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Brain Calisthenics Please come in and sit down silently. The following things should be the only things on your desk… •Your supply pouch • Your social studies notebook, open to the next clean space. You have 3 minutes to respond to this question: Why do you think maps are important? Have you ever used a map before (in real life or school)?

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Brain CalisthenicsPlease come in and sit down silently. The following things should be the only things on your desk…•Your supply pouch• Your social studies notebook, open to the next clean space.

You have 3 minutes to respond to this question: Why do you think maps are important? Have you ever used a map before (in real life or school)?

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How to use a MAP!Learning Target:

I can locate, define and use scale, compass rose and map

key.

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Title• TITLE: The title tells you what kind of

information the map is showing.

#1 Use the title of this map to answer the following question: What does this map show?

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The Key or Legend

• KEY: The key lists and explains the symbols, colors, and lines used on the map. The key is sometimes called a legend.

Question #3: Use the key on the map to answer the following question: Is section 103 on the floor, plaza, club, or terrace? Prove it to your partner. (This is not written, just answered and discussed.)

Question #2: Locate the key on this map. Duplicate it in your notes.

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Scale• SCALE: The scale shows the relationship

between map measurements and actual distances on the earth. By laying a ruler along the scale, you can calculate how many miles or kilometers are represented per inch or centimeter.

Question #4: what measurement tool or tools could be used to find the distance between places on a map?

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Question 5

• What is the same between a scale that measures your weight and a scale on a map?  What is different?

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Compass Rose• COMPASS ROSE: The

compass rose shows directions.

• THE CARDINAL DIRECTIONS: north (N), south (S), east (E), and west (W).

• THE ORDINAL DIRECTIONS: northeast (NE), northwest (NW), southeast (SE), and southwest (SW).

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The Compass Rose

• Question #6 Draw a Compass Rose in

the right column of your Cornell notes.

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Question #7

• Question 7: Use the compass rose and this map to answer. Which is farther north: Memphis International Airport or Heartbreak Hotel?

• Step 1: Find both of the places.

• Step 2: Check the Compass Rose

• Step 3: Solve!

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• Question #8:What part of

the map tells you what the Map is about?

Question 9: Looking at the map, what is this map about?

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• #10 What does this symbol represent?

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• #11 How far is Timbuktu from Taghaza?– A. 500 miles– B. 2000 miles– C. 10 miles– D 5000 miles

#12 What country is located in WEST Africa?A. Egypt, B. Ethiopia, C. Arabia, D. Morocco

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Make an inference: #13

What goods were traded in Timbuktu?