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  • 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...

  • V. Iconography

    [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...

  • IV. Rise in Popularity

    [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...

  • Portland History

    Return to K-12 Educational Resources Grade Levels: 3-5 Time Allotment: 60 to 75 minutes Maine Social Studies Standards: C1, D1, E1 This lesson uses maps of Portland to illustrate important events and milestones in Portland's history, including ...

  • Introduction to Maps and Mapmaking

    Return to K-12 Educational Resources 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 prese...

  • III. The Early Days

    [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...

  • II. Mapping the Dream

    [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...

  • I. Before 66

    [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...

  • Resource List

    [expand title="EXHIBIT NAVIGATION"] The "Percy Map": Maps and Military Strategy during the Revolution The Percy Map: Provenance and Dating Hugh Percy and Military Mapping Hugh Percy: Biography Military Mapping in the Revolution Re...