NEWLY REVISED AND UPDATED

This student practice book explores the neighborhood and community through maps. At 48 pages, each book in the Map Skills for Today series has been redesigned with a fun, motivating style and all-new, up-to-date maps.

Expand students' understanding of core areas of social studies. Reading selections address the following core areas of study: geography, economics, government, community and culture, and history. Addresses the 10 thematic strands of the Social Studies standards proposed by NCSS and offers assessments modeled on formats used in standardized tests. For grades 2-3.

An active, independent-learning resource that features 10 self-contained learning centers with high-interest, hands-on manipulatives and reproducibles. The maps and activities reinforce a range of geography skills and can be used in independent and small.