TheWonderful World

Of Maps

Created by: Ms. LaFranca

Background made on Wordle.net

Washington

Oregon

California

Nevada

Idaho

Montana

Wyoming

ColoradoUtah

New MexicoArizona

Texas

Oklahoma

Kansas

Nebraska

South Dakota

North DakotaMinnesota

Wisconsin

Illinois

Iowa

Missouri

Arkansas

Louisiana

Alabama

Tennessee

Michigan

Pennsylvania

New York

Vermont

Georgia

Florida

Mississippi

Kentucky

South Carolina

North Carolina

MarylandOhioDelaware

Indiana West Virginia

New Jersey

Connecticut

Massachusetts

Maine

Rhode Island

Virginia

New HampshireMichigan(upper pennisula)

Alaska

Map of the United States of America

Hawaii

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Washington

Oregon

California

Nevada

Idaho

Montana

Wyoming

ColoradoUtah

New MexicoArizona

Texas

Oklahoma

Kansas

Nebraska

South Dakota

North DakotaMinnesota

Wisconsin

Illinois

Iowa

Missouri

Arkansas

Louisiana

Alabama

Tennessee

Michigan

Pennsylvania

New York

Vermont

Georgia

Florida

Mississippi

Kentucky

South Carolina

North Carolina

MarylandOhioDelaware

Indiana West Virginia

New Jersey

Connecticut

Massachusetts

Maine

Rhode Island

Virginia

New HampshireMichigan(upper penisula)

Alaska

Map of the United States of America

Hawaii

Title of Map

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The title tells you what the map is about.

Washington

Oregon

California

Nevada

Idaho

Montana

Wyoming

ColoradoUtah

New MexicoArizona

Texas

Oklahoma

Kansas

Nebraska

South Dakota

North DakotaMinnesota

Wisconsin

Illinois

Iowa

Missouri

Arkansas

Louisiana

Alabama

Tennessee

Michigan

Pennsylvania

New York

Vermont

Georgia

Florida

Mississippi

Kentucky

South Carolina

North Carolina

MarylandOhioDelaware

Indiana West Virginia

New Jersey

Connecticut

Massachusetts

Maine

Rhode Island

Virginia

New HampshireMichigan(upper pennisula)

Alaska

Map of the United States of America

Hawaii

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WCompass

The compass tells you the direction of

things.

ARIZONA

TEXAS

NEW YORK

Map of the United States of America

Tallahassee

KEY/LEGENDFLORIDA

Austin

Albany

Phoenix

State Capital

Amarillo

Mountains

Cities

Tampa

ARIZONA

TEXAS

NEW YORK

Map of the United States of America

Tallahassee

KEY/LEGENDFLORIDA

Austin

Albany

Phoenix

State Capital

Amarillo

Mountains

Cities

Tampa

This is the key. It shows where certain things are on

the map

ARIZONA

TEXAS

NEW YORK

Map of the United States of America

Tallahassee

KEY/LEGENDFLORIDA

Austin

Albany

Phoenix

State Capital

Amarillo

Mountains

Cities

Tampa

These are the state capitals. You can tell because the symbol matches the key.

ARIZONA

TEXAS

NEW YORK

Map of the United States of America

Tallahassee

KEY/LEGENDFLORIDA

Austin

Albany

Phoenix

State Capital

Amarillo

Mountains

Cities

Tampa

These are cities. You can tell because the symbol

matches the key.

ARIZONA

TEXAS

NEW YORK

Map of the United States of America

Tallahassee

KEY/LEGENDFLORIDA

Austin

Albany

Phoenix

State Capital

Amarillo

Mountains

Cities

Tampa

These are mountains. You can tell because the symbol

matches the key.

Time to test your knowledge! Find the following things on this map:

- Title- Compass

Map from http://vdc.engr.scu.edu/KnowItAll/

Time to test your knowledge! Find the following things on this map:

- Title- Compass

Title

Compass

Map from http://vdc.engr.scu.edu/KnowItAll/

Lets find the state we live in.Florida!

Map from http://vdc.engr.scu.edu/KnowItAll/

Lets find the state we live in.Florida!

Here’s Florida!

Map from http://vdc.engr.scu.edu/KnowItAll/

What is a hometown? A hometown is the city where you grew up.

How do you find your hometown on a map?

Then locate the city you grew up in

First, find the state you grew up in.

Now lets find our hometown!

Ms. LaFranca’s Hometown

I grew up in Florida.

I found a map of Florida. Now I need

to locate my hometown.

I look on the map for the name of my

hometown, Spring Hill.

I found my hometown on the map!

Map from washingtonstatesearch.com

After your research, label the following:-The capital of the nation

-The capital of the state of Florida

After your research, label the following:-The capital of the nation

-The capital of the state of Florida

Tallahassee

Washington D.C.

Let’s name & label the continents and oceans!

But First!

What is a continent?

A continent is a large piece of land that has smaller pieces of land inside of it.

There are 7 different continents in the world.

What is an ocean?

An ocean is a big body of salt water.

There are 4 main oceans in the world.

These are the 7 Continents

Picture from enchantedlearning.com

These are the 4 Oceans

Picture from enchantedlearning.com

This is the Equator.

The Equator is an imaginary line that separates the world into two equal halves.

Picture from enchantedlearning.com

Key

National Capital

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Picture from Factmonster.com

These are the countries inside North America

• United States• Canada• Mexico

• Greenland• Bahamas

• Cuba• Jamaica

• Haiti• Dominican

Republic• Belize

• Honduras• Guatemala• Nicaragua• El Salvador• Costa Rica• Panama

Picture from ucando.org

My World Project

You’re going to create your own

world using all the information we

learned this week!

Be sure to include the following:

• Title• Compass• Key – Have 3 items in your

key• Put items in key on map• 3 different continents• 4 countries in each continent• Pick a hometown and label it• Label the capital of a country• Draw and Label the equator• 3 labeled oceans