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C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Maps and Geography Unit PlanC3 Teachers: Inquiries: Maps and Geography Unit Plan
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C3 Teachers
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1st
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Social Studies & History
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C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Maps and Geography

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A comprehensive learning module on maps that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students learn about map symbols, cardinal directions, and other mapping tools, and explore whether it is possible to fit all aspects of their lives on a map. The module can be downloaded in PDF or DOC format.

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cardinal directions, map symbols

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geographic tools, map literacy, reading maps, g.st.4, inquiry design model, features of maps, geographic reasoning, spatial representation

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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