Teaching map skills middle school

If you've ever wondered how to make geography more interactive, this list of 100 hands-on geography activities for middle school is perfect for you.

Learning the basics of mapping skills is an important concept to teach and reinforce throughout late elementary and early middle school. Despite the fact that we live in a digital world where handheld GPS devices can pinpoint our exact location on Earth, knowing how to read a map and the basics of latitude and longitude is crucial. That being said, teaching about those concepts can be challenging, sometimes. (Especially latitude and longitude for some reason!) Here are my favorite resources…

It’s easy to “save” maps and graphs for your geography units, but maps and graphs can and should be tied into other concepts of social studies. The first step in teaching map skills is to know your standards. This sounds obvious, however, in Georgia map and globe skills are intended to be

Let students have fun while learning about map skills with this interactive unit! Topics include cardinal directions, grids, scale, types of maps, and latitude and longitude.

Learning many of the different parts of a map is so much fun with these parts of a map flip book and map lines mini book.

Set of FREE printable world map choices with blank maps and labeled options for learning geography, countries, capitals, famous landmarks

Looking for project based learning ideas for middle school or elementary school students? They will love planning a road trip from start to finish!

Students can travel across the globe without leaving the classroom. Check out these fun geography lessons for any grade and curriculum.

Teaching map skills in your homeschool can be done in a fun and natural way. Using our free geography map skills practice pages are a great place to start.

Map Skills are an important concept to teach. Here are 5 easy ways to get your students interested in maps and to make the job easier for teachers! Super ideas!