinal directions, a key of images found on the map, a title, and a scale for measuring the distances on the map.\u00a0 The illustrations of the maps are very colorful and they are all displayed from a birds- eye view.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;On this map, some of the symbols stand for the goodies she has hidden outside. The rest of the symbols represent the fence, table, and other things that are supposed to be out there.&#8221; (pg. 11)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Maps are good for giving directions.\u00a0 Suppose Penny&#8217;s friend Maxine wants to come over.\u00a0 You could say, &#8216;Go out your back door, turn right by the trash cans, crawl under the gap in the wooden fence (watch out for the big orange cat!)&#8230;&#8217; &#8221; (pg. 13)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The map&#8217;s scale shows the real distances in the park.\u00a0 According to the map, the distance between point A and point B is two- tenths of a mile.&#8221; (pg. 20)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Curriculum Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This story would be a great way to introduce young students to the\u00a0skills of map making.\u00a0 <em>Mapping Penny&#8217;s World<\/em>\u00a0provides\u00a0wonderful illustrations of maps which\u00a0are labeled with all the key elements.\u00a0\u00a0Loreen Leedy also\u00a0portrays simple, everyday examples of different places that\u00a0children\u00a0could map on their own.\u00a0 This story would be useful when teaching Virginia SOLs 1.4, 1,5, and 2.6 in\u00a0 geography in which students will develop map skills by recognizing basic map symbols, construct a simple map of a familiar area, and constructing a simple map using a title, legend and compass rose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This <a href=\"http:\/\/askeric.org\/cgi-bin\/printlessons.cgi\/Virtual\/Lessons\/Social_Studies\/Geography\/GGR0049.html\" title=\"activity\">activity<\/a> allows students to work on their own to create a map of the school yard and directions to a certain place.\u00a0 After the students are done they exchange their map with another student and each student must use their new map to get to the location that is given.<\/li>\n<li>This brief <a href=\"http:\/\/www.proteacher.org\/a\/48237_globes_and_maps.html\" title=\"demonstration\">demonstration<\/a> of peeling an orange provides children with an explaination as to how a map of the\u00a0is not 100% accurate because the world is round.<\/li>\n<li>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldmapsonline.com\/LESSON-PLANS\/k-3-us-map-lesson-3-map-legend-city-symbols.htm\" title=\"lesson plan\">lesson plan <\/a>focuses on political maps and what cities are found on political maps.\u00a0 Students will discover different size cities on a map, as well as different features of cities that are represented on the map.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General Information<br \/>\n<\/strong>Book: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/reader\/0805072624?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ref_=sib%5Fdp%5Fpt#reader_0805072624\" title=\"Mapping Penny's World\">Mapping Penny&#8217;s World<br \/>\n<\/a>Author: Loreen Leedy<br \/>\nIllustrator: Loreen Leedy<br \/>\nPublisher: Owlet Paperbacks<br \/>\nPublication Date: August 2003<br \/>\nPages: 32<br \/>\nGrade Range: K- 3<br \/>\nISBN: 9780805072624<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mapping Penny&#8217;s World by Loreen Leedy is a children&#8217;s story about a little girl named Lisa who maps out the places she likes to go with her dog Penny.\u00a0 She and Penny map out her bedroom, the backyard where Penny &hellip; 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