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Grade 2 Social Studies · World 1: Map Makers · Level 4
Map Keys
Read the symbols in a map key, or legend.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 4
- Maps use symbols: small pictures that stand for real things. A tiny tree can stand for a park.
- The map key tells what each symbol means. Another name for a map key is a legend.
- Use the key to read the map. This map has two park symbols, so there are two parks.
- Try it with a grown-up! Draw a map of your street. Make up symbols for houses, trees, and cars, and draw a key to explain them.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- MGS.6 — Map and Globe Skill 6: use map key/legend to acquire information from historical, physical, political, resource, product, and economic maps (introduced in Grade 2)