2nd Grade - Act. 21: Me On the Map

Young geographers improve their map skills by practicing locating the cardinal directions on a map, identifying symbols on a map key, and describing where objects on the map are located relative to other locations.

Spark interest and enhance your pupils' map skills using Matteo Pericoli's book, See the City: the Journey of Manhattan Unfurled. Through Pericoli's illustrations and text, learners explore the East and West...

Foster contributing members of society with a social studies unit focused on five aspects of community. First graders discuss themes of culture, groups, location, scarcity, and change with discussion questions and activities about...

Help younger learners develop their map skills with this simple worksheet, which includes 12 questions utilizing a map legend that involves highway markers, population indicators, and other landmark signs.

What's around the block? Or down the street? Ask your pupils to tap into their map skills by drafting the area around their home and school.

Encourage young learners to explore the United States with this printable map puzzle. A fun activity that engages children in learning US geography.

Second and third graders practice with basic map skills. They create their own map including a legend and a compass rose. This fabulous plan has many excellent websites linked which allow learners to explore maps of all kinds; including...

Learners identify the four intermediate directions. For this map skills lesson, students use post-it notes to label the four intermediate directions on a map. Learners locate various states using intermediate directions.

Inspire kindness in and out of school with a lesson that challenges scholars to perform 100 acts of kindness during the time between Martin Luther King Jr. Day to Valentine's day. Leading up to a celebration of friendship, learners...

Young scholars write directions explaining how to get from one location to another by using a map of their town and use simple maps to identify and locate places.