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Grade 5 Social Studies · World 1: Tools of the Trade · Level 2
Maps Through Time
Compare one place at two times.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 2
- A map is a picture of one moment. Put two maps of one place side by side, and you can see what changed. Here's Millbrook, a made-up town, in 1880 and in 1920.
- The river stayed. There are fewer farms. New pictures appeared: a factory and a train station, and more houses.
- Now draw a conclusion. Millbrook changed from a farm town into a factory town. Many real towns changed that way in those years.
- Every map is made by someone, for a reason. A railroad company's map might show its own lines thick and dark. Always ask who made a map, and why.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- MGS.10 — Map and Globe Skill 10: compare maps of the same place at different points in time and from different perspectives to determine changes, identify trends, and generalize about human activities (mastered in Grade 5)