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Two City Views, One Earth Globe

Kindergarten students compare two city places with a globe and identify blue as water and other colors as land.

KindergartenSocial StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toGEO.K.3

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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
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  • 9 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students tell that a globe is a round model of Earth.
  • Students identify blue as water and other colors as land on a globe.

How to use

Read the short passage aloud. Have children point to the color and place clues as they answer.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

GEO.K.3

Tell that a globe is a model of Earth and that blue shows water and other colors show land.

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Two City Views, One Earth Globe

Compare city places with a globe model of Earth.

Look at the city views

Listen as your teacher reads. Then answer the questions.

A Globe in the Midtown Learning Room

At the Midtown Learning Room, Ms. Imani places a globe beside two photos. One photo shows a rooftop garden on Elm Street. The other shows water beside Bay Avenue. Ms. Imani says a globe is a round model of Earth. Blue areas on it show water. Green, brown, and other colors show land, such as the land where the garden's building stands. The globe shows Earth as a whole. The photos show small city places more closely.

1.
What does the globe model?
  • A. The rooftop garden
  • B. Earth
  • C. One city street
  • D. A classroom wall
2.
Match each place with the globe clue that fits it.
  1. The rooftop garden on Elm Street
  2. The water beside Bay Avenue
  1. A. A blue area
  2. B. An area in a color other than blue
3.
Which city place would match a blue area on the globe?
  • A. The water beside Bay Avenue
  • B. The soil in the rooftop garden
  • C. The roof below the garden
  • D. The wall in the learning room
4.
Which sentence compares the globe and the photos?
  • A. The globe shows the garden up close, and the photos show Earth.
  • B. The photos show Earth, and the globe shows one city street.
  • C. The globe models Earth, and the photos show small city places.
  • D. The globe and the photos both show the learning room.
5.
Circle the two sentences about colors on the globe.

Blue areas show water.Other colors show land.The globe shows houses up close.The photos show Earth as a whole.

Use the globe idea

Think about the globe and the two city places.

6.
A child points to a brown area and says, “That is water.” What should Ms. Imani say?
  • A. Brown areas show land.
  • B. Brown areas show streets.
  • C. Brown areas show the whole globe.
  • D. Brown areas show the classroom.
7.
Nia makes a round model of Earth. She wants to show a pond and the ground around it. Which plan fits the lesson?
  • A. Blue for the pond and green or brown for the ground
  • B. Green for the pond and blue for the ground
  • C. Blue for the pond and no color for the ground
  • D. Brown for the pond and blue for the ground
8.
Which pair tells what the globe colors show?
  • A. Blue is land; other colors are water.
  • B. Blue is water; other colors are land.
  • C. Blue is buildings; other colors are streets.
  • D. Blue is a city; other colors are the classroom.
9.
Tell what a globe is. Then tell which globe color could show the water beside Bay Avenue and which colors could show land.

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