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ERIC Number: EJ312863
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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The Environment as a Data Source: Map Activities for Young Children.
Van Cleaf, David W.
Social Education, v49 n2 p145-46 Feb 1985
A child's immediate environment provides an ideal data source for initial mapping experiences. How teachers can help pre-school and primary school children make block maps, picture maps, and drawn maps is discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Cartography, Data, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Geographic Location, Information Sources, Learning Activities, Locational Skills (Social Studies), Map Skills, Maps, Physical Environment, Physical Geography, Preschool Education, Primary Education, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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