9-12 Customizing on-line maps in the social studies classroom
9-12 Customizing on-line maps in the social studies classroom
Embedded Files
Description: Maps and geographic awareness are a crucial component to the social studies classroom. This course will examine free online maps and a variety of technology tools to customize those maps to meet standards for their effective use in the classroom.
Description: Maps and geographic awareness are a crucial component to the social studies classroom. This course will examine free online maps and a variety of technology tools to customize those maps to meet standards for their effective use in the classroom.
Target: Participants will explore a variety of technology tools to customize available digital maps for use in the social studies classroom.
Target: Participants will explore a variety of technology tools to customize available digital maps for use in the social studies classroom.
Teacher Resources
Teacher Resources
free downloadable maps primarily for school use
modifiable in Paint, Canva, or other programs
Terms and Conditions require a direct link to the map and a limit to 10 maps per publication (DVD, website, book, etc.)
Microsoft Paint
Microsoft Paint
Paint is preinstalled on laptops with Windows 10 or 11
Simple interface
Limited set of tools - not as complex as similar programs
Not professional-grade graphic design - use for simple tasks
Accessible to CMCSS via ClassLink
Web-based platform
Easily share products
Large variety of tools and templates
Professional-looking designs quickly
Canva
Map Examples Created with Canva and/or Microsoft Paint
Map Examples Created with Canva and/or Microsoft Paint
Click on each map to download a copy
Space-Time Compression
W.82 - Analyze how technology has intensified patterns of globalization and led to the idea of space-time compression, containerization, and computer technology
Europe 1914
W.30 Explain how the rise of militarism, alliances, imperialistic rivalries, and growing nationalism led to the outbreak of World War I.
North and South Vietnam
US.66 Describe the causes, course, and consequences of the Vietnam War
Cold War-Cuban Missile Crisis
Cold War Military Alliances
China and Southeast Asia
Map and Thinglink Embed
Page updated
Report abuse