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Maps Across the curriculum

Maps Across the curriculum. Points to consider The universal nature of maps Ask your children to bring in maps and atlases from home The display will show : 1 Where the children or their families have been

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Maps Across the curriculum

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  1. MapsAcross the curriculum Points to consider The universal nature of maps Ask your children to bring in maps and atlases from home The display will show : 1 Where the children or their families have been 2 The tremendous variety in map drawing and depiction of information

  2. Picture Maps Aboriginal Map of territory

  3. Maps and Map making Maps are the oldest mode of communicating • To route find, • explore for food • warmth and shelter Early cave drawings; drawings on animal shoulder bones; parchment, clay – and paper • Now see how many maps you can make of places in and around school

  4. Using maps as inspiration 1 Personal value of known places Using symbols Including Emoticons to reveal spatial understanding and feelings http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/valuingplaces/cpdunits/thinkmaps

  5. Getting Started 1 Create Route cards - round school e.g. for newcomers Source BBC Fact Finder ‘Maps’

  6. Getting Started 2 Make a route card round the locality : Ref BBC Fact Finder ‘Maps’

  7. Development • Draw freehand maps of places known to the children • Then use maps and aerial photographs of places known and unknown to the children • Look at the present landscape then see how it was viewed in the past in photo and painting • Visit map collections • Local History collection Ask at your nearest library • National Map collections Royal Geographical Society http://www.unlockingthearchives.rgs.org/teacherslounge/visit.aspx

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