Lesson plan

I Am a Pirate Cartographer. How about You?


GeoLiteracy

Description

Having the ability to use maps and other geographic
models to find ones way around our world is an
essential part of planning family vacations, taking
successful business trips, understanding current
events, and possessing knowledge of other cultures
and regions. Fostering this ability depends on
practice in how maps and geographic models are
made. In this lesson, students will apply the essential parts
of a map (key, scale, grid, and legend) to create a
map to guide other students to a location.

Duration

2 class periods

Author

I Angus
MacFarlane

Standards

1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
2: 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

Teacher Instructions

MacFarlanePirateT.pdf (130.38 KB)

Student Materials

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

Supplemental Files