This skills-based curriculum teaches students to decode maps in order to understand the world. Then they reinforce their interpretive skills by making maps that encode and communicate geographic information. A PowerPoint
® presentation introduces the various types of maps, as well as map symbols and conventions, before teaching students to ask geographic questions; acquire, organize, and analyze geographic information; and to synthesize and communicate geographic knowledge. A binder includes lecture notes and reproducible activity pages, and
Geographic Literacy, a set of 22"h x 14"w posters, summarizes the main guidelines for critical analysis of geographic information. Grades 6– 12. Social Studies School Service. ©2008.
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