A history of maps

Resource Information

The work A history of maps represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

A history of maps

Contributor

• Schlessinger Media

Subject

• Spanish language films
• Children's films
• Educational films
• Cartography -- History
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

Students will examine a variety of different types of maps, including political, topographical, land use and resource, weather and population maps to investigate the versatility of maps and how they are used for different purposes. By exploring the development of maps, from the ancient Babylonians through the Age of Exploration and onto the use of satellite imagery, students gain an understanding of how cartography changes due to advancements in human knowledge and technology. Students are also exposed to the very important concepts of how maps reflect geologic events, like earthquakes and volcanoes, and how these events affect the land, as well as to how people use and therefore influence the Earthb2ss surface. A History of Maps takes students inside the Library of Congress and the Amazonia Center at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., to see how satellite maps are produced. A teacher's guide is included and available online

Member of

• Map skills for children

Cataloging source

OEK

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

K-4

Language note

English or Spanish language tracks; Closed captioned for the hearing impaired

Runtime

23

Series statement

Map skills for children

Target audience

primary

Technique

live action