Discover The World: All About Maps

What's the difference between a globe and a map? What's that funny spiky circle which surrounds the letter "N" on maps? What are your city's coordinates...wait, what's a coordinate? The answers can be found in this solid introduction to map-reading skills, narrated and presented by kids. Viewers will learn about compass reading, latitude and longitude, scale, symbols, map varieties and lots more. Used alone, the video is rather bare-bones; simply introducing vocabulary and ideas, and relying on the accompanying material for reinforcement. However, when used as suggested (view in three segments, use correspondent worksheets in between), this is a very good supplement for a map skills unit. A companion volume, All About Globes, is also available. Recommended. Aud: E, I, J. (E. Gieschen)