Title: Lesson Plan: 10 Ways to Teach About Geography - The New York Times
Headings: All Over the Map: 10 Ways to Teach About Geography
All Over the Map: 10 Ways to Teach About Geography
By Tom Marshall and Michael Gonchar
Geography
Common Core ELA Standards, 6-12
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Content: 2. People use mental maps to understand the world. Every time you memorize a route to the  grocery store or plot a route through the subway, you’re using a mental map. It’s one of the key tools a geographically skilled person uses to navigate their world. Read these stories on the science of mental mapping and the risks of losing such skills because of technology. Then ask students to think of a time when they got lost or figured  out how to find something, drawing and annotating their own mental maps to tell the story. Post them in a classroom “Atlas of the Mind” exhibit. 3. Some maps are better than others. What exactly is a ‘map,’ and what does  it do?