Comic-Strip Map Skills: 30 Reproducible, Rib-Tickling Cartoons with Related Maps and Questions That Build Map SkillsThese cartoons and maps will tickle their funny bones and teach essential map skills such as latitude and longitude, cardinal directions, map keys and symbols, using a scale, reading political, historical, and physical maps and lots more! A fun and easy way to meet the geography standards. For use with Grades 4-8. |
Contents
Introduction | 4 |
Cardinal Directions | 5 |
Intermediate Directions | 6 |
Intermediate Directions | 7 |
Intermediate Directions | 9 |
Intermediate Directions | 11 |
Degrees on a Compass | 13 |
Degrees on a Compass | 14 |
Parallels of Latitude | 31 |
Meridians of Longitude | 33 |
Reading Longitude and Latitude | 34 |
Time Zone Map | 37 |
Political Map Boundaries | 39 |
Political Map Boundaries | 41 |
Road Map | 43 |
Elevation Map | 45 |
Reading a Key | 16 |
Reading a Key | 17 |
Reading Scale Direct Distances | 19 |
Reading Scale Direct Distances | 20 |
Reading Scale Direct Distances | 22 |
Birds of a Feather | 24 |
Reading Scale Curved Distances | 25 |
Using a Map Grid | 27 |
Using a Map Grid | 28 |
Population Map | 47 |
Economic Map | 49 |
Weather Map | 51 |
Trail Map | 53 |
Historical Maps | 55 |
Floorplans | 56 |
Answers | 58 |
Common terms and phrases
activity sheet Alaska answer the following Answers will vary Approximately Arctic Circle ARCTIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN BABY BEAR bearing board border boundaries Cardinal Directions compass Cowbella CRITTERTOWN Curved Distances Delaware Delaware River Direct Distances dots east dots north dots south Draw a line Echo Canyon Elevation Map featuring Jackrabbit Jim featuring Mumsy Bear Fireman Fox following questions four dots Gator Geyser Pass GO CLIMB Intermediate Directions International Date Line ISLAND Jackrabbit Jim JACKRABBIT JIM'S HOUSE Label Lake located Map Grid MAP KEY map to answer MARKS THE SPOT MEASURE FOR MEASURE Mediterranean Sea Meridians of Longitude Mexico MIKE'S Monkey Mike Nile North-northeast northeast northwest Parallels of Latitude PARK Political Map Population Map Put your pencil Quacker Quacker's Pond Reading a Key Reading Scale River SAMANTHA SKUNK'S CAVE SCHOOL DAZE southeast southwest square mile Tarantula Rock TIGER TRACKS Topsy-Turtle Trail Map Vista Bay Wrap Wriggle Zone