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- Begin the process with your students by
having them bring in different kinds of maps from home.
- Discuss how they're used and what elements
on the maps they can identify, for example, scale, symbols on the legend,
etc.
- Make a list of as many different types
of maps as possible and write them on the board.
- You may wish to have your students relate
or write about a personal anecdote that is map-related. For example, something
funny may have happened on a family trip, or a camping weekend, a visit
overseas, an incident from a family member's past (i.e., a parent or grandparent's
wartime experiences), finding a street or location in a strange city.
- Discuss too, what it must have been like
before maps existed. How did people find their way around? Are maps important
and why?
- The subject of being lost will likely
come up. You may wish to discuss what that feels like and why it is so
unsettling.
- You may also wish to make up a list of
uses for maps other than regular travel. For instance, population, elevation
and topography, climate, the environment, sea navigation and so on.
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