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1 Created by: Ms. LaFranca
The Wonderful World Of Maps Created by: Ms. LaFranca Background made on Wordle.net

2 Map of the United States of America
Maine Washington Oregon California Nevada Idaho Montana Wyoming Colorado Utah New Mexico Arizona Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Alabama Tennessee Michigan Pennsylvania New York Vermont Georgia Florida Mississippi Kentucky South Carolina North Carolina Maryland Ohio Delaware Michigan (upper pennisula) New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey West Virginia Indiana Virginia Alaska N E S W Hawaii

3 Title of Map Map of the United States of America
The title tells you what the map is about. Maine Washington Oregon California Nevada Idaho Montana Wyoming Colorado Utah New Mexico Arizona Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Alabama Tennessee Michigan Pennsylvania New York Vermont Georgia Florida Mississippi Kentucky South Carolina North Carolina Maryland Ohio Delaware Michigan (upper penisula) New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey West Virginia Indiana Virginia Alaska N E S W Hawaii

4 Map of the United States of America
Maine Washington Oregon California Nevada Idaho Montana Wyoming Colorado Utah New Mexico Arizona Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Alabama Tennessee Michigan Pennsylvania New York Vermont Georgia Florida Mississippi Kentucky South Carolina North Carolina Maryland Ohio Delaware Michigan (upper pennisula) New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey West Virginia Indiana Virginia The compass tells you the direction of things. Alaska N E S W Hawaii Compass

5 Map of the United States of America
ARIZONA TEXAS NEW YORK Albany Amarillo Phoenix Tallahassee KEY/LEGEND Austin Tampa FLORIDA State Capital Mountains Cities

6 KEY/LEGEND Map of the United States of America
ARIZONA TEXAS NEW YORK Albany Amarillo Phoenix Tallahassee KEY/LEGEND Austin Tampa This is the key. It shows where certain things are on the map FLORIDA State Capital Mountains Cities

7 Map of the United States of America
ARIZONA TEXAS NEW YORK Albany Amarillo Phoenix Tallahassee KEY/LEGEND Austin Tampa FLORIDA State Capital Mountains These are the state capitals. You can tell because the symbol matches the key. Cities

8 KEY/LEGEND Map of the United States of America
ARIZONA TEXAS NEW YORK Albany Amarillo Phoenix Tallahassee KEY/LEGEND Austin Tampa FLORIDA State Capital Mountains These are cities. You can tell because the symbol matches the key. Cities

9 KEY/LEGEND Map of the United States of America
ARIZONA TEXAS NEW YORK Albany Amarillo Phoenix Tallahassee KEY/LEGEND Austin Tampa FLORIDA State Capital Mountains These are mountains. You can tell because the symbol matches the key. Cities

10 Time to test your knowledge! Find the following things on this map:
Title Compass Map from

11 Time to test your knowledge! Find the following things on this map:
Title Compass Compass Title Map from

12 Lets find the state we live in.
Florida! Map from

13 Lets find the state we live in.
Florida! Here’s Florida! Map from

14 Now lets find our hometown!
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.

15 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

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

17 After your research, label the following: -The capital of the nation
-The capital of the state of Florida Washington D.C. Tallahassee

18 But First! What is a continent? What is an ocean?
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.

19 These are the 7 Continents
Picture from enchantedlearning.com

20 These are the 4 Oceans Picture from enchantedlearning.com

21 This is the Equator. The Equator is an imaginary line that separates the world into two equal halves. Picture from enchantedlearning.com

22 North America Key National Capital Canada Mexico United States
Picture from Factmonster.com

23 These are the countries inside North America
United States Dominican Republic Canada Belize Mexico Honduras Greenland Guatemala Bahamas Nicaragua Cuba El Salvador Jamaica Costa Rica Haiti Panama Picture from ucando.org

24 Be sure to include the following:
My World Project You’re going to create your own world using all the information we learned this week! 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 Be sure to include the following:

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