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National Geographic Map Handbook
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Description
Whether you are a new teacher seeking support on how to use maps in the classroom or an experienced educator searching for fresh ideas and methods, you will find that this Handbook contains a collection of valuable classroom tools--from lessons, to extension activities, to educator background information.Author
National
National Geographic Education Foundation
Standards
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information2: How to use mental maps (a person's internalized picture of a part of Earth's surface) to organize information about people places, and environments
3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
4: The physical and human characteristics of places