About the
Making Maps
Lesson
Summary
This lesson introduces the science of cartography. The reading can be used by the teacher to initiate a discussion on maps or as part of a paired or individual reading exercise.
Lesson Objectives
• to help the children understand that a map shows how a place looks from above;
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to explain the use of symbols on a map;
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to explain how to use the compass rose to find directions on a map.
Suggested Grades
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Lesson Excerpt
The science of making maps is called cartography. Maps have been made for thousands of years. The oldest maps we know of were drawn on clay tablets around 2300 BC!
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