Pictorial representations

Locating places: people live in places

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Geography: Kindergarten
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Locating Places: Pictorial Maps
Pictorial maps
What is a map?

Pictorial representations

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Task no. 1

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Pictorial representations

Students view Sources 2 and 3 in downloadable resource. Use the zoomable map for Source 2 to explore its details. Discuss the labels on the map in Source 3. Use the questions to guide the exploration and discussion on each map, using the language of position. 

 

The City of Sydney [a bird's-eye view] [cartographic material], 1888
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