3.5 OVERVIEW

3.5	The student will develop map skills by
	a)	positioning and labeling the seven continents and five oceans to create a world map;
	b)	using the equator and prime meridian to identify the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres;
	c)	locating the countries of Spain, England, and France;
	d)	locating the regions in the Americas explored by Christopher Columbus (San Salvador in the Bahamas), Juan Ponce de León (near St. Augustine, Florida), Jacques Cartier (near Québec, Canada), and Christopher Newport (Jamestown, Virginia);
	e)	locating specific places using a simple letter-number grid system.

NOTE: The Virginia Board of Education adopted the revised 2008 History and Social Science Standards of Learning at the January 10, 2008, meeting. Full implementation of these documents is scheduled for the 2010-2011 school year, as outlined in Superintendent’s Memorandum Informational Number 49.