Return to K-12 Educational Resources Grade Levels: 6-12 Time Allotment: 75 to 90 minutes Maine Social Studies Standards: C1, D2, E1, E2 This lesson examines European maps of South America and the Caribbean for illustrations of colonial ambition...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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: 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 ...
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...
