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Maps101 User Guide
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VI. A Dozen
Ideas for Using Maps101 in the Classroom
- Discuss the American Government with news with visuals! Print out your
state's maps of congressional districts, counties and congressional
representation in our Thematic Map Sets as an aid in the discussion of
U.S. government.
- Use the Interactive Maps! Students can observe troop movements in
the War for Independence in the South, check out the Louisiana Purchase, or
witness the Spread of Agriculture.
- Print out the Earth's Tectonic Plates Map from our Earth Science
Map collection to discuss the Earth's geological formation.
- Use our Maps in the News articles for your Current Events needs!
Our searchable archives contain over 1200 one-paragraph articles and maps
covering topics ranging from the Middle East Peace Process to weather events.
- Try our Lesson Plans, organized and searchable for K-12 by grade
level, subject, world region, and national geography and social studies
standards!
- Channel the creativity of your students with our online USA Map
Kit! Students can make & print their own map of the United States,
customizing the display of text, colors, symbols, and title.
- Choose a state in the Outline Maps with Shaded Relief section to
explain the physical features and relative elevations of a particular
place.
- Find your state's Average Annual Precipitation map in the State
Thematic Maps and discuss this past year's weather and whether or not it
falls within the state's average.
- In our Map Skills section, you will find classroom activities to
teach the Earth's shape--Example: use a marker to draw a simple picture or to
outline the continents on an orange. Then carefully peel the orange so that
the skin remains as intact as possible. What happens to the picture? Are you
able to get it to look "normal"?
- Use the Earth Science & Environmental Maps to accurately
display and discuss the urban population and population distribution
throughout the world.
- Have students look at the Earth Science Map Co2 Emissions From
Fossil Fuels 1987 and write down as many reasons as they can to explain why
the U.S. and Russia are the top two leaders in Co2 Emissions.
- Have students review the History Map U.S. Population Change,
1980-1994 and discuss reasons why some state's populations grew so much and
why others grew so little between 1980 and
1994.
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