Lesson Plan

  • Cartography and the Renaissance

    Return to K-12 Educational Resources Grade Levels: 6-12 Time Allotment: 50 to 60 minutes Maine Social Studies Standards: D1, E1 This lesson compares maps made in the Middle Ages to maps made during the Renaissance to illustrate the widespread a...

  • Medieval Maps and Monsters

    Return to K-12 Educational Resources Grade Levels: 3-5 Time Allotment: 50 to 60 minutes Maine Social Studies Standards: C1, D1, E1 This lesson uses maps made during the Middle Ages and Renaissance to show the sea monsters and monstrous peoples ...

  • Colonial New England

    Return to K-12 Educational Resources Grade Levels: 6-12 Time Allotment: 75 to 90 minutes Maine Social Studies Standards: C1, C2, D1, D2, E1 This lesson includes a discussion of the rival powers competing for land in present-day New England and ...

  • Projections and Globemaking

    Return to K-12 Educational Resources Grade Levels: 3-8 Time Allotment: 75 to 90 minutes Maine Social Studies Standards: D1, E1 This lesson tells the story of the ways the surface of the earth has been depicted throughout history, and how maps c...

  • X. Bibliography

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] Maps of Route 66: How Road Maps Built an American Legend I. Before 66 II. Mapping the Dream III. The Early Days IV. Rise in Popularity V. Iconography VI. 2,300 Miles from Chicago to LA VII...

  • IX. The Legend Lives On

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] Maps of Route 66: How Road Maps Built an American Legend I. Before 66 II. Mapping the Dream III. The Early Days IV. Rise in Popularity V. Iconography VI. 2,300 Miles from Chicago to LA VII...

  • VIII. Road Trips Across America

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] Maps of Route 66: How Road Maps Built an American Legend I. Before 66 II. Mapping the Dream III. The Early Days IV. Rise in Popularity V. Iconography VI. 2,300 Miles from Chicago to LA VII...

  • VII. Decline

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] Maps of Route 66: How Road Maps Built an American Legend I. Before 66 II. Mapping the Dream III. The Early Days IV. Rise in Popularity V. Iconography VI. 2,300 Miles from Chicago to LA VII...

  • Mapmaking Lessons for Young Students

    Many thanks to Lee Urban for allowing OML to post his mapmaking lesson plans on our website. Using David Sobel’s Mapmaking with Children: Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years, Lee put together five fun map activities for the first and ...

  • VI. 2,300 Miles from Chicago to LA

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] Maps of Route 66: How Road Maps Built an American Legend I. Before 66 II. Mapping the Dream III. The Early Days IV. Rise in Popularity V. Iconography VI. 2,300 Miles from Chicago to LA VII...