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Course of Study - History

Map Skills

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Lessons

  • Learning About Maps - Children will learn about different types of maps, how to read a map, and how to create their own map.
  • Map Adventures - Map Adventures, with seven accompanying lessons, is appropriate for grades K-3. Students will learn basic concepts for visualizing objects from different perspectives and how to understand and use maps.

Projects

  • Maps and Mapping - Whether to get across town or across the world, maps are crucial for navigation. They can help us discover the distances between objects and their relative orientation to one another.

Worksheets

  • How Far? - A worksheet which develops children's understanding of map work and measuring distances.

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