Reading Maps (A True Book: Information Literacy)

Discover how maps were first created and how they have changed throughout history.

Learning to read maps can help us find our way in the world. Maps are also important tools for understanding history, foreign lands, and a host of other subjects. Readers (Grades 3-5) will learn how to use lines of longitude and latitude, decipher map legends, and use a compass to orient a map in the real world.