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Using the Landscape Picture Map to Develop Social Studies Skills Lesson PlanUsing the Landscape Picture Map to Develop Social Studies Skills Lesson Plan
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Using the Landscape Picture Map to Develop Social Studies Skills

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Enhance your class' geography skills using this resource. Explore a variety of concepts including production and distribution, and people and the environment. Learners make predictions and identify locations on maps. This is a creative way to develop social studies skills.

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map skills

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geography skills, landscape picture maps, map skills, social studies
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Grade
1st - 2nd
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs

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