{"id":1921,"date":"2009-10-30T17:53:48","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T22:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1921"},"modified":"2009-10-30T17:53:48","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T22:53:48","slug":"teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-follow-that-map-a-first-look-at-mapping-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/10\/30\/teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-follow-that-map-a-first-look-at-mapping-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Geography with Children&#8217;s Literature: Follow That Map! : A First Look at Mapping Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/the-moon-book.jpg\" title=\"the-moon-book.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/10\/follow-that-map.jpg\" title=\"follow-that-map.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/10\/follow-that-map.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"follow-that-map.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/10\/fleas.jpg\" title=\"fleas.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Follow-That-Map\/Scot-Ritchie\/e\/9781554532742\/?itm=1&amp;USRI=follow+that+map+a+first+look+at+mapping+skills\">Follow That Map!: A First Look\u00a0at Mapping Skills<\/a>\u00a0written\u00a0&amp; illustrated by\u00a0Scot Ritchie,\u00a0is a great introduction on how to use a map.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow That Map<\/em> starts off with a getting started page. It gives kid friendly examples and definitions of different parts of a map from a compass rose to a legend. &#8220;The compass rose on a map will always point north. Some compass roses show all four cardinal directions-north, south, east, west.&#8221; Sally and her friends notice that her cat and dog are missing. They decide to find them. They use different types of maps to go searching for the missing pets. Each map\u00a0focuses on a different part of a map. They start off using a map of the park, proceed to use a trail, city, and a country map.\u00a0It even incorporates a look at a weather map, treasure map, and topographical map. &#8220;A topographical map shows the natural features of the landscape. You can use this kind of map to find rolling hills, low-lying lakes, or high mountains.&#8221; It even includes steps on how to create your own map.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Follow\u00a0That Map<\/em> is a great resource when you are studying maps. It incorporates different symbols, and gives students a look at different types of maps. It is connected to VA SOL Social Studies\u00a0Geography\u00a01.4(a) &amp;\u00a0(b).\u00a0The student will develop map skills by\u00a0a.) recognizing basic map skills, including refernces to land water, cities, and roads; b.) using cardinal directions on maps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinhistory.org\/teachers\/lessons\/elementary\/getting.asp\">Getting to Know Your City: An\u00a0Introduction to Map Skills<\/a> is a lesson\u00a0plan that has a couple of different ideas to help students with their map skills.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myschoolhouse.com\/courses\/O\/1\/37.asp\">Determining Direction with a Map<\/a> is an activity that students can do on the computer using their map skills.<\/li>\n<li>Using\u00a0this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abcteach.com\/free\/g\/gridcoloring_daisy.pdf\">Daisy<\/a> worksheet, students will practice following directions and finding grid coordinates.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.songsforteaching.com\/geography\/howtoreadamap\/thekeysthekey.htm\">The Key&#8217;s the Key<\/a> is a song students can learn about the importance of the key on a map.<\/li>\n<li>Students can use Google Earth to see a bird&#8217;s eye view of their house using\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.techlearning.com\/article\/8464\">Compass Rose Google Earth<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Follow-That-Map\/Scot-Ritchie\/e\/9781554532742\/?itm=1&amp;USRI=follow+that+map+a+first+look+at+mapping+skills\">Follow that Map!: A First Look at Mapping Skills<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Author:<\/strong>Scot Ritchie<br \/>\n<strong>Illustrator:<\/strong> Scot Ritchie<br \/>\n<strong>Publisher:<\/strong>Kids Can Press, Limited<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> 2009<br \/>\n<strong>Pages:<\/strong>\u00a032 pages<br \/>\n<strong>Grade Range:<\/strong> 1-5<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN:<\/strong> 9781554532742<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow That Map!: A First Look\u00a0at Mapping Skills\u00a0written\u00a0&amp; illustrated by\u00a0Scot Ritchie,\u00a0is a great introduction on how to use a map. Follow That Map starts off with a getting started page. It gives kid friendly examples and definitions of different parts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/10\/30\/teaching-geography-with-childrens-literature-follow-that-map-a-first-look-at-mapping-skills\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4424,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}