Introduction to Maps and Mapmaking

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Grade Levels: K-2

Time Allotment: 35 to 45 minutes

Maine Social Studies Standards: D1

This lesson uses both old and new maps to illustrate the different ways people can use and make maps. After a short presentation, students will complete Tino's Map Book, in which they will make their own maps of familiar areas.

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Additional Supplies

Recommended Book: Sara Fanelli, My Map Book, (London: All Books for Children), 1995.

Suggested Reading

Sobel, David. Mapmaking with Children. 1998.

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