Beginning Maps: Models and Places
- Grade Level: Primary (1-3)
- Subjects: Geography
- Produced By: SchoolMedia, Inc.
- Year: 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 15m
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Students discover the relationship between the real world, small models of real locations and the purpose of maps. Engaging models of a neighborhood, school and face become "maps" before their eyes. Information on the models corresponds to simple maps with special attention given to relative location and scale. A globe is a view of the world from high above. Students distinguish between water and land on a map and on a globe. They also identify places on the map from stories of the past i.e., where Columbus landed and today like where the President lives. (1) Introduction (2) Beginning Maps: Models and Places (3) Models and Maps (4) Maps and Globes (5) Finding Places on the Map (6) Review