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Title: Mapping the World by Heart Lite 7th Edition by David Smith ISBN: 1-59009-383-6 Publisher: Tom Snyder Productions Pub. Date: 20 January, 2003 Format: Ring-bound List Price(USD): $59.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Amazing Results
Comment: I used this curriculum with a homeschool co-op. I taught twelve children ranging from grades 4-12. Our "before" world maps from memory hardly contained any information and very unusual continent shapes and locations, even the one done by grades 9-12.
As we mapped and labeled each continent, we also did a study of the history and culture of the countries in each continent. Every week, each student researched a different area of each culture and gave oral presentations in class.(these ideas/activities are given in the curriculum.) Our end of year maps from memory are the best endorsement I could give. I wish you could see them. The continents were accurately drawn and 70 to 80 percent of the details like landforms, political divisions and capital cities were included. Our best map was completed by a 6th grader who was able to list every single item on the "mapping the world by heart list" given in the curriculum. There is some teacher preparation in doing extra activities recommended in the curriculum. My only complaint was that the map sheets were not available in smaller quantities so we had to come up with our own outline maps to label. I highly recommend that every student be required to complete this curriculum before reaching highschool. My history class no longer has to ask "Where is that?"
Rating: 5
Summary: Positive review from Latin School of Chicago teacher
Comment: The "Mapping the World By Heart" curriculum is a must for any social studies teacher. It has easy-to-follow lesson plans, great projects and games, outline maps, and lots of useful geographical resources. The actual project of mapping a geographical area "by heart" is the best (and most amazing) project that I have ever done with students. Currently, my students IN 2ND GRADE can draw South American maps by memory. To my students' surprise, many of their parents can't even label the countries in South America on a blank outline map! I have also used the "Mapping the World By Heart" curriculum to have students map the USA and Canada by heart. I have also seen 6th grade world memory maps at another school that are TRULY amazing.
Even if you decide not to have your students map the world by heart, the lesson plans and information alone included in the curriculum are worth the cost.
Rating: 5
Summary: Positive Review from Forsyth School
Comment: Our school has been using David Smith's "Mapping the World by Heart" curriculum for three years. My fourth grade class studies US History, and I have adapted the curriculum so that my class maps the United States by heart. Our sixth grade, for their last project before graduation, maps the world by heart. This is truly a wonderful project that challenges even the most gifted students, yet also gives different students a chance to shine in the classroom. Every year students, faculty, and parents come to the final dispay of our maps and exclaim, "There is no way that I could do this!" Imagine the pride that a ten or twelve-year-old feels when they have acquired knowledge that their parents find astounding. Many parents have framed their children's USA and world maps and have put them up in the home as artwork! The curriculum is broken down into mini-lessons and is very easy to follow. Even if you did not want to use the entire curriculum, there are plenty of good geography resources and lessons included. In my opinion, every student in the United States should be required to use this curriculum. It is truly incredible what geography our students know when they leave our school!
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Title: If the World Were a Village: A Book About the World's People by David J. Smith, Shelagh Armstrong ISBN: 1550747797 Publisher: Kids Can Press Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Geography Coloring Book, Third Edition by Wynn Kapit ISBN: 0131014722 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 11 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Material World: A Global Family Portrait by Peter Menzel, Charles C. Mann, Paul Kennedy ISBN: 0871564300 Publisher: Sierra Club Books Pub. Date: 03 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Ready-To-Use World Geography Activities for Grades 5-12 by James F. Silver, Eileen Gerne Ciavarella ISBN: 0876289456 Publisher: Center for Applied Research in Education Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia by Editors of Kingfisher ISBN: 0753451948 Publisher: Larousse Kingfisher Chambers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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