Lesson that helps students understand that maps show a "birds-eye view" of a place. Students stand above a teacher-made model and discuss how the objects in the model looked from above. Then students draw objects from a birds-eye view, first assisted by the teacher and then in small groups.

Concepts

map skills

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Additional Tags

bird's eye view, birds eye view, birds-eye view, birdseye view, read maps, hotchalk: lessonplanspage: birdseye view, mapping, reading maps

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional