Mapping Your Community

Why do we use maps?

How can you map your classroom?

What does a map of your state look like?

Read Mapping Your Community to learn about the many ways places can be mapped, from communities as small as your classroom to those as large as your state or country. Discover ways communities use maps and how these maps are created.

Books in the First Guide to Maps series offer readers an easy-to-understand introduction to maps and their uses. Each book explains the basic elements of a map and how to read them, and teaches key concepts including scale, direction, grids, and types of symbols. The books include activities to further students' understanding of the material.