Advanced Education Materials These lesson plans were designed by Liz Swasey, a teacher with years of experience teaching High School. They are suitable for high schoolers in advanced history courses. An Introduction to Maps as Primary Source Doc...
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. Grade L...
The Fall/Winter 2014 issue of Cartography Corner: K-12 Education Outreach Newsletter is available for download. Archive: Cartography Corner: K-12 Education Outreach Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2014 Cartography Corner: K-12 Education Outreach Newsl...
Lesson plans by Holly Hurd and Dixie Hayes with Joel Eastman These lesson plans are designed for Middle School students, grades 6-8, and focus on content from the book Settling the Maine Wilderness, by Walter Macdougall, about settlement of the inte...
Deering Oaks Lesson This lesson, designed for Middle School students, features a 3-part powerpoint illustrating the history of Deering Oaks through historical maps and images. The students use the information found in the presentation to complete an...
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 ...
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...
