Length: 9 units
Content type: Text based
Grades: Kindergarten through Grade 8
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Maps are an integral part of geography. This All About Maps homeschool geography course starts with basic map skills, including directions and the compass rose, and advances through a study of latitude and longitude, various types of maps, natural resources, how settlement and war have impacted political maps, settlements and land use, natural disasters, and natural hazards.
Overview
Supplies Needed
Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com; journal or notebook for writing assignments, notetaking, and research; atlas, globe, or world map
What to Do
Go to Class Lessons and download the lesson plan and lessons file for desired grade level. Start with the Day 1 reading assignment. Follow the instructions each day on the lesson plan and check them off when completed.
All About Maps homeschool geography lessons and activities are arranged by suggested grade levels.
Types of Maps
A round map of the earth is called a globe.
Have you ever tried to cut open and flatten a deflated ball? That is why most world maps portray the earth as “flat.” We can’t see all the sides of a round ball when all we have to look at is a flat piece of paper. So, scientists found a way to draw the world in a stretched out, flat picture like this one.
Continents are very large areas of land on the earth. The continent on which you live, is called _______________________________.
Study the map of the world and answer the questions.
An atlas is a book that is a collection of maps. One of the most common types of atlases in the United States shows a detailed road map of the major roads that cross each state.
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This All About Maps homeschool geography course is comprised of nine units, with each unit increasing in difficulty and grade level. Unit K is appropriate for kindergarten, Unit 1 is appropriate for 1st grade, Unit 2 is appropriate for 2nd grade, etc., through Unit 8 for 8th grade.
These units may be started at any point. For example, a fourth grade level homeschool student who has not had much background in geography may benefit from studying Units 1, 2, 3, and 4 over the course of a year. An older student may find some of the All About Maps homeschool geography lessons and activities in the earliest units below his or her ability, but they will provide a solid introduction to map skills that will be needed in later studies. An alternative is to review the content in those units, and if the student already has an understanding of those concepts, simply start with the All About Maps unit that matches the student’s grade level.
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