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Simple Route Map

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Students demonstrate how to locate features on a Landscape Picture Map. In this map skills instructional activity, students locate and circle places where they would go to mail a letter, return a library book, or play a baseball game.

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landscape picture maps, picture maps, map skills

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directions, landscape picture map, map skills, routes, social studies
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Grade
1st - 5th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategy
Skills Practice

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