Mapping The World By Heart
Grades: 5-12
Subject: Geography
If you placed blank sheets of paper in front of your students, could they draw a detailed map of the entire world? It may seem hard to believe, but after exploring the innovative Mapping the World by Heart curriculum, students have a comprehensive knowledge of geography that allows them to map the world entirely from memory!
Teaches students to draw – entirely from memory – detailed world maps including the names, borders, mountain ranges, rivers, and major cities of more than 190 countries.
Gets students excited about geography and encourages them to think globally.
Promotes positive student interactions and collaboration, both in small group work and as a class.
Provides teachers with flexible lessons they can easily integrate into their existing curriculum.
Gives students a constructive goal to work towards all year long.
About the Creator
The award-winning curriculum is the creation of David J. Smith, a teacher with over 25 years' experience in the middle school classroom. TIME Magazine, NBC’s Today Show, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Associated Press have written about David Smith and the great success his curriculum has brought to classrooms across the country.
Curriculum Includes:
Comprehensive Teacher’s Guide
Contains detailed lesson plans and reproducibles for students.
Three new supplements for teachers who wish to focus on a special area – Mapping Canada by Heart, Mapping the U.S. by Heart, and Mapping Mexico by Heart.
11x17" and 8.5x11" Map Set
10 regional maps (Canada, U.S., Mexico, Central America, South America, Africa, Europe, Eastern Europe and North Asia, South Asia, Oceania).
7 World maps – blank grids and filled-in outline maps of the world in each of three projections – Mercator, Robinson, and Equirectangular.
8 maps include blank grids and filled-in outline maps for the United States, Mexico, Canada, and North America.
Each student will need at least one map set, although you may want to order more to have additional copies for review or enrichment.
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