From treasure maps to state maps, this fun and colorful map skills primer covers symbols, cardinal directions, the globe-map connection, and more.

Practice math, reading, and critical thinking skills with activities on using a compass, making map keys and grids, and understanding political maps.

Great skill-building activities, games & reproducibles for class room teachers or homeschool.

Our best-selling Map Skills for Today practice books use colorful maps, globes, and other geographic constructs. Each 48 page student practice book introduces a sequence of geography skills, presents various kinds of maps, challenges students to solve problems, and provides extension activities and exercises. Maps Across America-Grade 3 uses maps to explore the geography of the United States.

Learn history and geography while studying maps of countries, continents, and bodies of water. Plus, an introduction to time zones.

Learn how to analyze highway maps, projection maps, and geopolitical maps, as well as time zones, in a skills book focusing on the Americas.

In this rapidly changing global world, people are challenged everyday to be culturally literate. More than ever, map-reading skills are a necessity for the informed student. This book contains the tools needed to teach your third-and fourth-graders to read and use a variety of maps and map features. Each topic presented includes a teacher page filled with background information, teaching suggestions, and ideas for related activities. Also included for each topic are several students pages that provide challenging practice with map skills of all kinds - map legends, scale, latitude and longitude lines, thematic maps, and so on. A glossary and answer key complete this valuable resource book.