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Integrating Mapping and ELA Skills Using Giant Traveling Maps
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Buchanan, Lisa Brown; Tschida, Christina M.; Brown, Seth N. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2016
The Giant Traveling Map program is a collection of very large, flat maps, each with an accompanying set of teaching resources. The maps are available for rent to U.S. schools and community organizations for exploring world geography. The Giant Traveling Map program provides students with a unique kinesthetic learning experience that captures their…
Descriptors: Maps, Geography Instruction, Kinesthetic Methods, Elementary Education
Relating Here to There: Globes and World Maps as Advance Organizers.
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Maier, Joan – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1993
Discusses the use of advance organizers in elementary geography instruction. Asserts that maps and globes can be used as advance organizers to improve learning about geographic locations and regions. Provides two classroom activities with accompanying data charts to illustrate the technique. (CFR)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Geographic Location
Geography and the National Parks. Pull-out Feature 1.
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Bennett, Linda – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1997
Presents a lesson plan constructed around activities and materials concerning the National Park System. Activities include using maps and other geographic tools to acquire, process, and report information in spatial terms; discovering the physical and human characteristics of places; and interpreting how culture and experience influence…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Geographic Concepts, Geography