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What Do Maps Show?

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This teaching packet is for grades five through eight, and it is organized around geographic themes: location, place, relationships, movement, and regions. There are four full lessons that are complete with posters, weblinks, and handouts. Each lesson covers a different map topic such as, reading a map, learning from a map, and topographic maps. Here is a resource definitely worth looking at!

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map skills, data analysis

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drawing conclusions, analyzing data, inquiry based learning, map skills, geographic concepts, social studies
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6th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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