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Grade Range: - 11
Find maps for use at all grade levels. There are lessons plans, objectives, extension activities and more supporting the use of historic map documents. Information at the K-2 level supports information acquisition skills while higher grades address history, geography, and social studies concepts. Instructions for Teachers gives an overview of the site including standards addressed and information on how to display and print supplied images. The map index presents themes such as "Exploration and Encounter" and "The Historical Geography of Transportation." Each theme contains several lessons, all include a printable map and lessons categorized by grade levels from K-12. Many themes also include curator’s notes with supplemental images and resources.
In the Classroom
This is a wonderful site to include with your bookmarks for units on transportation, maps, explorers, Colonial America, and more. Print and display maps in your classroom when using the included lesson plans. Have students use a tool such as Padlet, reviewed here, to create an online bulletin board for information they learn from the maps. Have students use a tool such as Zeemaps, reviewed here, to create a fictitious radio news story from a location they learn about.
At Home
Share this site with your student to learn more about the history of transportation, explorers, and changes to the United States since early Colonial Times.
Tags
maps, map skills, explorers, transportation, colonial america,
Subjects
American History, Geography (US/World), History & Culture: The Americas, History & Culture: World, Social Studies, Social Studies,