Relating Here to There: Globes and World Maps as Advance Organizers.

Maier, Joan

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Publication Date: 1993

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Relating Here to There: Globes and World Maps as Advance Organizers.

Maier, Joan

Social Studies and the Young Learner, v5 n3 p9-11 Jan-Feb 1993

Discusses the use of advance organizers in elementary geography instruction. Asserts that maps and globes can be used as advance organizers to improve learning about geographic locations and regions. Provides two classroom activities with accompanying data charts to illustrate the technique. (CFR)

Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Geographic Location, Geographic Regions, Geography Instruction, Learning Activities, Map Skills, Maps, Social Studies, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Students; Practitioners

Language: English

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