{"id":2232,"date":"2019-01-08T17:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T22:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?p=2232"},"modified":"2019-04-05T14:52:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T18:52:02","slug":"teaching-geography-in-the-classroom-maps-maps-and-more-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/teaching-geography-in-the-classroom-maps-maps-and-more-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Geography in the Classroom – Maps, Maps, and More Maps!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I remember geography as a subject taught with worksheets and maps pulled down in front of the chalkboard. A well-stocked classroom contained several maps to choose from \u2013 state, country, and the world. If you were fortunate, the teacher selected you to come to the front of the room to point to places on the map.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although there is still a place for pull-down maps in the classroom, luckily, we have many other options to make learning about maps and geographic locations more interactive and meaningful. The digital resources also don\u2019t limit map learning to just social studies lessons; they provide learners the opportunity to discover more about places in stories, hone in on specific areas of the world even down to the street view, and enable us to create maps based on our own needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

TeachersFirst offers several different tools for <\/span>finding and using maps in the classroom<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n